 From there he went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to the Chicago Radio Guide, to associate editor of "Look", and to the United States Office of War Information as editor of "Victory" during World War II.He was an editor at "Parade", "Car and Driver", "Argosy" and "True" magazines between the late '40s and mid '50s.He wrote articles and fiction under the pseudonym Karl Prentiss.