A distinctive voice…

Women writers, most of them experts at subtexts and subversion, need language that speaks their own truth. In these 15 stories, Flood’s varied and occasionally experimental narrative techniques give her scope to reveal her concerns without being didactic. . . . A distinctive voice is already audible in the best of these stories.
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Gary Boire, “Canadian Literature”

…first-rate, pre-eminently readable fictions.

“The Animals In Their Elements” is a deceptive collection. On first reading, many of these stories seem to be simple experiments revolving around the creation of poignancy or the elicitation of social sensibility. But Flood is no sentimentalist; nor is she a doctrinaire proselytizer. Her stories unfold into multiple clusters of thoughtful complexity and passionate commitment to real “democracy.” She creates subtle subversions that disclose the inner workings of lives lived in the contemporary political network called Canada.  This is a splendid and challenging collection of first-rate, pre-eminently readable fictions.
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Rhonda Batchelor, “The Fortnightly Preview,” reprinted in “Monday Magazine”

…winning blend of a mature intelligence and a fiery spirit.

Readers who regularly share their books will certainly find themselves thrusting this collection of short stories into the hands of friends. . . .  Flood, a Vancouver-based writer with a background in left-wing politics and the women’s movement, weaves her compelling stories with a winning blend of a mature intelligence and a fiery spirit.
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