Category Archives: flash fiction

Dead in a Flash

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

[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 Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

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 Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

[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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>Save the Words

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>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 Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [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 Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[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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>A Summer Fling

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [A suitable story for the international women´s day – or?] Monday Mildred Kickinbottom put on a new polyester blouse in a delicate lavender shade, but Arnold didn´t notice. He was focusing on identifying those deadly bones of his herring … Continue reading →

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>Two-Sentence Tuesday

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> After an extraordinary week, I settled down to write again yesterday. Not my novel yet, it may take a few days until I am back in full swing, but I wrote a flash fiction story.  Two-Sentence Tuesday is hosted … Continue reading →

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>Book Launch: Candied Crime

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [Til mine danske læsere: denne mini-antologi er på engelsk, og den kan kun fås som e-bog. Men skulle nogen være interesseret, er der RTF-versionen, som kan læses på skærmen, PDF-versionen, som er god til udprintning, og jeg tror også, … Continue reading →

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>Daim Stories

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> If you wonder where I am… Oh, you don´t? (Don´t think you can shut me up so easily). I should be adding page after page to my novel, and I have made some progress, but I can´t help my … Continue reading →

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