Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Van Pelt
A minor character with a small role.
minor
First appearance: asteroid of the damned
Mr. Van Pelt shows up with force in IV: Sandy Van Pelt. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The narrator and protagonist of the chapter, a cynical newspaperman on the night shift who reluctantly covers a gang fight that turns into an atomic crisis.
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- Narrator and Ancient
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