Walking Alone

by Miriam Allen deFord

Unknown Binding

About the author

Miriam Allen deFord was a suffragette, feminist, and Fortean who became better known for her science-fiction, true crime, and mystery writing after the 1940s. Her short fiction has been widely anthologized; she also edited an anthology of stories mixing science fiction with mystery called Space, Time, and Crime.

She received the 1961 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Fact Crime book for The Overbury Affair, which involves events during the reign of James I of Britain.

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[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This 11 page short story was first
published in the October 1957 issue of
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

It was then published in Alfred
Hitchcock's Stories not for the
Nervous in 1965.