![]() ![]() ![]() Though the first story was a success, the ensuing ones never made it to reprinting. Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant (1905) was the first in his series that were published in the Argosy. It was followed by Isle of Black Fire and The White Crystals in 1904, which were successful in reaching a younger audience hungry for adventurous tales and received favourable reviews. His first published novel's failure was not encouraging, With Force and Arms: A Tale of Love and Salem Witchcraft (1902). Though they were long days, writing came easy to him, he didn't consider it "work". His daytime reporting job didn't pay very well but Garis was confident in his imaginative and creative abilities to create fiction, which he worked on in the evenings. They married in 1900 and would have two children. ![]() It was there that he met journalist and first female reporter for the state, Lilian McNamara. ![]() After the death of his father, he secured a job as reporter with the Newark Evening News. To while away the time between the mundane tasks of the baggage department, Garis put pen to paper and started to write poems and short stories, and outlines and ideas for others. ![]()
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