Laurie actually managed to extract checks and send them out to the writers. There was one story about him having a fist fight with Stanley Harris back when they worked together. ( a movie with Stacey Keech playing Marlow or some such actually showed the door of Harris Publications in the old-style office building.) I remember the gun mags from the mid 80s. Myron was very proud of himself. Had a picture of his grinning face on top of his turkey neck next to a wild hog mount. Titled, "which one's toughest?" We made fun of those older mags and I once asked a gun industry type if Myron was doing self parody. " No. He is dead serious." He warned one editor (maybe you) not to mention his name abroad in the gun industry or he wouldn't get samples from them as he had a controversial history with them. Some of them thought he should have sent the t&e samples back. (over time, I learned that A Lot of the industry is not so far removed from Myron) Even though he liked to pose with NYPD guys like he was one of the gang, one editor told me that he didn't think Cops knew anything about guns and he had to disquise amaury Mergado as a non- policeman just to get him published.
Myron was good about swapping covers. He would print the same articles over and over again under different magazine titles. then do them again in specials he called "pick-ups."
When I started writing for more mainstream pubs, I kind of kept quiet about the old florida connection thinking it might be the kiss of death. Later found out that a lot of long-established writers had associated with myron too and were still mad about getting stiffed on fees.
Looking forward to the update, hopefully in a few months.
