Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip" in Story Magazine March-April 1944

New York: Story Press, 1944. First Edition. Paperback. Vol. XXIV, March 1944, No. 106. 104 pp. Wraps. About Very Good with a number of tiny indents to front wrap, chicken tracks there as well; spine sunned, edge rubbed, back wrap soiled; interior fairly bright and clean. The hard-drinking American poet and novelist's first trade publication, probably following a 1940 magazine called Write, of which no known copies exist. He was 24 at the time. After many letters with Whit Burnett, the editor published this story in the end pages of his widely-read, but poorly-paying journal. (Inventory #: 140943061)