FLETCHER FLORA

A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fletcher Flora (1914-1969)

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Novels

Strange Sisters
Published by Lion Books, 1954

Desperate Asylum
Published by Lion Books, 1955
Desperate Asylum was reprinted by Pyramid Books in 1959 under the title Whisper of Love.

The Brass Bed
Published by Lion Books, 1956

The Hot-Shot
Published by Avon Books, 1956

Leave Her To Hell!
Published by Avon Books, 1958
This novel is an expanded version of "Loose Ends", a novelette that was printed in the August 1958 issue of Manhunt.
Leave Her to Hell! features the character Percy Hand, a private investigator who appeared in two of Flora's stories.

Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart!
Published by Avon Books, 1958
A revised version of this novel was reissued by F. A. Thorpe/Linford Mystery Library in 2018 under the title By Whose Hand?.

Park Avenue Tramp
Published by Fawcett Gold Medal, 1958

Whispers of the Flesh
Published by Signet Books/The New American Library, 1958

Lysistrata
Published by Zenith Books, 1959
This historical novel is a retelling of Aristophanes' classic Greek comedy drama about a plot to bring an end to the Peloponnesian war.

Take Me Home
Published by Monarch Books, 1959

Wake Up With a Stranger
Published by Signet Books/The New American Library, 1959

Most Likely to Love
Published by Monarch Books, 1960

Killing Cousins
Published by Macmillan, 1960

The Seducer
Published by Monarch Books, 1961

Hot Summer
Published by Beacon Books, 1962
Hot Summer was printed under the pseudonym Timothy Harrison and published the same year by Magazine Services in Australia under the title Wanton Summer.

The Irrepressible Peccadillo
Published by Macmillan, 1962
A revised version of this novel was reissued by F. A. Thorpe/Linford Mystery Library in 2017 under the title Rendezvous With a Corpse.

Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Published by Pocket Books, 1964
This novel was printed under the house pseudonym Ellery Queen, a joint pen name that was originally created and used by the detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. Numerous authors have since written crime thrillers using the Ellery Queen nom de plume. As well as the famous Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and books that have been edited as by Ellery Queen, this byline is also the name of a fictional sleuth who appeared in many novels and short stories penned by the Dannay and Lee writing team.

Who Killed the Golden Goose
Published by Pocket Books, 1964
This novel was printed under the house pseudonym Ellery Queen.
Who Killed the Golden Goose was reprinted by Four Square Books in 1967 under the title The Golden Goose.

Campus Woman
Published by Horwitz Publications, 1965

The Devil's Cook
Published by Pocket Books, 1966
This novel was printed under the house pseudonym Ellery Queen.

Skulldoggery
Published by Belmont Books, 1967

Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene
Published by Random House, 1969
This novel, which was completed by Flora after Stuart Palmer's death in 1968, features the amateur sleuth Hildegarde Withers, a series character created by Palmer who appeared in numerous books, short stories and films.

Collections

Heels Are for Hating and Other Stories
Published by Wonder Publishing Group, 2010
This ebook contains the following novelettes and short stories: "Heels Are for Hating", "She Asked for It" and "Points South"

The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack
Published by Wildside Press, 2015
This book contains the following novelettes and short stories: "The Two-Faced Corpse", "As I Lie Dead", "I'll Kill for You", "A Long Way to K.C.", "Heels Are for Hating", "Murder of a Mouse", "Points South", "Two Little Hands", "Handy Man", "Loose Ends", "The Witness Was a Lady", "She Asked for It", "Tune Me In", "The Spent Days", "Bonus Boy", "Mrs. Dearly's Special Day", "Six Reasons for Murder", "How? When? Who?", "The Satin-Quilted Box", "My Father Died Young", "Wait and See", "Obituary", "The Happenstance Snatch", "Cousin Kelly", "Refuge" and "Something Priceless".

The Lesbian Pulp Megapack
Published by Wildside Press, 2015
This ebook is an omnibus edition that contains the following novels: Strange Sisters, Desperate Asylum and Take Me Home.

Leave Her to Hell/Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart/Take Me Home
Published by Stark House Press, 2016
This book is an omnibus edition that contains three of Flora's novels and an introduction by Bill Pronzini entitled "Fletcher Flora: A Man of Many Talents".

Black Cat Thrillogy #5
Published by Wildside Press, 2018
This ebook contains the following short stories: "I'll Kill for You", "I'll Race You" and "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree".

The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack
Published by Wildside Press, 2018
This ebook contains the following novellas, novelettes and short stories: "Hell Has No Fury", "The Closing Trap", "Hell for Hannah", "The Collector Comes After Payday", "Fair Game", "May I Come In?", "Kill Me Tomorrow", "Trespasser", "Most Agreeably Poisoned", "Sounds and Smells", "A Cool Swim on a Hot Day", "IQ-184", "Settlement Out of Court", "For Money Received", "The Capsule", "The Tool", "One Enchanted Evening", "Something Very Special", "A Lesson in Reciprocity" and "The Average Murderer".

By Whose Hand? and Other Stories
Published by F. A. Thorpe/Linford Mystery Library, 2018
This book contains a revised version of the novel Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart!. It appears here under the title By Whose Hand? along with the short stories "The Witness Was a Lady" and "The Spent Days".

Short Fiction

"Showdown for Death"
Private Detective, December 1950

"A Guy Like Me"
Mr., February 1951

"Death is Someone's Chestnut"
Mr., May 1951

"A Dealer in Death"
Man to Man, June/July 1951

"$10,000 and a Woman"
Man to Man, October/November 1951

"Something Smells"
Mr., November 1951

"Dead Ringer for Joe!"
New Detective Magazine, February 1952
Invincible Detective Magazine, No. 33, August 1952
Detective Tales (British edition), August 1958

"The Greek Accessory"
Sir!, February 1952

"The Big Treatment"
Man to Man, February/March 1952

"Sucker for a Corpse"
Stag, March 1952

"The Two-Faced Corpse"
New Detective Magazine, April 1952
New Detective Magazine (British edition), No. 9, September 1952
Detective Tales (British edition), February 1959
Adventure, October 1959 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "Death Has Two Faces")
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Regards to the Governor"
Male, May 1952

"Something in Common"
Mr., May 1952

"Buy a Hush, Baby"
New Detective Magazine, June 1952
Detective Tales (British edition), November 1958

"Murder Is No Gentleman"
Detective Tales, June 1952
Detective Tales (Canadian edition), June 1952
Detective Tales (British edition), August 1952
Invincible Detective Magazine, No. 34, September 1952

"Death in the Acidophilus"
Sir!, August 1952

"Ghoul to Go!"
Dime Detective Magazine, October 1952
Black Mask Detective (British edition), January 1953

"Torrid Zone"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1952
The Queen's Awards: 7th Series, ed. Ellery Queen, Little, Brown and Company, 1952
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), December 1952

"Surely Not Aletha"
Mr., November 1952

"Tall Guys Come High"
Detective Story Magazine, November 1952
Detective Story Magazine (British edition), March 1953

"So Lovely—and So Dead!"
Detective Tales, December 1952
Detective Tales (British edition), April 1953
Invincible Detective Magazine, No. 67, December 2, 1954

"Death Lives Here"
Detective Story Magazine, January 1953
Detective Story Magazine (British edition), May 1953
Fifteen Detective Stories, June 1954
Invincible Detective Magazine, No. 58, August 1, 1954
Detective Tales (British edition), January 1955

"As I Lie Dead"
Manhunt, February 1953
Giant Manhunt, No. 1, 1953
Manhunt (British edition), September 1953
Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australian edition), November 1953
Masters of Noir: Volume One (ebook), Wonder Publishing Group, 2010
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Mystery & Suspense Novella Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2017
The Best of Manhunt 2, ed. Jeff Vorzimmer, Stark House Press, 2020

"The Heat is Killing Me!"
Dime Detective Magazine, February 1953
P.I. Files, ed. Loren D. Estleman & Martin H. Greenberg, Ivy Books, 1990

"It's Murder, My Love!"
Detective Story Magazine, March 1953
Detective Tales (British edition), August 1953

"A Kill for Fifty Grand"
Man to Man, March 1953

"Murder Plus"
Mr., March 1953

"Hell Has No Fury—"
Dime Detective Magazine, April 1953
Black Mask Detective (British edition), July 1953
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Pursued"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1953
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), July 1953

"The Closing Trap"
Detective Story Magazine, May 1953
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Kiss and Kill"
Real, June 1953

"—Time to Kill—"
Dime Detective Magazine, June 1953

"Death Is Her Bridegroom"
Detective Story Magazine, July 1953
Detective Story Magazine (British edition), January 1954

"I'll Kill for You"
Manhunt, July 1953
Giant Manhunt, No. 2, 1953
Manhunt (British edition), February 1954
Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australian edition), April 1954
Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine, No. 9, January 1962
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
Black Cat Thrillogy #5 (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Collector Comes After Payday"
Manhunt, August 1953
Giant Manhunt, No. 2, 1953
Manhunt (British edition), March 1954
Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australian edition), May 1954
The Best from Manhunt, ed. Scott & Sidney Meredith, Perma Books, 1958
The Bloodhound Anthology, ed. Scott & Sidney Meredith, T. V. Boardman & Company, 1959
Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine, No. 10, February 1962
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Edward Gorman, Black Lizard, 1988
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics, ed. Peter Maravelis, Akashic Books, 2009
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018
The Best of Manhunt 1, ed. Jeff Vorzimmer, Stark House Press, 2019

"Hell for Hannah"
Dime Detective Magazine, August 1953
Black Mask Detective (British edition), November 1953
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Doomed in Darkness"
Real, August 1953

"Fair Game"
Manhunt, September 1953
Giant Manhunt, No. 2, 1953
Manhunt (British edition), May 1954
Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australian edition), June 1954
Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine, No. 7, November 1961
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Priority for Hell"
Detective Story Magazine, September 1953
Detective Story Magazine (British edition), December 1953

"The Last Sleep"
Fifteen Detective Stories, October 1953
Gripping Detective Stories, No. 2, March 1954
Gripping Detective Stories (New Zealand edition), No. 2, March 1954
Invincible Detective Magazine, No. 64, November 1, 1954

"A Long Way to K.C."
Manhunt, November 1953
Giant Manhunt, No. 3, 1954
Verdict (British edition), April 1954
Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australian edition), August 1954
Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine, No. 8, December 1961
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Death in Waiting"
Fifteen Detective Stories, December 1953
Invincible Detective Magazine, No. 54, May 1954
Detective Tales (British edition), July 1955

"Heels Are for Hating"
Manhunt, February 1954
Giant Manhunt, No. 3, 1954
Manhunt (British edition), September 1954
Manhunt Detective Story Magazine (Australian edition), October 1954
Heels Are for Hating and Other Stories (ebook), Wonder Publishing Group, 2010
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"I Die Laughing"
Real, February 1954

"Bury Me Deep"
Real, March 1954

"Death at Slippery Elm"
Sir!, March 1954

"Die, Little Lady!
Fifteen Detective Stories, April 1954
Detective Tales (British edition), February 1955

"Murder of a Mouse"
Manhunt, May 1954
Verdict Detective Story Monthly (Australian edition), No. 5, July 1955
Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine, No. 11, March 1962
Wake Up With a Stranger, Wildside Press, 2015 (this book contains "Murder of a Mouse" as a bonus short story)
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Points South"
Manhunt, June 1954
Verdict Detective Story Monthly (Australian edition), No. 7, September 1955
Bloodhound Detective Story Magazine, No. 14, July 1962
Heels Are for Hating and Other Stories (ebook), Wonder Publishing Group, 2010
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Tough"
Pursuit Detective Story Magazine, July 1954
Pursuit—The Phantom Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), May 1955

"Priority for Justice"
Cavalcade (Australian edition), September 1954 (this short story is possibly a retitled reprint of "Priority for Hell", a tale first published in the September 1953 issue of Detective Story Magazine)

"Double Liability"
Pursuit Detective Story Magazine, November 1954
Pursuit—The Phantom Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), June 1955

"Meet Me in a Narrow Street"
Menace, November 1954
Giant Manhunt, No. 5, 1955

"Two Little Hands"
Manhunt, December 1954
Giant Manhunt, No. 5, 1955
Manhunt, October/November 1966 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "Obie's Girl")
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Insurance"
Menace, January 1955
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2009

"May I Come In?"
Manhunt, January 1955
Giant Manhunt, No. 6, 1955
Masters of Noir: Volume Three (ebook), Wonder Publishing Group, 2010
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Day It Began Again"
Manhunt, April 1955
Giant Manhunt, No. 6, 1955
The Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), Vol. 1, No. 5, circa 1955/56
The Best of Manhunt 1, ed. Jeff Vorzimmer, Stark House Press, 2019

"Spring Is a Nice Time to Die"
Fifteen Detective Stories, April 1955
Detective Tales (British edition), December 1955

"The Scarlet Sculptress"
Fifteen Detective Stories, June 1955
Detective Tales (British edition), September 1955

"Specialty Kill"
Suspect Detective Stories, November 1955

"Three for the Money"
Pursuit Detective Story Magazine, November 1955
The Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), Vol. 1, No. 6, circa 1955/56

"Kill Me Tomorrow"
Manhunt, December 1955
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Silent One"
Hunted Detective Story Magazine, December 1955

"They're Dead at Cooperstown"
Stories Annual, No. 1, 1955

"Handy Man"
Manhunt, February 1956
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Second Pulp Crime Megapack: 25 Noir Mysteries (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016

"Escape"
Accused Detective Story Magazine, March 1956

"Late Date with Death"
Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine, October 1956
Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), March 1957
Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine (British edition), July 1957

"A Soft Spot for Maddy"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1956
Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine (Australian edition), March 1957

"Long Distance"
Manhunt, February 1957

"Big City Tramp"
Adventure, April 1957

"Incident on the River"
Escapade, June 1957

"Only the Best for Bowser"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, June 1957
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), October 1957
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (British edition), February 1958

"The Primitive Destroyer"
Pursued, July 1957

"A Husband is Missing"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1957
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), November 1957
Alfred Hitchcock's Crimewatch, ed. Cathleen Jordan, The Dial Press, 1984

"Three Gallons of Gas"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1957
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), October 1957
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (British edition), February 1958

"Tough Man"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), September 1957
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (British edition), January 1958

"Trespasser"
Manhunt, September 1957
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Most Agreeably Poisoned"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1957
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (British edition), October 1957
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), No. 10, 1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Hangman's Dozen, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1962
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Little Hat"
Rex, November 1957

"Setup"
Manhunt, November 1957
Giant Manhunt, No. 13, 1958

"Accessory"
Trapped Detective Story Magazine, December 1957

"Loose Ends"
Manhunt, August 1958
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Second Pulp Crime Megapack: 25 Noir Mysteries (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016
Black Cat Mystery Magazine, No. 7, September 2020
This novelette features the character Percy Hand, a private investigator who appeared in two of the author's stories.
An expanded version of "Loose Ends" was published in novel form by Avon Books in 1958 under the title Leave Her to Hell!.

"The Morning After Death"
Guilty Detective Story Magazine, January 1959

"Prophet and the Damned"
Bestseller Mystery Magazine, January 1959

"Of the Five Who Came ..."
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1959
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1959 (this edition comprises rebound copies of the March and May 1959 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
Murders I Fell in Love With, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1969

"The Hot Body"
Mystery Tales, April 1959

"Nine, Ten and Die"
Mystery Tales, June 1959

"Motive: $500,000,000"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1959

"Redheads on the Rocks"
Mystery Tales, August 1959

"Make Me Die, Lover"
Mystery Tales, October 1959

"The Witness Was a Lady"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 1960
Skull Session, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1968
Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Fill You with Fear and Trembling, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, The Dial Press, 1980
Alfred Hitchcock: Tales of Terror, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad Books, 1986
Desperate Asylum, Wildside Press, 2015 (this book contains "The Witness Was a Lady" as a bonus short story)
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
By Whose Hand? and Other Stories, F. A. Thorpe/Linford Mystery Library, 2018
Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart!, Wildside Press, 2018 (this book contains "The Witness Was a Lady" and "The Spent Days" as bonus short stories)

"No Death, No Inheritance"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1960

"She Asked for It"
Manhunt, August 1960
Heels Are for Hating and Other Stories (ebook), Wonder Publishing Group, 2010
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Tune Me In"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1960
Anti-Social Register, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1965
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Weird Crime Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2015

"Lust Isn't Funny"
Saturn Web Detective Story Magazine, October 1960

"Assassin"
Ed McBain's Mystery Book, No. 1, 1960
Crime Squad, ed. Ed McBain, New English Library, 1968

"Sounds and Smells"
Ed McBain's Mystery Book, No. 3, 1961
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Homicide and Gentlemen"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 16 Skeletons from My Closet, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1963
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"The Spent Days"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 1961
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), August 1961
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), December 1961
Ellery Queen's to Be Read Before Midnight, ed. Ellery Queen, Random House, 1962
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Pulp Crime Megapack: 25 Noir Mysteries (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016
By Whose Hand? and Other Stories, F. A. Thorpe/Linford Mystery Library, 2018
Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart!, Wildside Press, 2018 (this book contains "The Witness Was a Lady" and "The Spent Days" as bonus short stories)

"A Cool Swim on a Hot Day"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Once Upon A Dreadful Time, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1964
101 Mystery Stories, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Avenel Books, 1986
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Gimlet Affair"
Cosmopolitan, February 1962

"Bach in a Few Minutes"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July 1962
Get Me to the Wake on Time, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1970

"IQ-184"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1962
Behind the Locked Door and Other Strange Tales, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Four Square Books, 1967 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
Happiness is a Warm Corpse, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1969
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Settlement Out of Court"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1963
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1964 (this edition comprises rebound copies of the June, August and November 1963 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
Happy Deathday!, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1972
Horrors, Horrors, Horrors, ed. Helen Hoke, Franklin Watts, 1978
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Mrs. Dearly's Special Day"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1963
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), November 1963
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), January 1964
Ellery Queen's Double Dozen, ed. Ellery Queen, Popular Library, 1964
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Dinner Will Be Cold"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1963
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1964 (this edition comprises rebound copies of the June, August and November 1963 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)
Murder-Go-Round, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1978

"Bonus Boy"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1963
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Six Reasons for Murder"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 1964
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (British edition), July 1964
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australian edition), September 1964
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"The Dead Don't Speak"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, June 1964
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"The Invisible Gauntlet"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1964
Ellery Queen's Windows of Mystery, ed. Ellery Queen, The Dial Press, 1980
The Irrepressible Peccadillo, Wildside Press, 2015 (this book contains "The Invisible Gauntlet" as a bonus short story)
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"The Appointed Agent"
Chase, September 1964

"How? When? Who?"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1964
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Second Detective Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016

"For Money Received"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1964
Meet Death at Night and Other Tales of Terror, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Four Square Books, 1967 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
Murderer's Row, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1975
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018
This novelette features the character Percy Hand, a private investigator who appeared in two of the author's stories.

"A Word for Murder"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, October 1964
Homicide Department, ed. Ed McBain, New English Library, 1968
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"The Tool"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1964
Anyone for Murder?, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, New English Library, 1967 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
Speak of the Devil, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1975
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Satin-Quilted Box"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 1964
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"The Capsule"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1964
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"One Enchanted Evening"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1965
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1965 (both versions of this edition include Fletcher's short story; one comprises rebound copies of the June and July 1965 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and the other is made up of the September 1964 and June 1965 issues)
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"My Father Died Young"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1965
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Hink-Dink"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, August 1965

"The Death of a Fraud"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, September 1965

"Something Very Special"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1965
Alfred Hitchcock's Noose Report, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1966
101 Mystery Stories, ed. Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg, Avenel Books, 1986
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Anniversary Gift"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 1965
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Sampler, Fall 1966 (this edition comprises rebound copies of the November 1965 and February 1966 issues of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine)

"Wait and See"
The Saint Mystery Magazine (British edition), November 1965
The Saint Mystery Magazine, December 1965
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Not Exactly Love"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1965
Hard Day at the Scaffold, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1967
Alfred Hitchcock's Death-Reach, ed. Cathleen Jordan, The Dial Press, 1982
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"The Last Moments of Cornell Allen"
Bizarre Mystery Magazine, January 1966

"Darling, You Deserve Me"
Shell Scott Mystery Magazine, March 1966

"Obituary"
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, March 1966
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual, No. 2, 1972
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Mum Is the Word"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1966 (this novella is published here and in all subsequent reprints under the house pseudonym Ellery Queen)
Ellery Queen's Anthology, No. 25, Spring/Summer 1973
Masterpieces of Mystery: The Grand Masters, ed. Ellery Queen, Davis Publications, 1976

"The Affair of the Gander's Sauce"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, May 1966

"Crazy Quilt"
Shell Scott Mystery Magazine, May 1966
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"The Happenstance Snatch"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 1966
Down by the Old Bloodstream, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1971
Alfred Hitchcock's The Shadow of Silence, ed. Cathleen Jordan, Davis Publications, 1987
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"The Mayor's Wife"
Best for Men, June 1966

"Tom 'n' Trish"
Adam, June 1966

"A Lesson in Reciprocity"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1966
Boys and Ghouls Together, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1974
The Second Detective Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, August 1966
Ellery Queen's All-Star Lineup, ed. Ellery Queen, The New American Library, 1967
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries, ed. J. Francis McComas, Random House, 1970 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree")
Black Cat Thrillogy #5 (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018 (this short story is reprinted here under the title "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree")

"Hold My Hand"
Shell Scott Mystery Magazine, November 1966

"Variations on an Episode"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, February 1967
The One Will Kill You, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1971 (this anthology was ghost edited by Peter Haining)
Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Make You Quake and Quiver, ed. Cathleen Jordan, The Dial Press, 1982
Alfred Hitchcock: Portraits of Murder, ed. Eleanor Sullivan, Galahad Books 1988
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"Cousin Kelly"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1967
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (British edition), August 1967
Death on Arrival, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1979
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The 7th Ghost Story Megapack (ebook), ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Wildside Press, 2016

"The Average Murderer"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1967
The Second Fletcher Flora Mystery Megapack (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"Black and Blue Monday"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, November 1967

"I'll Be Loving You"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, December 1967
Bleeding Hearts, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1974

"Beside a Flowering Wall"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 1968
Death Can Be Beautiful, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1972
Black Cat Mystery Magazine, No. 1, Winter 2017/2018

"Hildegarde Withers is Back"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1968 (although this novelette is attributed here and in all subsequent reprints to Stuart Palmer, it was possibly ghostwritten by Fletcher Flora)
Ellery Queen's Anthology, No. 25, Spring/Summer 1973
Manhattan Mysteries, ed. Bill Pronzini, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Avenel Books, 1987
The Television Crimebusters Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion, 1995
Hildegarde Withers: Final Riddles?, Crippen & Landru, 2021 (this book is a collection of Stuart Palmer's stories)

"The Scrap of Knowledge"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 1968
This story features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus, who appeared in eight of the author's stories.

"Mrs. Sullivan"
Cad, June 1968

"The Snow, the Cold ..."
Escapade, June 1968

"Refuge"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, October 1968
Killers at Large, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1978
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015

"Something Priceless"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, November 1968
The First Golden Age of Mystery & Crime Megapack, Wildside Press, 2015
The Pulp Crime Megapack: 25 Noir Mysteries (ebook), Wildside Press, 2016

"The Stripteaser and the Private Eye"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1968 (although this novelette is attributed here and in the reprint below to Stuart Palmer, it was possibly ghostwritten by Fletcher Flora)
Hildegarde Withers: Final Riddles?, Crippen & Landru, 2021 (this book is a collection of Stuart Palmer's stories)

"The Handle on the Pump"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1968

"Hildegarde Plays it Calm"
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, April 1969 (although this short story is attributed here and in the reprint below to Stuart Palmer, it was possibly ghostwritten by Fletcher Flora)
Hildegarde Withers: Final Riddles?, Crippen & Landru, 2021 (this book is a collection of Stuart Palmer's stories)

"Where's Milo"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May 1969
Alfred Hitchcock's Mortal Errors, ed. Cathleen Jordan, The Dial Press, 1984

"Light o' Love"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 1969
Alive and Screaming, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1980

"Tutored to Death"
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, July 1969

"I'll Race You"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, August 1969
Murder Racquet, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1975
Black Cat Thrillogy #5 (ebook), Wildside Press, 2018

"No Tears for Foster"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, September 1969
The Best of Fiends, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1972
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, mid-December 1991

"Two Bits' Worth of Luck"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 1970
Death-Mate, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1973

"Till Death"
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, July 1970
Behind the Death Ball, ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1974

Sources and Acknowledgments:
In the process of compiling this bibliography, as well as referring to my own collection of literature, a number of online sources were consulted, not the least of which was Philip Stephensen-Payne's Galactic Central website, a home to William G. Contento's Fictionmags Index.

Further Reading:
Mugged and Printed, a short biography of Flora in the February 1954 issue of Manhunt.
Author Flora Dies; Native of Parsons, an obituary for the author in the May 5, 1969 edition of The Parsons Sun newspaper.
Flora Obscura by Loren D. Estleman, an article about Flora in the April 2009 issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
Fletcher Flora: A Man of Many Talents by Bill Pronzini, an essay about the author in Leave Her to Hell/Let Me Kill You, Sweetheart/Take Me Home, an omnibus book published by Stark House Press in 2016.
The Fletcher Flora Collection, which comprises Flora's personal papers and is held in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas, has an online guide which can be read here.

Addenda:
I have not included here in this bibliography the various ebook chapbook publications in which Flora's short fiction has been reissued. It is worth noting here, however, that Wildside Press have published several in recent years, with a number of them containing a story that features the character Lieutenant Joseph Marcus—these ebook chapbooks are a very easy and affordable way of enjoying this series by the author, in particular those tales that have otherwise not been reprinted since their original appearances in magazines.
Also not covered in this bibliography are the numerous examples of where Flora's short fiction has been reprinted in foreign language periodicals and anthologies. Listing all of these publications is beyond the scope of this webpage.

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