Books like Fell

Re-read this one last night. Desperately wish there was more to the story, though it's pretty obvious that it's not going to be resurrected after ten years.That said, as single volumes of discontinued stories go, this one has a lot to recommend it. No big long-term story closure. But the stories themselves are excellent, and the craft of their execution is amazing.Fair warning: This is dark stuff. Violent in the extreme. Emotionally heavy. Grim. Gritty. I might even go so far as to call it "unremittingly nihilistic."I don't know if that was going to be the intention of the entire series, but we can't judge that. All I can say that this one extant volume is existentially dark, and there is no upbeat resolution. Personally, I probably would have found that more palatable back in 2005 when it was written. But right now? In 2018? I'm going to put a warning sticker on it for you. If you're having a hard time dealing with the weight of the world right now, maybe pick something else of Ellis's instead. Lord knows there's a lot of marvelous stuff to choose from...So again. Excellently