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author in East ChiltingtonMay 8, 2025

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

The 4 books for kids which I published 2 years ago now have readers in the UK, USA and Canada. The stories, which are set in the magic of the English countryside, don't just have an appeal to exp pats living abroad, or just to kids either. I wonder how long it will take to attract readers in other parts of Europe?

the Goblins are Coming! - book coverprogress on the next novel

If it was only going to be a mere 500 pages it would be finished now and the links to order it would be at the top of this page.

Let me just say that progress on the Goblins are Coming! is steady.

(Word count today is 114,000 words.)

I'm not going to play with a long, drawn out pre-order timetable. When it's ready to read it will be ready to buy. (A long lazy summer read?) The cover will change too. Although I've got used to seeing this image as the placeholder which reminds me which book I'm working on.

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
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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
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Laura's Worm Custard
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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 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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