Category Archives: flash fiction

Dead in a Flash

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

[I considered participating in a flash fiction contest this week, but my muse played a trick on me. Still, those of you who can guess the identity of Arty Mugworth and the other characters may enjoy my silly story.] Killing … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Knavesborough # 2

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Read part I II Old Helleboria was hardly lukewarm in her coffin before the next death rattled the village. – A hit-and-run driver. Right here in Knavesborough. Mother and daughter. Within the same week. Gruuuuesome! – I know it is … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Knavesborough # 1

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

[Published as "The Deadly Sin of Avarice" in the collection "Christmas in Knavesborough"] I When the rumour of old Helleboria Everthorpe´s demise ran from mouth to mouth in Knavesborough, the knitting club didn´t hesitate for a second. Evy ran into … Continue reading →

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Zed Alley – the ending

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

Read part 3 Rhapsody sauntered back to the Marriott, absorbed in the case. The marvellous CrimeFest was over anyway so there was not much else to do. She found a notebook and wrote a neat and tidy list of what … Continue reading →

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Zed Alley # 3

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Read part 2 Rhapsody got back to the Marriott in time to hear most of Colin Cartridge´s panel, and afterwards she approached the famous thriller writer James Pond. – I have a phone message here, and I have an idea … Continue reading →

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Zed Alley # 2

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Read part 1 – I am afraid something terrible has happened! The young woman breezed in and plunked a black handbag on the counter of the local police station. – And why would you think so, Miss? Inspector Japp who … Continue reading →

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Z is for Zed Alley # 1

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

- part I of a summer story for the final week of Kerrie´s alphabet in crime meme – Bewildered, Rhapsody Gershwin turned another corner, looking around her, trying to figure out where she was. The streets grew narrower all the … Continue reading →

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>Save the Words

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

>Scatterbrained as I am today I keep telling myself that now I´ll begin that blog round, but I run into one distraction after the other (such as five-star reviews on Amazon). I just visited Rob Kitchin´s blog and was reminded … Continue reading →

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>Blandede bolsjer

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

> [a collection of flash fiction in Danish just published via German-based XinXii – I know you can´t read them, but if you click on the link you will enhance my visibility on the market – thank you friends for … Continue reading →

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>Two-Sentence Tuesday

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

>[The meme is hosted by Women of Mystery] This week I have been relatively good. I have edited some chapters of “The Cosy Knave”, polished a query, added a couple of hundred words to “The Halloween Murderer” and written a … Continue reading →

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