When Pohl lost his job as editor in late 1941 , he had bought from himself ( and paid for ) a couple of stories that he had not actually written , and .
Had to write them very quickly and turn them in .
When Pohl lost his job as editor in late 1941 , he had bought from himself ( and paid for ) a couple of stories that he had not actually written , and hence had to write them very quickly and turn them in .