{"product_id":"2940011931260","title":"The Eel","description":"The Eel appeared in the April 1958 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe punishment had to fit more than just the crime—it had to suit every world in the Galaxy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiriam Allen deFord was an American writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she worked as a newspaper reporter for a time and, in the early 1900s, was also a campaigner and disseminator of birth control information to women. She spent perhaps the most energy in mystery fiction and science fiction. Hence she did several anthologies in the mystery world. She also had interest in historical crime or criminals. In 1968 she wrote The Real Bonnie and Clyde. She also wrote The Overbury Affair, which involves events during the reign of James I of Britain surrounding the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. For the latter work she received a 1961 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book. She also worked for Humanist magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, in 1949 The Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction began with Anthony Boucher as editor. Anthony Boucher wrote science fiction and fantasy but also garnered attention in the mystery field as well. This gave his magazine some cross-over appeal to mystery writers like Ms. deFord. Hence much of her science fiction first appeared in Boucher's magazine. Her stories there dealt with themes like nuclear devastation, alienation, and sexual roles. Her two collections are Elsewhere, Elsewhen, Elsehow and Xenogenesis. She also edited an anthology of stories mixing science fiction with mystery called Space, Time, and Crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeFord was also a passionate Fortean, a follower of Charles Fort, and did fieldwork for him. DeFord is mentioned in Fort's book Lo! Shortly before her death in 1975, Fortean writer Loren Coleman visited Ms. deFord frequently and interviewed her about her earlier interactions with Fort and her trips to Chico, California, to investigate the case of a poltergeist rock-thrower on Fort's behalf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeFord died February 22, 1975, at her longtime home, The Ambassador Hotel at 55 Mason Street in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2008, The Library of America selected deFord’s story of the Leopold and Loeb trial for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime. ---From Wikipedia","brand":"Spastic Cat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078596575472,"sku":"2940011931260","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011931260_p0.jpg?v=1763551453","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011931260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}