Stretched Love

by Gordon Blitz

Gordon Blitz's third novel, STRETCHED LOVE, plunges us into the passionate marriage of a couple in their thirties, Warren and Rebecca and her troubled younger gay brother, Paul. The hold that these three characters have on each other takes on mythic proportions when one of them faces serious illness. Blitz does not hold back from the savagery of disease and death. The relationships take an unexpected turn one that doesn't always make sense. Blitz brilliantly demonstrates that love in all of its forms can be stretched, even beyond the grave.

250 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2023

About the author

After forty years as an accountant, Gordon Blitz retired in 2017 and became a passionate writing machine. As a senior LGBTQ+ man, he has a unique perspective on the many facets of being LGBTQ+ for the last fifty years. He is a multi-media creative artist, novelist, playwright and performer.
In 2023, his play, Reflections of A Gay Jewish Boy, had a reading at the Region 8 Kennedy Center American Theater College Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada and became a finalist for the National Festival in Washington, D.C. A Homeless Thanksgiving had a reading in 2025 as part of the Talking It Out Festival at the Spit & Vigor Blackbox Theatre in New York City. His short play, The Aftermath, was published in the June, 2025 issue of Mini Plays Review. Additionally, his play, Climate Change, was selected for the Climate Action New Play Collective at DePaul University. His monologue, Transplant, has been accepted into 321 Plays for Trans Futures, and his monologue, The Important Things We Keep Hidden, was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of The Soliloquist. His play, Reflections of A Teenage Jewish Lesbian, had a reading in September, 2025 as part of the Tiger’s Heart Festival. His monologue, Caged, won the Go Write a Play competition given by the Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii in conjunction with Bamboo Ridge Books. The Spokane Falls Community College Spartan Theater included his play, Scared Ethel, in their Fall, 2025 New Works Reader’s Theatre Festival.
In 2021, his novella, Shipped Off, was published by Running Wild Press in Novella Anthology, Volume 4, Book 1. Since 2021, he has published six novels: Stretched Love; Murder Times Three: A Waverly Place Mystery; Transformation and Acceptance; The Hermaphrodites; Harmonic Dissonance It’s No Laughing Matter and Converso Jews: A Hidden Family Story

In 2025, a documentary about his life called Walk in the Park: A Life Rewritten was produced. The movie is available for viewing on a link in his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MrGblitz

Reviews

[Charlie Becker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gordon Blitz's novel, Stretched Love, takes you on an exploration of love, passion, and compassion among friends and family members who are growing up and into actualized adults. The main characters experiment and seek experiences even as they find careers and form creative, loving families.

[Neal Wiener · Rating 5 out of 5]

An exceptional novel that changed my life. The healing power of love made for an inspirational journey.