![–The Rumpus on <em>Scrapper</em>](https://sohopress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blog-00.png)
Bell’s fiction has been described as grisly, spooky, and dreamlike. Perhaps parts of Scrapper are each of those things, as it takes us on a journey through trauma, destruction, and hope — hope for ourselves, for others, for those who would make us afraid.