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Nancy Waddell's avatar

Loved it Fran! Wickedly good!

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FranB's avatar

Thanks so much Nancy. I do enjoy writing baddies!

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Seema Nayyar Tewari's avatar

I agree with K. Lynn Grey: a tad diabolical, but an interesting twist, no doubt!

Death is something to hidden!

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Sandra's avatar

Wow very cold!!!

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Jane Dougherty's avatar

Very clever of her, covering her tracks too :)

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FranB's avatar

Thanks Jane, I read a little piece about the common inkcap being poisonous with alcohol and it was too good not to write about. I wonder how many poisonings have gone undetected!

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Jane Dougherty's avatar

As long as that Pole keeps that particular piece of gardening advice to himself!

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FranB's avatar

😂

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FranB's avatar

Thanks so much Jared!

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Jared's avatar

This is perfectly written 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Kit Karlsson's avatar

She did tell him not to drink 😭😭

By the way, something very similar to this happened in (if memory serves) Australia around a year or so ago. Some lady served beef Wellington with poison mushrooms to her in-laws...

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FranB's avatar

She did, although not the same mushroom. Common ink caps are only poisonous with alcohol. She served death caps, which also act more quickly. I - came up with the idea when I read an article about ink caps in a magazine, and the Australian case was a co-incidence.

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