A New York pulp science fiction magazine of 1953 whose staff writer Benny Russell wrote a story about a space station commanded by a black captain.
Incredible Tales is the monthly magazine at the centre of Far Beyond the Stars, the vision in which Benjamin Sisko lives as the writer Benny Russell. Its small office is run by the editor Douglas Pabst, and its writers include Herbert Rossoff, Albert Macklin and the married couple Kay and Julius Eaton, with Roy Ritterhouse supplying the artwork.
The magazine hides the identity of some contributors. Kay Eaton publishes under initials so that readers will not know she is a woman, and Benny is asked to stay away when the staff photograph is taken.
Inspired by a drawing of a space station, Benny writes a story called Deep Space Nine. Pabst refuses to print it, and when a compromise version is finally set, the publisher has the entire issue pulped and Benny is dismissed.