Lorina Stephens has proven herself an engaging author.
- The (Hanover) Post
It is often the case with contemporary Canadian authors that they have a tendency to punctuate their novels with long, psychological dissertations on mundane subjects. It's as if they feel that each everyday occurrence is fraught with deep sociological undertones. Lorina Stephens, fortunately, is free of such meanderings. She has a good economy of words and each paragraph contains vital information.
- Dan Pelton Orangeville Citizen
The historical and fantastical seamlessly rub shoulders in this anthology of short, speculative fiction.
I will be passing this along to my co-workers! 
Stephens' stories cover a wide gamut. Mythology, Fantasy and Sci-fi. From Father Brebeuf's last moments, motherhood, Inuit legend, empaths, terrorism and survival, trauma and tweaked athletes to molestation, messing with time, assassins, environmentalists and lions. A little of everything seems to have inspired her works. This can make the collection seem a little scattered and without a direction at first, but they all pull together beautifully. Perhaps because Stephens' voice is strong through out and her ability to make you care, even if just a little bit, for each character.
Some drive straight to the point. Others sort of creep up on you. Every story is precise and concise. Not a word wasted or over done.
One story in particular stays with me. "Have a nice day and pass the arsenic" may only be 9 pages long, but it particularly struck me that it would make a great movie. It may take an hour and a half to convey all that is in those 9 pages.
Some others I quite enjoyed and really made me think were: Summer Wine and Sweet Mistresses, Smile of the Goddess and A Memory of Moonlight and Silver.
Worth the read!