# Mr. Van Pelt — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Van Pelt in Short Fiction by Frederik Pohl.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-asteroid-of-the-damned

## Who they are

A minor character with a small role.

## In the story

### [IV: Sandy Van Pelt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_18_se/chapters/iv-sandy-van-pelt)

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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