Frances Carden

About Frances

Frances is the author of the horror novella The Mine. She has also been published in Abundant Grace; Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and other Magical Fiction for Adults; Answers I’ll Accept: True Accounts of Online Dating; 20 Something Magazine; and Wisteria Magazine. She wrote for Epinions.com for eight years. Frances is currently working on a dark fantasy/horror novel called Plague Town.

Frances has a Masters in Fiction Writing from Johns Hopkins  and works as a technical writer during the day, where she attempts to make software exciting.

Frances’ Reviews

Christmas Sweets

Christmas Sweets

Silent Christmas, Deadly Christmas Authors: Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier Christmas Sweets combines three cozy mystery novellas together into one holiday ...
Christ In His Fullness

Christ In His Fullness

Catholicism v Protestantism Author: Bruce Sullivan  This book originally came to me, courtesy of my mom, when I moved and ...
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Fucks You Give . . . Author: Mark Manson I came to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ...
Dead to the Last Drop

Dead to the Last Drop

Murder Mysteries, Jazz, and Politics Author: Cleo Coyle In Dead to the Last Drop, the fifteenth adventure of this ruthlessly adrenaline-charged ...
Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Caffeine, Cravings, and Culture Author: Michael Pollan When I saw Michael Pollan’s Audible Original Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern ...
Darkwater Bride, The

Darkwater Bride, The

Men are Dogs, and Ghosts Avenge Author: Marty Ross Not everything is all propriety in Victorian London. In the dim ...
Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

Magic, Love, Longing, and Folklore Author: Laura Esquivel A decadent folk tale with the imagination of a fairy tale and ...
Perfect Paragon, The

Perfect Paragon, The

Sex, Lies, and Murder Author: M.C. Beaton Agatha Raisin has recently gone big-time, or at least legit, by transforming her ...
Why Jesus?: Rediscovering His Truth in an Age of Mass-Marketed Spirituality

Why Jesus?: Rediscovering His Truth in an Age of Mass-Marketed Spirituality

Ravi Zacharias on the New Age Movement Author: Ravi Zacharias I first encountered Ravi back around Christmas, watching some of ...
Invited, The

Invited, The

A Build Your Own Haunted House Story Author: Jennifer McMahon Most of us come home and complain about work and the torments ...
My Man Jeeves

My Man Jeeves

Laugh-Out-Loud Short Stories Author: P.G. Wodehouse One night my husband overheard me listening to a random assortment of Jeeves and ...
If You Tell Book Cover

If You Tell

True Crime: A Childhood of Terror Author: Gregg Olsen In popular media, and even in the norms of our culture ...
Educated

Educated

Educated: A Memoir of Abuse and Overcoming Author: Tara Westover I’ve seen Educated’s distinctive cover working its way across bookstores and Amazon ...
Broken Harbor

Broken Harbor

The Brokenness of Family Author: Tana French In the night, in a ghost town beleaguered by broken dreams and the ...
Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance

Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance

Agatha Starts a Detective Agency Author: M.C. Beaton In the 15th book of the Agatha Raisin series, our cantankerous heroine is ...
Once Upon a Grind

Once Upon a Grind

Magic Beans, Masquerades, and Murders Author: Cleo Coyle Central Park is abuzz with activity as New York’s first Storybook Kingdom ...
Skin Tight

Skin Tight

Bad Nose Jobs and Barracudas Author: Carl Hiaasen Earlier last year, I stretched out on the beach for a much-needed ...
Trap, The

Trap, The

The Spider Becomes the Fly Author: Melanie Raabe Linda Conrads’ house is the world. The east wing is the African ...
god in the dock book cover

God in the Dock

Is God Guilty? Author: C.S. Lewis God in the Dock contains forty-eight essays and twelve letters penned by C.S. Lewis between ...
Thank You Jeeves

Thank You Jeeves

Banjoleles, Kidnappings, and Love Author: P.G. Wodehouse Dim-witted aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his inimitable gentlemen’s gentlemen, Jeeves, are at it ...