“They wore masks like goddesses, but their eyes told a different story.” — Fritz Leiber Set in a decaying future Manhattan cloaked in fog, neon, and menace, Coming Attraction presents a vision of America torn between beauty and brutality. A visiting Englishman finds himself drawn into a twisted game of attraction, manipulation, and danger when he meets a masked woman trapped in a toxic relationship—one that mirrors the broken society around her. Fritz Leiber, a master of speculative fiction, weaves a chilling tale that explores gender dynamics, American decay, and the masks—literal and metaphorical—we all wear. Originally published in 1950, this prescient story of dystopian allure and post-war paranoia is more relevant now than ever.
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