▁ ▁After ▁Fish er ' s ▁dis charge ▁from ▁the ▁Navy , ▁he ▁settled ▁in ▁Green wich ▁Village , ▁New ▁York , ▁where ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁purs ue ▁writing ▁as ▁a ▁career . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁few ▁months ▁proved ▁difficult . ▁ ▁Fish er ▁could ▁not ▁sell ▁a ▁story ▁and ▁suffered ▁ev iction ▁from ▁two ▁apart ments , ▁and ▁once ▁had ▁his ▁electric ity ▁shut ▁off . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁however , ▁he ▁would ▁publish ▁his ▁first ▁story , ▁" H ell ’ s ▁S co op ," ▁in ▁Sure - Fire ▁Det ect ive ▁Magazine , ▁beginning ▁a ▁career ▁of ▁considerable ▁literary ▁success . ▁ ▁P ulp ▁years ▁ ▁Fish er ▁published ▁extens ively ▁in ▁pul ps ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁‘ 4 0 s ▁and ▁into ▁the ▁‘ 5 0 s . ▁Mag az ines ▁that ▁featured ▁his ▁stories ▁include ▁Sp icy ▁Myst ery ▁St ories , ▁Th r illing ▁Det ect ive , ▁True ▁Gang ▁Life , ▁Det ect ive ▁F iction ▁Week ly , ▁The ▁Sh adow , ▁New ▁Myst ery ▁Advent ures , ▁Under ground ▁Det ect ive , ▁The ▁Myst er ious ▁Fu ▁Wang , ▁The ▁Ph antom ▁Det ect ive , ▁A ce ▁Det ect ive , ▁Sau cy ▁Rom antic ▁Advent ures , ▁Myst ery ▁Advent ure , ▁Det ect ive ▁T ales , ▁The ▁Wh is per er , ▁Head quarters ▁Det ect ive , ▁Hard bo iled , ▁Doc ▁Sav age ,