Penelope's Secrets a novel by Zsolt Kerekes
other sites by the same author:- STORAGEsearch.com - computer storage portal, SPARC Product Directory - Sun compatible servers & VARs directory, Marketing Views - IT marketing FAQs, goblinsearch.com - goblin stories
Egszer volt hol nem volt...	Once upon a time... (Hungarian traditional)
. . . My Pact with the Goblin Queen a short story by Zsolt Kerekes published May 2004) This is a horror story based in modern day Brighton. But this is not a tale about the bright city lights or the Sussex sea shore. The story takes place in the early hours of Sunday morning in the foggy lane winding up from the London Road past the Withdean stadium. Unlike the other stories on goblinsearch.com, this one is autobiographical. In fact the author claimed in a radio interview that nearly every word was true. Press release:- May 4, 2004 - Author Says - I Made a Pact with the Goblin Queen Length - 7,800 words . . . See also:- See also:- Directory of online Science Fiction novels, by other authors Table of Contents Foreword - To whom it may concern... Flashback 1 - The Hill Chapter 1 - Dinner at the Palace Flashback 2 - The Arrangement Chapter 2 - Champagne in Starlight Flashback 3 - The Sweet Smell Chapter 3 - The Panther at Rest Flashback 4 - A Working Breakfast Chapter 4 - Horses at Dawn Flashback 5 - The Store Room Rat Chapter 5 - The Owl Broods Flashback 6 - The Last Thing They'd Expect Chapter 6 - The Admiral's Table Flashback 7 - Home Tidings Chapter 7 - My Grandmother Told Me Flashback 8 - A Royal Welcome Chapter 8 - The Shape of Things to Come Flashback 9 - Treetop Chapter 9 - Morning After in Starlight Flashback 10 - The Letter Chapter 10 - We are not alone Flashback 11 - A Short Lesson in Military Etiquette Chapter 11 - Family Fashions Flashback 12 - The Frying Pan Chapter 12 - The Games People Play Flashback 13 - The Fist in the Funnel Chapter 13 - Dancing in the Street Flashback 14 - Childhood's End Dear Reader, PenelopesSecrets.com is the web serialisation of a science fiction meets sword & sandal novel. Currently the web site includes 78,000 words which is equivalent to about 242 pages in a paperback. So there's more than enough to get your teeth into. The projected length, when it's finished will be about 3 times as long. Tolkien said that it took him about 13 years to write the Lord of the Rings, and when I first came across that fact on rereading his trilogy in the 1960's my initial reaction was:- he's a slow writer. I don't claim to be in Tolkien's league when it comes to story telling, but I do seem to be writing at the same speed... My excuse, unlike Tolkien, who had a life, is that running a dot-com business doesn't leave you much time for anything else. The good news (if you think it's good for this book to get finished) is that I've written as much in the last year since putting the draft on this web site, as I did in the previous five years. So I'm speeding up, partly due the embarrassment that it's taking so long. So, thanks for your patience. Yours sincerely Zsolt Kerekes PS - Other publications, by the same author and publisher include the computer directories below:- and Alexander Woyte and the Goblins - a short story for chidren aged 4 to 8

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