Wheatland Press

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Wheatland Press
Status On hiatus
Founded 2002
Founder Deborah Layne
Country of originFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Headquarters location Wilsonville, Oregon
Publication types Books
Fiction genres science fiction, fantasy, and horror
Official website www.wheatlandpress.com

Wheatland Press is an independent book publisher, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short story and poetry collections. It was founded in 2002 by Deborah Layne. Although the number of books it produced tailed off significantly in 2006, Wheatland Press has published some remarkable work in a very short time, including works by Ben Peek, Bruce Holland Rogers, Lucius Shepard, Steven Utley, Jerry Oltion, and Howard Waldrop. The Press's series of original anthologies, Polyphony, has consistently ranked among the best in the field.

Publishing process of production and dissemination of literature, music, or information

Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information. It is the activity of making information available to the general public. In some cases, authors may be their own publishers, meaning originators and developers of content also provide media to deliver and display the content for the same. Also, the word "publisher" can refer to the individual who leads a publishing company or an imprint or to a person who owns/heads a magazine.

Science fiction Genre of speculative fiction

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Fantasy Genre of literature, film, television and other artforms

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became literature and drama. From the twentieth century it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels and video games.

On January 29, 2009, Layne announced the press was going on hiatus. [1]

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References

  1. "Wheatland Press - Wheatland Press News". Wheatland-press.livejournal.com. Retrieved 2012-01-27.