 In 1927, he published the detective novel "The Curse of the Burdens" as John B. Harris, and by 1931, he was selling short stories and serial fiction to American science fiction magazines.His debut short story, 1931's "Worlds To Barter", appeared under the byline John B. Harris; subsequent stories through about 1935 were credited to John Beynon Harris.By mid-1935, the Harris surname was dropped, and his work was signed as by John Beynon.