"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a short story by Stephen King, published in 1978 in the compilation Night Shift. It was first published in the August 1977 edition of Gallery Magazine.
The story begins in New York City, during an early evening in May of 1963. The main character is an unnamed man who is walking up 3rd Avenue. It's a gorgeous evening, and the sky is just changing color from light blue to violet. The man is wearing a light gray suit. ...
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"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a short story by Stephen King, published in 1978 in the compilation Night Shift. It was first published in the August 1977 edition of Gallery Magazine.
The story begins in New York City, during an early evening in May of 1963. The main character is an unnamed man who is walking up 3rd Avenue. It's a gorgeous evening, and the sky is just changing color from light blue to violet. The man is wearing a light gray suit. He looks like he is in love. The people around him all seem to perceive and respond to this feeling. The man stops at a flower vendor. A transistor radio drones on about a war brewing in Vietnam. Also mentioned is a story about a woman's body that was found in the local river and a hammer murderer that was on the loose. Based on the conversation the man has with the vendor, we learn he is buying flowers for a girl named Norma. He buys half a dozen roses, and leaves. He continues up the street, and the people on the street continue to respond...
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