Thanks for the review, Lev. If I may, I wanted to address a couple of points:
--"Unfortunately, there are very few examples of what constitutes positive or negative modifiers and what does exist is scattered through the text"
Actually, there's a table that clearly (if subjectively) describes Narrative modifiers in concrete terms, and an entire section on how to adjudicate Charms. There are also examples of play (Baba Yaga attempting to snatch a child for instance) where Narrative modifiers are attributed. Sure, those are "throughout the text", but that's a good thing, IMHO.
--I also wanted to mention that the game is available as a color, screen-res PDF from a variety of places, most notable RPG Now:
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=6048
and you can get it in print from Lulu, in a grey-scale interior art or color interior art versions:
http://www.lulu.com/content/153328
http://www.lulu.com/content/205996