“Théodora Armstrong’s début collection launches House of Anansi Press’s new short-fiction imprint, Astoria, in impressive fashion. This is a writer to watch, and a book not to be missed... These darkly intimate and subtly heartbreaking pieces are pure pleasure to read. Armstrong is an electrifying new voice on the short fiction scene.”

          – Stacey Madden, starred review in Quill and Quire

“These fresh, edgy, unflinching stories about contemporary life on the urban and rural West Coast will resonate with readers at

all stages of life: parents watching their children grow up too quickly, young couples starting families, brothers and sisters at crossroads in life coping with the fraying adulthood brings to childhood bonds.”

          – Christine Mazur, Winnipeg Free Press

“... a fresh, new voice in Canadian short fiction, but a fresh, new voice that’s already proven her to be a force in the form.”

          – Chad Pelley, The Telegraph-Journal

“Théodora Armstrong['s] first collection of striking, realist stories, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility, is an exceptional début.”

          – Zoe Whittall, Globe and Mail

“Armstrong’s themes of agency and inevitability are distilled to their essence and given another ironic twist, and her typically spare language is honed to a fine edge.”                                                                                                             

          – Steven Beattie, The National Post

“Armstrong’s tales are indeed satisfying; the book is delicious from start to finish. In fact, when I ran out of books on a weeklong holiday recently, I was quite content to read some of Armstrong’s stories twice or three times... Her gritty realism and rich, crisp prose have been compared to that of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor. High praise indeed. Clear Skies is the kind of collection that leaves you satisfied, but wanting more.”

“A worthwhile, well-honed collection that’s probing and nuanced… Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility also highlights an author whose regional scope ought to be appreciated well past the borders of British Columbia.”

          – Brett Josef Grubisic, The Vancouver Sun

“There isn’t a weak story in the bunch. Armstrong creates complex, multi-layered stories that vibrate with characters to whom you want to listen, or follow, or observe. You want to go along for the ride – right to the end. I do not know what more any reader can ask of a writer. Highly recommended..”

          – Thomas Trofimuk, The Winnipeg Review

“With this impressive debut collection, Théodora Armstrong establishes herself as a fresh and multi-faceted talent, capable of mining everyday human dramas to create evocative and lasting tales about the human condition.”

          – Jane Campbell, Prism International

“This book reminds us that we are powerless, that life is fragile, and that it is a great pleasure to emerge from each moment alive.”

          – David Huebert, Lemon Hound