I bought the collection on the strength of the Johnny B Quick and Greyshirt stories. I also liked First American. It was somewhat hit and miss. Greyshirt's tales were very subtle, the JBQ ones really off the wall in an agrarian way. I think the only Cobweb story I liked was the one where she was a child. I agree the ending was a bit of a downer, either running out of material or reacting to it being finished.