Absolutely Inflexible (Introduction)

Untitled, unsigned introduction to the short story.

Essay starts: "Despite the rigors of college work, I wrote short stories steadily throughout 1954 — one in April, two in May, three in June, two in October after the summer break. And I eventually sold them all, too."

Essay finishes: "It was bought, after making the rounds for about six months, by the veteran editor-publisher Leo Margulies, who ran it in the July 1956 issue of the underrated magazine he had founded and edited, Fantastic Universe." [Source: PR# 834559]