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Switchback by Melissa F. Olseon In last year’s Nightshades, Melissa F. Olseon introduced readers to The Bureau of Preternatural Investigations, a federal agency tasked with confronting Shades, a type of vampire.

From The Verge • Oct. 1, 2017

Nightshades border on the potato, the flowers of both almost exactly alike; poison and food growing side by side and of the same species.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

The antidote for this poison is found in the skilful use of the alkaloids from the family of the Solanace� or Nightshades, especially in subcutaneous injections of Atropine.

From Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Palmer, Julius A. (Julius Auboineau)