Well, both Haunted by Stairs, and especially Seeing in Apocyan, have some brilliant, atmospheric writing, if that’s what you value about FL.
Given the template provided by Stormy-Eyed, the thinking (to the extent it was discussed here) seemed to be that the revamped qualities were likely to lead to a similar new area once done.
I have certainly not regretted pursuing them.
The defunct Albatross and the suffocating dreams are another matter entirely – rather too nastily descriptive for my taste.