The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and Boucher became interested in the idea of a fantasy companion to "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", and spoke to Dannay about it. Dannay was interested in the idea, but paper was scarce because of World War II. The following year Boucher and McComas suggested that the new magazine could use the Ellery Queen name, but Dannay knew little about fantasy and suggested instead that they approach Lawrence Spivak, the owner of Mercury Press, which published "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine". In January 1946, Boucher and McComas went to New York and met with Spivak, who let them know later in the
Beachcomber (pen name) Beachcomber (pen name) Beachcomber is a "nom de plume" that has been used by several journalists writing a long-running humorous column on the "Daily Express". It was originated in 1919 by Major John Bernard Arbuthnot MVO as his signature on the column, titled ‘By the Way’. The name Beachcomber was then passed to D. B. Wyndham Lewis and, in turn, to J.B. Morton, who wrote the column till 1975. It was later revived by William Hartston, current author of the column. "By the Way" was originally a column in "The Globe", consisting of unsigned humorous pieces; P. G. Wodehouse was