Austin, Texas
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) is an American
short story
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writer of
slipstream
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fiction, noted for his
pastiches
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. Miles is perhaps best known for the
pulp
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* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
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adventures of the
Communist
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action hero
Red Poppy
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. His writings have appeared in ''
Plot
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Art, media and entertainment
* Plot (narrative), the connected story elements of a piece of fiction
Music
* ''The Plot'' (album), a 1976 album by jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava
* The Plot (band), a band formed in 2003
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Bigfoot
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Polyphony
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* "Ties That Bind" ''Plot'' #5, Win/Spr 1996
* "Death in Four Colors" (the first Red Poppy adventure) RevolutionSF, 2001
* "The Segar Caper, or What Goes Around Comes Around" (a Red Poppy adventure) RevolutionSF, 2002
* "Habe Ich Meinen Eigenen Tod Geseh'n" ''Polyphony'' 5, 2005 ()
(Honorable Mention in ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection'', edited by
Ellen Datlow
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Datlow began her car ...
,
Kelly Link
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Rick Klaw
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Biography
Rick Klaw is the paternal grandson of Irving Klaw, the photographer and film maker most noted for his bondage phot ...
) ''Cross Plains Universe'', 2006 ()
(Finalist for the 2007
WSFA Small Press Award
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)
Comic book
* "And I Only Am Escaped To Tell Thee" '' Weird Business'', 1995 (adapted from a story by
Roger Zelazny
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Mojo Press
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History
Mojo Press was founded in 1994 by publisher Ben Ostrander and man ...
) ()
* "Cowboy Dharma" ''Wild West Show'', 1996 (adapted from the story "Metamorphosis No. 5" by Don Webb art by Newt Manwich, Mojo press) ()
* "Song of the Yeti" ''The Big Bigfoot Book'', 1996 (art by
Dan Burr
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