‘A distinctive new voice. These stories are so elegant and considered, yet charged at the same time with a fierce energy.’ – Tessa Hadley

‘Orr is an absolutely natural short story writer  … Light Box is, above all, a luminous collection. It reveals, with beautiful acuity, what it is to be human, tender and fallible.’ – Alison MacLeod

‘A wonderful and assured read, brimming with coolly controlled writing that is mysterious but never purposeless. Each story contains enigmatic, piercingly clear images and startling gestures that illuminate its characters in all their passions and furtiveness.’ – Colin Barrett 

‘A globe-trotting wonder: atmospheric and haunting, delicate and fierce. KJ Orr writes with radical precision and beauty, and this collection shines a masterful light on the quiet, often unseen moments that have the power to remake a life.’ – Laura van den Berg 

‘In these stories, chance encounters threaten to destabilise relationships, inspire treacherous voyages, and reveal the fissures on which our identities are constructed. The language is scintillating, the insights piercing … a stunning debut.’ – Adam Marek

‘I’m pretty sure K. J. Orr only begins a story if and when she can sense in the idea of it the makings of a crisis – which then, with forensic precision, sentence by sentence, questioningly, she uncovers. This is invention in the old meaning of the word: the discovery of what is there to be found. And that finding is persuasive and disturbing in equal measure, like truth itself.’ – David Constantine

‘With microscopic delicacy, KJ Orr unravels our human longing for certainty and order in these exquisite, devastating stories, revealing the chaos that is both the tragedy and the joy of being alive.’ – Tania Hershman