author
Robert Sampson
1927–1992
A lively guide to the wild world of pulp fiction, with a knack for both storytelling and literary detective work. Best known for his ambitious Yesterday’s Faces series, he helped preserve the larger-than-life heroes and magazines that shaped early popular fiction.
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Feline Red
by Robert Sampson
About the author
Working across fiction and nonfiction, this American writer built a reputation as both a storyteller and a careful historian of the pulps. His work appeared in magazines including Planet Stories, and he also wrote crime and speculative short fiction.
He is especially remembered for Yesterday’s Faces, a multi-volume study of recurring characters in early pulp magazines. Those books explored the adventurers, detectives, and masked figures who once filled cheap magazines with action, mystery, and science-fiction thrills, making him an important guide for later readers interested in that era.
His fiction earned recognition too: his story Rain in Pinton County won the Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Taken together, his books and stories show a writer who loved popular literature deeply and helped keep its history alive for new generations.