One Way and Other Stories

<p class=ql-align-justify>Miriam Allen deFord (1888-1975) was a feminist a suffragette birth control advocate journalist editor winner of the Mystery Writer's of America's Edgar Award and author of science fiction mystery and true crime. Now at long last a collection of her science fiction short stories are back in print with <em>One Way & Other Stories</em>.</p><p class=ql-align-center>•</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Mystery writer Fortean anti-fascist feminist of the first generation and science fiction trailblazer for five decades Miriam Allen deFord masterfully weaves all of her facets into her stories bringing a macabre fantastic tone to her tales: Bradbury meets Hitchcock. She was already the grand dame of science fiction when the genre reached its second peak with the magazine boom of the early '50s. Her work thus paved and led the way for SF's Silver Age.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Miriam Allen deFord somehow slips under the radar when SF luminaries are listed. With luck this volume will remedy this oversight.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>~Gideon Marcus editor of <em>Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women</em></p><p></p>