In 1918, at the age of 23, Júlio César offered five of his tales to the editor of the newspaper "O Imparcial", where he worked; but his boss did not even look at them. Undaunted, Júlio picked up the manuscripts and brought them back a few days later, this time pretending that they were translations of the work of a certain "R. S. Slade," supposedly the rage in New York City. The first of those tales, "The Jew's Revenge", was published in the front page of the next issue of the newspaper; and the rest followed suit.