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By way of Carnegie Mellon Drama Department, G. L. Rockey earned a B.A. from Michigan State University and entered the television industry. From Providence to Phoenix and cities in between, he produced and directed a variety of television programs and managed station programming. Awarded a Master Degree, he taught at Cleveland State University.
Rockey has published four works of fiction. The first is a highly acclaimed novel, REDACTED (first published in ebook format as THE JOURNALIST). Said to have "a frightening ring of a truth" by Sun Times news' reviewer Sam Boyer; Zumaya executive editor, Elizabeth Burton, writes: "Novel eerily presages current events." THE JOURNALIST received a five star "outstanding, engrossing, a classic" rating and earned Book of the Year. Read more
Truths Of The Heart
Truths of the Heart ($25 - On Sale NOW...): Ensnared by life's choices, Professor Rachelle Zannes marries ex-football star turned radio sport's announcer--Carl Bostich. Initially swept up by Carl's panache, mistaking his possessiveness as caring, she soon finds him to be selfish, controlling, and a philanderer. Seth Trudow is an art student taking Rachelle's course. He is attracted to Rachelle and she is to him. At the same time, Seth is entangled with the eccentric Laura Toth, who is as possessive of Seth as Carl is of Rachelle. Things spin out of control as Carl becomes embroiled in an underworld gambling scandal. In the meantime, Rachelle's class assignment leads to a private meeting with Seth, and they become entangled in a love affair that ends in bloody tragedy and pregnant vows. When the worst finally happens, Rachelle is set on pulling together her shattered life. Read more or Buy Now
REDACTED
Zachary Stern believes in facts, and he believes that's what the news should be about. It's how he runs The Boca, his weekly alternative paper in Miami. When a local network affiliate broadcasts a shocking video, something about the damning images sets off an alarm.
"...has frightening ring of truth...compelling..." -- Brunswick Sun Times
"Thrilling...captures you in the opening sentence and hold you spellbound till the end...it will also scare the socks off you...a must read." -- Kim Gaona, author of Everlasting
"Mr. Rockey gives the story so many twists and turns that it seems more than believable. It makes one wonder what really is the news and what is the political agenda behind it?" -- Reader Views Read more
TIME & CHANCE
A tangled tale of missing persons, lies, greed and murder.
Jack Carr believes in two kinds of time: his and real. He also believes in two kinds of chance: good and bad. Not sure who is writing the larger "script," Jack weaves his way through a host of unsavory characters involved in kidnapping and body part trafficking, falling for an undercover agent in the process and setting both of them up for death. Read more
FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE
Memories of a Steak House ClanLocated in Ohio's celebrated Cleveland Flats, Jim's Steak House was the place to go for people from Cleveland to London and beyond. Thousands of patrons from boat captains to school teachers to movers and shakers celebrated anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, graduations, special memories, and more of Jim's. While dining on their favorite choice cuts of beef and famous hash browns, they ogled the fabled Cuyahoga River, the Terminal Tower, and giant oar boats easing round Collision Point.
Beginning with the restaurant's founding in 1930 by Greek emigrant, James Kerkles, the story recounts his marriage to much younger, and colorful Hilda Hoffman. After Kerkles' untimely death, Hilda (later to be known as The Queen of the Flats) nurtured her two most cherished "babies": Jim's Steak House and her deceased sister's son, Raymond Rockey. Read more
"These vignettes, of ordinary lives, glimpsed through the eyes of unforgettable, often quirky characters probe the complexity of what it is to be human, while giving an extraordinary and entertaining read. The stories range from a twin sister's bus ride encounter, to a 10 year old girl's diary, shifting gears to explore the mind of a pregnant schizophrenic trying to escape her past and present, to my very favorite, Ms. Collette, which could easily outshine any Twilight Zone or Outer Limits.
...each (story) has a common thread lacing through them - Why are we here? Or more aptly - Where are we going? At times, many of his eccentric characters appear to have a momentary glimpse of the answer, but inevitably, their humanness pushes any potential revelations further away from their grasp...Few writers could tackle such a complex theme and pull it off so completely, time after time in an amazingly entertaining fashion." -- Sally Kale WordBeats, Word Museum's Reviewer Read more