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 Master in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and works as a program specialist during the day.

Frances’ Reviews

Day of the Door, The

Day of the Door, The

Murder Behind Closed Doors Author: Laurel Hightower The Lasco siblings were torn apart by their mother, Stella, and her evil, her ...
Crown of Wishes, A

Crown of Wishes, A

Be Careful What You Dream Author: Roshani Chokshi While A Crown of Wishes is ostensibly the sequel to The Star-Touched Queen, ...
What Your Counselor Never Told You: Seven Secrets Revealed-Conquer the Power of Sin in Your Lif

What Your Counselor Never Told You: Seven Secrets Revealed-Conquer the Power of Sin in Your Lif

Sin and How it Manifests in Your Health Author: Dr. William Backus Throughout November’s C.S. Lewis year two fellowship, we set ...
Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies

Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies

Are The Deadlies Really Vices? Author: Rebecca DeYoung The seven deadly sins have been marketed as something decadent – the Devil’s ...
Ghost Station

Ghost Station

"Some of us are broken enough that we don’t get to be fixed." Author: S.A. Barnes Dr. Ophelia Bray is in ...
Bright Young Women

Bright Young Women

A Fictionalized Story of the Ted Bundy Murders Author: Jessica Knoll Bright Young Women is an ambitious attempt to tell a ...
Hollow Places, The

Hollow Places, The

Pray They Are Hungry Author: T. Kingfisher A lot of things have gone wrong for Kara recently. She’s just divorced her ...
I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire

I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire

"I Am the Land." Author: P.N. Elrod In Vampire of the Mists, we gained a brief glimpse into the brutal history ...
Dracula

Dracula

“We've all become God's madmen, all of us.” Author: Bran Stoker There are some stories that need no introduction – some ...
Diavola

Diavola

“Keep cursed and carry on.” Author: Jennifer Thorne The Pace family is ready for another dysfunctional vacation. Single, carefree, cavorting Anna ...
Stranger Upstairs, The

Stranger Upstairs, The

"Endings are Loud" Author: Lisa M. Matlin Waning social media star and self-help book blitz Sarah Slade is looking to revitalize ...
Malorie

Malorie

“But a madman at ease is safer than a sane woman unsettled.” Author: Josh Malerman It’s been 12 years since the ...
Small House at Allington, The

Small House at Allington, The

Affairs of the Heart Author: Anthony Trollope The Small House at Allington starts with a whirlwind spring courtship. Poor but pretty ...
Still Life With Crows

Still Life With Crows

"Truth is the safest lie." Authors: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Agent Pendergast is supposedly on vacation, recovering from his discovery ...
Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin

Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin

The Nature of Sin Author: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. In modern society, our tendency is to concentrate on the positive and brush ...
Burnout, The

Burnout, The

Enjoy the Ride  Author: Sophie Kinsella Sasha is sick. Sick of work. Sick of friends. Sick of family. Sick of ...
Blood Thirst

Blood Thirst

A Thirst for Revenge Author: L.A. Freed Angela was attacked and now she is dying in her hotel room. Technically, she ...
Bird Box

Bird Box

Our Minds Have Ceilings Author: Josh Malerman Malorie’s world is collapsing. She is pregnant and single, living with her sister, trying ...
Bullet Swallower, The

Bullet Swallower, The

The Wages of Sin  Author: Elizabeth Gonzalez James Lamentations 5:7: Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we ...
Sanatorium, The

Sanatorium, The

Suspicion, Isolation, and Blatant Stupidity Author: Sarah Pearse Before becoming a prestigious, ultra-modern, isolated mountain hotel, Le Sommet was the final ...