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A looming figure in a gas mask dominates the cover of this 2022 Daedalus release, staring down at a quiet suburban street lined with period automobiles and modest houses — an unsettling contrast that immediately signals something is very wrong beneath an ordinary surface. Jean-Denis Pendanx's painted cover art, rendered in moody earth tones, draws the eye between the eerie industrial mask above and the deceptively calm neighborhood below. Adapted from Douglas Burroughs' novel by writer Laurent Galandon and brought to life in every line and color by Pendanx, *A Fake Story* looks like a genuinely compelling blend of noir atmosphere and small-town unease.