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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 Histoires Macabres
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L'amante végétale The Language of Flowers, Hugh Atkinson , Michel Deutsch (translator) single work novella horror

'[I]n "The Language of Flowers" a mundane small-town bank manager's love of orchids not only brings about his death but also an ironic revenge on his vitriolic wife.'

Source: 'Bad Things Happening to Good People', Canberra Times, 30 May 1992, p.29.

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