 Edison earned his first magazine publishing job in 1986, as editor of "Wrestling's Main Event", by defeating the incumbent editor in a bloody Loser Leaves Town match.Between 1985 and 1988 he authored 28 pornographic novels, and in his career on the seamy side of the publishing business, he has written about German whorehouses and Spanish coke dealers for "Hustler", and has published a series of erotic “confessions” for "Penthouse Letters".He was also a frequent contributor to "Screw" magazine, penning chronicles of 42nd Street, then the adult entertainment mecca of New York City.