Paul O. Miles
Encyclopedia
Paul O. Miles is a short story
writer of slipstream fiction, noted for his pastiches. Miles is perhaps best known for the pulp
adventures of the Communist action hero Red Poppy. His writings have appeared in Plot, RevolutionSF, The Big Bigfoot
Book, Polyphony 5, and Cross Plains Universe. Miles lives in Austin, Texas.
(Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow
, Kelly Link
, and Gavin Grant
)
(Finalist for the 2007 WSFA Small Press Award
)
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
writer of slipstream fiction, noted for his pastiches. Miles is perhaps best known for the pulp
Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...
adventures of the Communist action hero Red Poppy. His writings have appeared in Plot, RevolutionSF, The Big Bigfoot
Bigfoot
Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid that purportedly inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid...
Book, Polyphony 5, and Cross Plains Universe. Miles lives in Austin, Texas.
Short stories
- "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 (ISBN 0-9720547-6-6)
(Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: 19th Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist.-Biography:Datlow was the fiction editor of Omni magazine and Omni Online from 1981 through 1998, and edited the ten associated Omni anthologies...
, Kelly Link
Kelly Link
Kelly Link is an American editor and author of short stories. While some of her fiction falls more clearly within genre categories, many of her stories might be described as slipstream or magic realism: a combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and realism...
, and Gavin Grant
Gavin Grant
Gavin J. Grant is a science fiction editor and writer. He runs Small Beer Press along with his wife Kelly Link. In addition, he has been the editor of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet since 1996 and, from 2003 to 2008, was co-editor of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series along with...
)
- "A Penny a Word" (co-wr Rick KlawRick KlawRichard Ira "Rick" Klaw , is an American editor, essayist, and bookseller.-Biography:Rick Klaw is the paternal grandson of Irving Klaw, the photographer and film maker most noted for his bondage photos of Bettie Page. In 1979, the family relocated to Houston, Texas...
) Cross Plains Universe, 2006 (ISBN 1-932265-22-8)
(Finalist for the 2007 WSFA Small Press Award
WSFA Small Press Award
The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature published in English for the first time in the previous calendar year...
)
Comic book
- "And I Only Am Escaped To Tell Thee" Weird Business, 1995 (adapted from a story by Roger ZelaznyRoger ZelaznyRoger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his The Chronicles of Amber series...
art by Barb & Theodore SpoonTed NaifehEdward "Ted" Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist who gained notoriety for his illustrations in the goth romance comic Gloomcookie...
, Mojo PressMojo PressMojo Press is a now-defunct small press which primarily published science fiction, horror, and western books and graphic novels between 1994-1999.-History:...
) (ISBN 1-885418-02-7) - "Cowboy Dharma" Wild West Show, 1996 (adapted from the story "Metamorphosis No. 5" by Don Webb art by Newt Manwich, Mojo press) (ISBN 1-885418-04-3)
- "Song of the Yeti" The Big Bigfoot Book, 1996 (art by Dan Burr, Mojo Press) (ISBN 1-885418-07-8)