X Marks the Pedwalk: When Crosswalks Become Battlefields

X Marks the Pedwalk is Fritz Leiber at his sharpest-darkly funny, razor-observant, and unsettlingly prophetic. A simple moment at a city crosswalk detonates into an all-out cultural feud between “Feet” and “Wheels,” where pedestrians and motorists clash with increasing boldness, absurdity, and danger. As both factions lose their grip on reason, the story reveals a society pushed far past satire into something frighteningly recognizable.

Leiber's narrative blends humor, tension, and social co...