Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder

Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder, or just Incredible Tales for short, was a science fiction magazine published in New York City in the United States of America in the 1950s as experienced by Captain Benjamin Sisko under influence of visions from the Prophets and Pah-wraiths. Its owner was Mr. , and its main office was in the Arthur Trill Building in Harlem. Each copy sold for 35 cents.
In the visions experienced by Sisko, the people of his life on Deep Space 9 were transposed to this setting, taking on the lives of people of the era. Sisko himself became Benny Russell, a black writer struggling with the racism of the time; Kay Eaton, aka "K.C. Hunter", also confronted prejudices of the time and was forced to hide her identity as a woman science fiction writer from the magazine's readers. Douglas Pabst was the magazine's editor and its other writers included Julius Eaton, Albert Macklin, Herbert Rossoff, and Hugh Campbell. Darlene Kursky worked there as a secretary. Russell's conflict with the magazine's position came to a head when, rather than publishing his story about a black captain of a space station, the owner of the magazine had the entire print run pulped before it went on sale.
The typical working structure of the magazine had the house illustrator, Roy Ritterhouse, creating several drawings on a monthly basis. These illustrations were then handed out to the writers on an assignment basis. The writers in turn were expected to develop stories that would accompany the images for which they typically were paid on a per-word basis.
Other artists that provided illustrations for the magazine included and .
The magazine's main competition of the time was , which featured the works of notable authors such as Ray Bradbury, , and Robert Heinlein. ()
==Staff==
Circa 1953:
*Douglas Pabst – Editor
*Herbert Rossoff – Writer
*Benny Russell – Writer
*Julius Eaton – Writer
*Kay Eaton – Writer
*Albert Macklin – Writer
*Roy Ritterhouse – Illustrator
*Darlene Kursky – Secretary
== Issues ==
Cover 	Title 	Author
December, 1952 	"This Island Mars" 	Benny Russell
December, 1952 	"Lucifer's Chainsaw" 	K.C. Hunter & Julius BassIllus. by
December, 1952 	"I Have No Voice And I Must Shout"	Herbert Rossoff
December, 1952 	"Federation and Empire" 	Albert Macklin
December, 1952 	"From the Moon to the Earth" 	Hugh Campbell
January, 1953 	"A Most Fortunate Accident" 	Olivia & Alicia EavesAuthor of "Dad's Revenge"
January, 1953 	"Assault on Planet 10" 	K.C. Hunter & Julius BassIllus. by
January, 1953 	"Quantity of the Monster" 	Herbert Rossoff
January, 1953 	"1001: First Odyssey" 	Albert Macklin
January, 1953 	"Venusian Chronicles" 	Hugh Campbell
, 1953 	"" 	author of "Questor"
, 1953 	"" 	Illus. by
, 1953 	"" 	
, 1953 	"" 	
, 1953 	"" 	Samuel Peeples
April, 1953 	"Bad Day at Red Rock" 	Benny Russell
April, 1953 	"" 	I.S. Behr & R. WolfeIllus. by Rex Dugler
April, 1953 	"" 	, Braga, &
April, 1953 	"" 	
April, 1953 	"Space Mongoose'" 	Seth Goldberg
August, 1953 	"Third Foundation" 	Albert Macklinauthor of "The Dogs Themselves"
August, 1953 	"Strange Martian" 	
August, 1953 	"Voyage into the Atom" 	
August, 1953 	"Space Mutant" 	
August, 1953 	"Solar Odyssey" 	Benny Russell
September, 1953	"" 	Benny Russellauthor of "Solar Odyssey"
September, 1953	"A Wrinkle in Space" 	K.C. Hunter & Julius BassIllus. by Roy Ritterhouse
September, 1953	"Hazardous Images" 	Herbert Rossoff
September, 1953	"Me, Android" 	Albert Macklin
September, 1953	"Loner in a Lonely World" 	Hugh Campbell
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== Stories in the works ==
These stories were in development for an issue of Incredible Tales that was ultimately pulped and never released:
* "Please, Take Me With You" – Kay and Julius Eaton (proposed), Illus. by Roy Ritterhouse
* "Honeymoon on Andoris" – Illus. by Roy Ritterhouse
* "It Came From Outer Space" – Kay Eaton (title)
* "" – Benny Russell
* Untitled robot story – by Albert Macklin. Pabst said he "'…loved it."
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