magazine pulp magazine published issues december july edited edited leaders science fiction magazine field years mid-1930s paid cent word higher competing magazines publisher unable sustain magazine gained circulation cancelled year resigned published fiction known popular writers including young visiting offices alarmed asserted gave stories competing magazines pay promptly insisted given free story token payment paid publication history science fiction published 1920s begin separately marketed genre appearance pulp magazine published end 1930s field end small new_york publishing operation owned decided launch new magazine titled issue dated december editor known respected growing readership science fiction successful stint editor early 1930s paid cent word stories magazines field time respectable pay rate doubt helped magazine additional financial pressure magazines launched time cosmic stories stirring science stories edited paid writers basis magazines successful money available future annoyed gave story later recalled telling author donated stories contributed destruction competing magazines paid field sufficiently upset later obtained token payment assert paid story contents able acquire worthwhile material magazine showed improvement issues better known stories obtained vortex series later collected book form received stories included street wasn dark reality later known critic historian published science fiction stories early career sale way appeared january issue short short story corner targeted new writers established authors asked submit short stories feature competition time aimed fans writers offered prize fan overcame difficulties order attend world science fiction convention denver group new_york science fiction fans later known writers produced stories result collaborations members example psychological originally written rejected rewritten rejecting rewrite finally rewrote accepted story publishing march issue details printed pulp format pages priced cents issues edited volume issues subtitled stories super time space schedule initially monthly switched issue overseas reprint editions stories magazine
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