yeah, it takes a lot of playing with your mind to understand the implications, "A short stay in hell" is like walking on someone's interpretation; it's much more directed, but obviously less creative. At the same time, the author of "A short stay in hell" has obviously done a lot of work of walking through many of the possible situations and scenarios, so if you won't spend weeks/months thinking of it you'll likely encounter weirdness you wouldn't have come up otherwise.

Glad you enjoyed it!