The Man Who Loved Flowers

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"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a seemingly romantic young man whose love of flowers masks a far darker obsession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction
short story
author Stephen King
centralTheme duality of appearance and reality
hidden violence beneath normalcy
obsession
collection Night Shift
surface form: Night Shift (short story collection)
collectionPublicationYear 1978
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublishedIn Gallery magazine
genre horror
psychological horror
hasAuthorNationality American
hasAuthorOccupation novelist
short story writer
hasForm prose fiction
hasLength short
hasMainCharacterTrait secretly violent
seemingly romantic
hasOriginalLanguage English
hasPublicationStatus published
hasSubject romantic delusion
serial killing
urban violence
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTone dark
suspenseful
includedInCollection Night Shift
language English
literaryStyle realist horror
motif flowers
murder
romantic love
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor twist ending revealing the protagonist as a killer
originalMedium print
partOf Stephen King bibliography
surface form: Stephen King short fiction bibliography
partOfCollectionGenre horror short story collection
protagonistDescription young man in love
publicationType magazine publication
publicationYear 1977
publisherOfCollection Doubleday
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation New York City
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century
workOf Stephen King

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Night Shift hasShortStory The Man Who Loved Flowers