Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction

Before the Golden Age of magazines drew to a close half a century ago–soon to be beaten at the entertainment game by the new little boxes with moving images that were finding their way into the homes of more & more Americans–a young PR man at General Electric sold his 1st short story to one of the doomed publications. By the time he’d sold his 34d, he decided to quit GE & join the likes of Hemingway, Fitzgerald & Faulkner. & try to make a living at 1500 dollars a pop. With four major magazines running five stories each week & smaller ones scouting as well, it was a seller’s market, & Kurt Vonnegut was delighted & comfortable being published regularly by The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Argosy & others.