WheelMan Press - Contemporary Fiction for a Speculative World

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 11, 2008 - Stockbridge, GA. WheelMan Press to release to second edition of its award finalist collection —Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life (978-0-6151-8646-7, Trade paperback, 280 pp, 6 x 9, $17.95).

WheelMan Press announces that it will release a second edition of Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life, the highly acclaimed short story collection from Gregory Bernard Banks, originally published in March 2005. The revised and expanded second edition of this collection will be released April 14^th of this year.

With four brand new stories, the collection is once again poised to garner much acclaim for the author, whose publishing credits include The Rose & Thorn, Story House, Creative Brother's Sci-Fi Magazine, The Writers Post Journal, AlienSkin Magazine, The Speculative Fiction Centre, Amazon Shorts, and Axxon Online.

Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life contains notable tales such as the L. Ron Hubbard Writer’s of the Future Contest Quarter-finalist “Kachina Dawn,” about a Hopi man who leaves his village to find his purpose in life, but returns with a terrifying secret that could destroy his world. In addition, there is the Writer’s of the Future Contest Semi-finalist “Avatar,” about a disabled man who seeks to escape his frail body, but learns that one’s Fate is much harder to elude.

Asked why he decided to publish an expanded second edition, the author said: “I left the goals I had for the original book unfinished. I felt that both the design and promotion fell short of my own expectations. Being wiser, more experienced, and more determined than ever, this time I’m going to do all I can to get the word out and prove to myself that I can make this book a true commercial success.”

Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life, Second Edition will be available through distributors Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Lulu.com, and from most major bookstores worldwide. To contact the author, you may send him an email at press@wheelmansplace.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

WheelMan Press announces the launch of IntotheEvery.com to promote its latest release, due out in December (url: www.IntotheEvery.com).

September 13, 2007 - Stockbridge, GA. Today marks the official launch of IntotheEvery.com, in conjunction with the announcement that the next book from WheelMan Press will be titled Into the Every: Tales of Magic and Science. The website will serve as the lead promotional tool for the book. a collection of short stories and novelettes exploring Magic, Science, and the place beyond humanity’s wildest imagination where one becomes nearly indistinguishable from the other. The site will provide the latest information on the book’s progress as well as ongoing discussions on the ideals driving the theme of the book. The site also has links to a variety of resources in print and online related to the subjects of Science, and the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres, as well promotional items for sale, for free download, and more. “I designed IntotheEvery.com to be more than just a promotional tool,” says the author, Gregory Banks. “I also want it to be a resource for all those who are as excited by the wonder and the limitless possibilities to be found in the exploration of our universe and beyond.

WheelMan Press, a subsidiary of BDDesign LLC, published its first book, Crossroads and Other Tales, in January of 2004. Since then it has published three more books, the highly acclaimed Foreword Magazine 2005 Book of the Year Award Finalist Phoenix Tales: Stories of Death & Life, the journal/biography A Writer’s Journey in Poetry & Prose, and a reprint of the H.G. Wells classic, The Door in the Wall and Other Stories.

Author, publisher, and graphic designer Gregory Bernard Banks runs WheelMan Press. During his ten-year writing career, he’s garnered many publishing credits, and has had stories reaching both the semi- and quarter-finals of the prestigious L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest. The title story from his upcoming collection, Into the Every, finished 6th under the Science Fiction Short Story category in the 2006 Preditors and Editors Readers Poll, and another story, that will also be contained in this collection, The Summoner, currently ranks in the top five under four separate categories at Amazon Shorts. Banks currently works as co-Webmaster for the Speculative Literature Foundation, is the sole proprietor for WheelMan Press and its parent company, BDDesign LLC, and is both a Community Leader and Customer Support Representative at Lulu.com. He also writes the column “A Sedentary View” for Audacity Magazine (AudacityMagazine.com).

Into the Every: Tales of Magic and Science, is scheduled to be released in December of 2007. For more information, point your browsers to www.IntotheEvery.com.