I'd agree that his stories are long and complex but extremely well crafted.
Alef:
Fortunately, the statistics shows that he is appreciated by many of the readers of the library.
Yep, every story of his so far (ignoring the most recent which was just posted) has generated at least a dozen comments, some of them quite lengthy in their own right. That's a good indication that people are appreciating his efforts (I'd be lucky if a quarter of my stories generated that much response). So hopefully he'll be able to keep up the good work.