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1	''Flowers At Dawn'' is a novel of middling length in the process of being written by ShadowWarden - as of now it has a completed outline which the story fails to adhere to for more than five minutes at a time.
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3	The story follows Margaret Blackburn, a NaiveNewcomer to the town of Winding Way. Having bought her house after the deaths of the previous inhabitants, the Hopes, before even so much as visiting the town (due to circumstances that aren't very clear), she arrives unaware of the fact that she is without water, electricity, and heat. In fact, the entire town is without these same necessities, and save for certain modern styles of building, the inhabitants live as though it were a century ago.
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5	While she desperately looks for a job, she discovers that the townspeople aren't very happy to see her, and she herself is intimidated by the house she lives in. Matters get more confusing when the son of the previous inhabitants, Charles Hope, arrives, unaware of their deaths; Margaret, after breaking the news to him, allows him to stay, and in exchange he puts her onto a job - working for the town and keeping the Park in shape.
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7	However, the Park has mysteries of its own, which are exposed by Charles when he finally breaks down - the town is centered on a portal to an alternate world, one inhabited by plant-centric spirits desirous of worship, revenge, and other primal, emotional satisfactions. It was these tempestuous spirits that killed his parents, and who plan to break free and wreak havoc on the Winter Solstice.
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9	The Park that Margaret is charged with keeping is a battleground - and she and Charles must learn how to fight with it without arousing the suspicions of the town (some of whom are sympathetic to the spirits).
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13	''Flowers At Dawn'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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15	* AntiVillain (Magnus, Coriander.)
16	* CanNotSpitItOut (Charles, in regards to his unrequited crush on Margaret.)
17	* TheCasanova (Coriander.)
18	* TheChosenOne (Margaret, who wasn't even aware of being chosen.)
19	* ClosedCircle (The Park and its inhabitants make sure that nobody is able to leave town.)
20	* DarkWorld (But [[LightIsNotGood light and sunny]].)
21	* DoubleAgent (Magnus.)
22	* DreamLand (Subverted - it's actually one way of getting into the DarkWorld.)
23	* DyingTown (Ever since the mills closed.)
24	* EccentricTownsfolk (''Very'' subverted.)
25	* TheEveryman (Margaret, a female example.)
26	* TheFairFolk (The inhabitants of the Park.)
27	* FridgeLogic (An in-universe example, when Margaret realizes it's November, and yet all the plants in town are blooming.)
28	* FlowerMotifs (By Victorian definitions.)
29	** Magnolias, grown by Magnus - they symbolize a love of nature.
30	** Rosemary is grown by Loretta Lane, and its symbolism relates to memory. Rose Marie likes mind games.
31	** Coriander symbolizes lust, and the story's [[TheCasanova Casanova]] is named after it for good reason.
32	** Ivy, symbolizing dependence, grows everywhere in Winding Way ''except'' in the Park.
33	* LovecraftCountry (Except in northern California.)
34	* ManEatingPlant (Rose Marie's snakevine.)
35	* MeaningfulName (Often anviliciously tied into the flower symbolism.)
36	* MindRape and MindScrew (Both perpetrated by Rose Marie during the course of the story.)
37	* OminousFog (Oh so much.)
38	* OurGhostsAreDifferent
39	* ParentalAbandonment
40	* PlotDrivenBreakdown ([[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by [[AWizardDidIt magic]].)
41	* {{Revenge}} (Charles' motivation for helping Margaret.)
42	** RoaringRampageOfRevenge (The Green Man, on the humans.)
43	* SealedEvilInACan (The Park is the stopper on the world of plant spirits.)
44	* ShrinkingViolet (Margaret and Charles both, though mild examples.)
45	* TownWithADarkSecret (Turns out most of the townsfolk know all about the Park.)
46	* TrueCompanions (Nearly averted - it's only later in the story that Margaret and Charles begin to bond, overcoming mutual shyness.)
47	* WhenTreesAttack (The Green Man can bring plants to life. The Green Man is also AxCrazy.)

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