One story by this author ends after an old man is told to stop staring at the title flower in a nearby apartment window everyday. This author’s early story “The Geranium” was rewritten to create the story “Judgment Day.” A character in a story by this author claims he was “buried alive” in a penitentiary after a doctor accused him of killing his father. A procession into heaven is witnessed by the protagonist of a story by this author who is called a (*) “wart hog from hell” by a girl in a waiting room. In a story by this author of “Revelation,” one woman dies after screaming, “You’re one of my own children!” That story by this author ends after Bailey’s family is killed by The Misfit. For 10 points, name this Southern author of “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” ■END■
ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor [or Mary Flannery O'Connor]
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