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Shipped Off
This Amazon best seller takes place on a cruise liner where a gay passenger goes missing. It causes a massive search of the vessel. Is the missing man dead, injured in some part of the ship, or drugged? If drugged, who did this? And how does the deepening mystery affect the relationships of three Gordon, Matt, and Daniel? What is the possessive hold that Daniel has on Matt?
Told from the perspective of four characters.
Told from the perspective of four characters.
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Published September 22, 2021
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About the author
Gordon Blitz
18 books10 followersAfter 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
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
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October 19, 2021Gordon Blitz's, Shipped Off, is a fun but suspenseful read and I highly recommend you add it to your collection. His chapters are short, adding an urgency and mystery to the experience, and the concise, short sentences push you relentlessly towards needing to know how it ends! His characters are real yet their behaviors are not always predictable. Some of their actions and words might even make you feel very emotional! Give it a try!
November 22, 2021
The Cruise From - Or To - Hell
A quick read in a frantically paced novel centering on a gay man on his first cruise. He's talked a long-time crush, Matt, into accompanying him to hopefully push his fear of the ocean away. Another couple of roommates, Daniel and Steve, are also on board. The personal interaction between these four men is told with humor and verve, despite the rather tragic results the individuals suffer.
A quick read in a frantically paced novel centering on a gay man on his first cruise. He's talked a long-time crush, Matt, into accompanying him to hopefully push his fear of the ocean away. Another couple of roommates, Daniel and Steve, are also on board. The personal interaction between these four men is told with humor and verve, despite the rather tragic results the individuals suffer.
December 20, 2021
With a wonderful and exciting blend of keeping us wondering what happens to Matt, as well as poignant details of Gordon's life as a young man and adulthood, we journey through this fast paced book to come to the thrilling conclusion when we learn What Happens to Matt!
October 19, 2021
An intriguing story filled with suspense that made this a quick and enjoyable read!
November 3, 2021
A gut wrenching read with many well earned twists and an emotional ending.
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