 In 1960 he began publishing stories in Playboy magazine, which paid him a retainer for a first option on his short work.In 1961 it was announced that Wolfe was writing an (unproduced) screenplay for Tony Curtis about Hugh Hefner and "Playboy" magazine.In 1963 it was announced that Wolfe was writing the (unproduced) screenplay adaptation of Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer".