 At the end of the 1940s a boom in science fiction magazines encouraged Pines to issue a new magazine, titled "Fantastic Story Quarterly", as a vehicle for reprinting this older material, with the first issue dated Spring 1950.It was successful enough for Pines to add another reprint magazine, "Wonder Story Annual", later that year.Pines' plan was to use the new magazine to reprint novels, with only a few short stories included to fill out the magazine.