A Cupful of Space was the only book published during her lifetime. During World War II, she worked at a flight-training school while her husband, Stuart, served in the Army. Mildred McElroy Clingerman was born in Oklahoma and raised in Oklahoma and then Arizona, where she attended the University of Arizona and later founded a writers' club. A subtle, strange, modern writer, her name and her evocative stories vanished from histories of the field.' – Eileen Gunn 'Mildred Clingerman is one of the lost women of 1950's science fiction.Her name should be broadcast just as widely.' – Paul Di Filippo for LOCUS Magazine

'Mildred Clingerman stands just a few niches below Shirley Jackson in the fantasists' Pantheon, for her wit, invention, prose stylings and ability to capture the zeitgeist and transform it into indelible imagery and happenings.

About the author: As one of the relatively few women with published fantasy and science-fiction stories in the middle of the 20th century, Clingerman certainly deserves more of the historical spotlight.

Clingerman wrote: 'I had to give the 5 stars, because my mother was the author!' Who creates sci fi in the middle of a Christmas tree shop?'

Goodreads review excerpt #2: In 2015, Alison DeLuca wrote: 'Clingerman wrote deceptively simple prose and evoked horror in the most mundane places.

Another reviewer has compared her to Finney, and I totally agree, but I also think there are influences from Lovecraft and Bradbury here.

Goodreads review excerpt #1: In 2011, Stig wrote: 'On the cover the stories are touted as 'science fiction', but actually they play out in the murky borderland between science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Goodreads rating: 3.92 stars (out of 5.0).

Random sentence #2: 'She straightened suddenly as the dream ended, trying to shake off the languor that held her while a strange, ugly man stroked her arm.'.

Random sentence #1: 'I'd been looking, but there are so many books, and all so higgledy-piggledy.'.

Sakrison's Halt', and 'The Little Witch of Elm Street'

Sampling of story titles: 'Birds Can't Count', 'Letters From Laura', 'Mr.

Back cover: See full image at bottom of post.

Subtitle: A Heady Brew of Science-Fiction Stories.

A Cupful of Space by Mildred Clingerman