Nicolas Ridley

An Account of Six Poisonings (written under the name of Nichol Wilmor) is included in this collection of stories from Liars' League published by Arachne Press.
 

My sign was the pestle and mortar. My knowledge was roots and seeds, vines and leaves, bulbs and berries. I was a grinder, a blender, a crusher, a mulcher; I was a master of tubers. I mixed the tinctures and measured the powders that might cure or kill. (A single grain may be the difference between health and death.) Mine was a calling, a position of trust. I was the court’s poisoner.

Publication: September 2013.

ISBN: 978-1-909208-10-0

Price: £9.99

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