I vaguely tried to do this a while back (naming an anthology Cover Stories was too obvious not to do!) but I found there was a block inherent in there, between admiration for the source and your own writing purpose. Like the love it takes to try increases the distance to success.

Not that I think everyone would experience the same thing, but I think about this whenever I notice a writer making a move or a nod that's obviously meant to recall some specific work, like clear pastiche as the way to not fall down a rabbit hole of anxiety.