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[eBook News] Gregory Bernard Banks explores many of life's crossroads

In his first self-published effort, Gregory Bernard Banks explores many
of life's crossroads

Crossroads and Other Tales (1-4116-0262-5, Trade paperback, 104 pp, 6x9,
$11.95).

Gregory Banks often uses both poetry and prose to delve into such
wide-reaching topics as depression, domestic violence, suicide, and
more. In several pieces, he explores the various facets of Alzheimer's
Disease, showing not only how it affects the individuals caring for
those with the disease, but also his vision of the inner hell sufferers
of the disease must go through. In the poem, "Surreality," he expresses
how he felt on September 11, 2001 as the sky seemed to fall, while in
the short prose piece, "The Calling," he gives a brief but powerful
glimpse into the difficult moments while awaiting the death of a loved one.

With simple yet poetic craft, Gregory Banks, himself a lifetime sufferer
of Osteogenesis Imperfecta, often uses humor as well as surrealism to
show his broad range of literary skills. The Compulsive Reader says: "
(Crossroads...) is a small volume, less than a hundred pages, but it
says a lot in those pages", while Flavah Reviews says of this collection: " (It) is a unique peak into the human condition, with a twist."

Banks's past credits include such diverse publications as volumes 1 and
3 of the "A Generation X Anthology" poetry series, The Rose & Thorn - A
Literary Ezine, Story House, and StoneGarden.net. Most recently he's
appeared in the first and third issues of Creative Brother's Sci-Fi
Magazine, and April and May issues of The Writers Post Journal.

Crossroads and Other Tales is available from major bookstores worldwide
or directly from Lulu.com at: www.wheelmansplace.com/CrossroadsBook

posted by Brad @ 4:12 PM