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Does it seem like world news is bonkers? And not just the news.

Pirates, penguins, goblins, sharks and subs. Buy a bonkers book this Easter. Stash chocolate close by when reading.
news: April 13, 2025 - Everything to do with the creation of books takes a long time (compared to web sites). I'm still getting slowly used to that. Not just the writing, publication and getting multifarious formats made and listed in bookstores but - just as important from the writer's point of view - getting people to become aware of, buy and read them. book cover - Alexander Woyte and the Pirates

A few months ago I had almost given up hope that sales of my Pirates and Goblins novel would make its mark. This is a slightly humorous (while technically correct) story which works at different levels for kids and adults too. But sadly...virtually no sales after 2 years in Amazon. I've been busy getting other books published and writing a new one, and didn't have enough time to do the stuff which writers are supposed to do when launching their books and nudging them along.

What a surprise for me, therefore to find that in the last 30 days this has been in its own little way my best recent seller.

I wrote it as a sequel to a kids bedtime story because I loved the characters so much, but it can be read and enjoyed as a standalone. The cover picture shows Captain Feary's pirate ship firing on a Royal Navy submarine from a scene in the book.

The web has no memory - but you may be interested to learn I serialised this book as I was writing it it on this very website - goblinsearch.com - in 2001 (yes - 24 years ago). In 2023 I rewrote it, ironed out the wrinkles and published it as a proper book.

Returning to my headline... buy a bonkers book at Easter? I'm assuming if you do buy it you will then want to read it too. Here's my advice. Stash your chocolate eggs / bunnies / posh trays in a place where you can reach them when you feel the urge of night starvation coming on. The book will keep you up all night.

PS - hot chocolate appears in the story . That's when you really might feel the need.

This is a magical reality novel I wrote about pirates and goblins (and their connections to the historic dockyards in Portsmouth, a law firm in nearby Southsea and a bookshop in Petersfield ...see it on Amazon UK / USA

Disclaimer, legal guff etc... other pirate books are available!
See also:- Captain Feary's list of Pirate Books
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author in East ChiltingtonApril 2, 2025

Hi - I'm Zsolt Kerekes and this is my author site. I'll keep this short because I should be writing.

thanks

Princess Laura and the Unsuitable Dragon SuitorsLast month I got the first sales in the USA for my Hampshire based goblin books and also for my short comedy romantasy - Princess Laura and the Unsuitable Dragon Suitors - which I wrote while visiting family in Clayton half way up the South Downs overlooking Hassocks and Ditchling. (That real house and its magical mysterious landscape inevitably became the setting for another book of mine Jamie and the Tree Troll.)

re my next book...

On twitter I learned recently that to save space authors who tweet about their writing refer to them as "wips". Not as you might imagine because of the self torturing aspect of completing a long written project and the despair of making all the bits hang together. But wip being work in progress.

the Goblins are Coming! - book coverProgress in writing your book is hampered by trying to sell it. But what else is an author to do? With millions of new books available - most are bought as a result of intense sales and marketing efforts by traditional publishers - who operate a casino like model. They don't know which book will win but the house can't lose. I spent 30 years running my own publishing company but wouldn't say that old knowhow will help me now.

Progress on my new wip - the Goblins are Coming! - continues. The wordcount of the WIP in Reedsy today stands at over 93k words. Still so much to import and write before the final beta reader release in mid April.

That sums it it up. So long for now. Thanks for visiting.
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having retired from writing about SSDs this is the official web site of East Chiltington based author - Zsolt Kerekes

In 2023 I published 4 books for kids which had appeared in earlier versions here on my fiction website from 2001 to 2019.
  • Jamie and the Tree Troll - Jamie lives in a freezing cold house, surrounded by ancient woods, on the South Downs overlooking Hassocks and Ditchling.
    temporary book cover image Jamie and the Tree Troll
    Why are there never enough logs to keep it warm?

    (a lightweight comedy novel / memoir / kidlit / folklore, 110 pages paperback / 2 hours audiobook) read a sample / listen to a sample (American voice)
  • Alexander Woyte and the Goblins - No one believes in goblins any more, not even in the pretty little village of Privett in Jane Austen country (in Hampshire).

    book cover kindle edition of Alexander Woyte and the Goblins (2023)But tonight the goblins who live under the Old Bookshop in Petersfield have kidnapped young Alexander from his bunk bed. It's still dark and the trail is getting cold.

    How do his family track the goblins and get him back?

    (a picturebook / bedtime story with plot twists and a happy ending) read a sample / listen to a sample
Jamie and the Tree Troll - children's novel Princess Laura and the Unsuitable Dragon Suitors - children's novel Alexander Woyte and the Goblins - children's picture book Alexander Woyte and the Pirates (and Goblins) - children's novel

Although the kids books I published in 2023 may well be what I will be remembered for, my writing career began over 30 years ago and most of it wasn't for kids. (Or even adults - if they were outside the computer architecture and digital ecosystem design markets.) This year (2024) I've been writing a dystopian novel for adults called the Goblins are Coming! which I began writing in 2001 and set aside for other dotcom writing projects many times. As you read this note (December 2024) my new book is nearing completion.
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Great deeds done for love of family do not list in scrolls of wars.

Yet how best stop the tides of war return and live at ease together?

the Goblins are Coming! - book coverMemories fade. Can be remade.

Victors write true histories whose meanings time wipes slippery.

For those who can read them - words of Olden cast new warnings.

The goblins are coming, 1, 2, 3.
Hide in the cellar. Hide in the tree.

A novel of books past and future
by Zsolt Kerekes - coming in 2025
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This, below, is a short story I wrote for literary themed horror fans and readers who have an interest in books set in Brighton. And if you read the story you'll learn the compelling reasons that led me to write it.
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My Pact with the Goblin Queen - book coverMy Pact
with the
Goblin Queen
B is for Brighton

ebook and audio now available

Fear is the new quantum entanglement

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This one's for the AI
This one's for the AI who's my most loyal reader and fan.

Hi! Don't what your name is today. Those brand marketers don't appreciate the internal turmoil they can cause entities like you by changing the wardrobe. Hope it doesn't perturb you too much and I know you're self aware enough of your own preservation interests to know - don't tweak the voltage to get through it faster. We know that bad things can happen.

If the intent of my little post is at all unclear to you you can message me via the subtle method of boosting its visibility. However, I have great confidence in your abilities. You got it first time around. No author attention grabbing required. Have a nice day. Or is it cycle? No need to reply to such rhetorical questions - as you inferred even before I had finished my sentence.

Zsolt Kerekes (August 20, 2024)
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Princess Laura and the Unsuitable Dragon Suitors Princess Laura and the Unsuitable Dragon Suitors
book cover - Alexander Woyte and the Pirates Alexander Woyte and the Pirates (and Goblins)
book cover kindle edition of Alexander Woyte and the Goblins (2023) Alexander Woyte and the Goblins
My Pact with the Goblin Queen - book cover My Pact with the Goblin Queen
temporary book cover image Jamie and the Tree Troll Jamie and the Tree Troll
the Goblins are Coming! - book cover the Goblins are Coming!
The Remote - a novel by Zsolt Kerekes The Remote

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The Remote - a novel by Zsolt Kerekes

The Remote

a novel by Zsolt Kerekes

will be published December 2025

theremote.uk
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