Arthur Dekker Savage

Arthur Dekker Savage was an American science-fiction writer best known for a small body of short fiction published in the early 1950s. Library and genre-bibliography sources consistently link him with stories such as DP, Fly by Night, Survivors, and Trees Are Where You Find Them, and Project Gutenberg now hosts several of those works.

Because reliable biographical information about him is scarce online, most of what can be confirmed today comes from his publication record rather than from detailed personal histories. That record suggests a brief but memorable presence in mid-century magazine science fiction, with stories appearing in outlets like If Worlds of Science Fiction and Imagination.

His fiction still appeals to readers who enjoy vintage speculative ideas, compact storytelling, and the distinctive mood of postwar pulp SF. If you like rediscovering overlooked genre writers, he is an interesting author to explore.