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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Cheyenne Publishing to reprint 1979 historical gay romance novel, Wingmen, by Ensan Case

Camas, WA, USA – December 1st, 2011 – In 1979 Avon Books took a risk by publishing a gay romance novel about two Navy flying aces who managed to find love in the midst of their bombing raids in the Pacific during World War II. While many breakthrough, gay-themed novels of the 1970s did get recognition and are fondly remembered by LGBT readers, Wingmen somehow slipped though the cracks, partly because the traditional romance readers who made up Avon's customer base weren't yet ready to embrace gay love.

In February 2012, Cheyenne Publishing will reprint this authentic wartime romance in paperback and for the first time in the eBook format.

Ensan Case was only 28 years old when he wrote Wingmen in 1978. Discouraged by its less-than-stellar reception, he gave up writing and turned to other pursuits. Recently, on a whim he did a Google search and was amazed to discover that there was new interest in the long out-of-print book. He decided to shop it around to some independent publishers and ultimately accepted an offer from Cheyenne Publishing.

Cheyenne Publishing is an independent press founded in 2007, and specializes in LGBT historical novels as well as LGBT-themed young adult books. Last May Cheyenne Publishing's Normal Miguel by Erik Orrantia won a Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Romance for 2010.

Contact:
Mark Probst
webmaster@cheyennepublishing.com
PO Box 872412
Vancouver, WA 98687-2412