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Fred M. White
Book List in Order: 51 titles
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The Great White Moth
- Feb-2015
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This early work by Fred M. White was originally published in 1904 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Great White Moth' is a short story about an expedition into the deep jungle of Central Africa ...
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The Master Criminal
- Jun-2017
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A collection of 12 stories published serially in The Ludgate, London, Jun 1897 to May 1898, in which the criminal mastermind, Felix Gryde, conducts his nefarious criminal work -- theft, kidnapping, ransom, assassination, fraud -- and he never gets ca...
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The Four Days' Night
- Jul-2017
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The story of London fog that turned daylight into darkness for four days. The eather forecast for London and the Channel was "light airs, fine generally, milder." Further down the fascinating column Hackness read that "the conditions over Europe gene...
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The Four White Days
- Jan-2018
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Fred M. White published this fictional story in 1903 about London in the grip of a severe 4-day arctic snow-storm, showing the hardships and consequences for which the city was unprepared, including price gouging and angry mobs....
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The Invisible Force
- Jan-2018
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A Story of What Might Happen In the Days to Come, When Underground London is Tunnelled In all Directions for Electric Railways, If an Explosion Should Take Place In One of the Tubes. A short story in the "Doom of London" series. Excerpts:...
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The River of Death
- Jan-2018
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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic....
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The Case for the Crown
- Oct-2018
- / Women's Fiction
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The woman at the table languidly peeling a peach looked like a beautiful white flower floating on a lake of flame as she sat half hidden in ferns and flowers under the glare cast by the shaded electric lights. Any less fortunate sister of hers who ha...
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The Ends Of Justice
- Oct-2018
- / Literary
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It was nothing but a dream. He would wake up presently, with the heaving deck under his feet and the salt of the sea pungent in his nostrils. Meanwhile the dream was horribly realistic; so were the prison bars, the acrid smell of fresh whitewash, the...
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The Sundial
- Mar-2020
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The bitterness of it tasted dry and insipid in John Charlock's mouth, like Dead Sea fruit. It was only lately that he had found out that all he had longed and hoped for since the early days was nothing more than vexation of spirit.This process had be...
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Short Stories of Science Fiction
Frederick Merrick White wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name Fred M. White. ContentsThe Dust of Death: The Story of the Great Plague of the Twentieth Century. 1A STORY IN THE DOOM OF LONDON SERIES 1Fred M. White 1First published ...
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The Slave Of Silence
The girl turned away from the splendour of it and laid her aching head against the cool windowpane. A hansom flashed along in the street below with just a glimpse of a pretty laughing girl in it with a man by her side. From another part of the Royal ...
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Adventure
This meticulously edited collection includes some of the finest Christmas mysteries to keep you company for the entire holiday season! From puzzling detective cases to hair raising ghost tales, this collection has it all... Choose your pick and Merry...
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A Bubble Burst
How a Stock Exchange Scare Dislocated the Life of the Empire For Two Days, a story in the "Doom of London" series in which the author sounds the clarion call of potential disasters that my befall the great city. Here, it is the tale of an investment ...
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By Order of the League
THE shades of evening had commenced to fall; already the slanting sun shining through the open window glittered on the array of crystal glasses, turning the wine within them to a blood-red hue. The remains of an ample dessert were scattered about the...
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The Cardinal Moth
The purple darkness seemed to be filled with a nebulous suggestion of things beautiful; long trails and ropes of blossoms hung like stars reflected in a lake of blue. As the eye grew accustomed to the gloom these blooms seemed to expand and beautify....
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A Clue in Wax
ExcerptCLIFFORD CHERITON emerged from the bathroom into his modest sitting-room in a blithesome frame of mind. For it was one of those perfect April mornings of which the poet Browning speaks so feelingly, and which seldom comes in what is traditiona...
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The Crimson Blind
Fans of detective fiction featuring amateur sleuths will enjoy Fred White's cleverly plotted novel The Crimson Blind. A trio of charming and wily young girls band together to crack a beguiling case featuring a down-on-its-luck family that's b...
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A Daughter of Israel
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (...
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Doom of London
THE weather forecast for London and the Channel was "light airs, fine generally, milder." Further down the fascinating column Hackness read that "the conditions over Europe generally favoured a continuance of the large anti-cyclonic area, the baromet...
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The Dust of Death
Plague Holocaust Classic Before the swine flu was in the news, plague, diphtheria, cholera, etc were one of the many natural disasters that could end human life as we know it in 'end of the world' fiction. One of these horrific plagues hits England ...
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The Five Knots
Businessman Samuel Flower has made it to the upper echelons of his profession -- and he's racked up a vast fortune along the way. Eager to show off his newly accumulated wealth, Flower has spared no expense when it comes to decorating his mansion...
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The Four White Days
Fred M. White published this fictional story in 1903 about London in the grip of a severe 4-day arctic snow-storm, showing the hardships and consequences for which the city was unprepared, including price gouging and angry mobs. Actually, the "The hi...
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The Golden Rose
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (...
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Hard Pressed
Scorned by the lovely May Heredale, an imposter cooks up a vile scheme designed to bring about the utter devastation of the Heredale family, exploiting the patriarch's weakness for betting on horse races. Will his nefarious plot be revealed befor...
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The Invisible Force
A Story of What Might Happen In the Days to Come, When Underground London is Tunnelled In all Directions for Electric Railways, If an Explosion Should Take Place In One of the Tubes. A short story in the "Doom of London" series....
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The Master Criminal
A collection of 12 stories published serially in The Ludgate, London, Jun 1897 to May 1898, in which the criminal mastermind, Felix Gryde, conducts his nefarious criminal work -- theft, kidnapping, ransom, assassination, fraud -- and he never gets ca...
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A Mummer's Throne
The Queenslander, Saturday 16 December, 1911A MUMMER'S THRONEby Fred M WhiteChapter 1: A Royal MouseChapter 2: A Mere PlayerChapter 3: Le Roi S'AmuseChapter 4: I Crown Thee QueenChapter 5: The Masque of the ComusChapter 6: The Ways of Diplomacy Chapt...
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The Mystery of Room 75
Wendover was feeling just a little good-natured contempt for himself. He would not have cared to admit that he had been following the girl down the Strand, but it was more or less the fact, though he had not the least intention of speaking to her, or...
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The Mystery of the Four Fingers
Considering it was nearly the height of the London winter season, the Great Empire Hotel was not unusually crowded. This might perhaps have been owing to the fact that two or three of the finest suites of rooms in the building had been engaged by Mar...
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The Mystery of the Ravenspurs
A globetrotting mystery from 1911 that sees the action moving from England to Tibet (listed as Thibet on the title page but changed for readability sake in the body of the story).As local fishermen work at their task of pulling fish from the North Se...
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The Nether Millstone
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name 'Fred M. White', including the six 'Doom of London' science fiction stories in which various catastrophes beset the city, which first appeared in Pearson's ...
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The Purple Terror
The Strand Magazine, September 1898THE PURPLE TERRORby Fred M. WhiteSet against the backdrop of this imperialist struggle, British author Fred. M. White crafts a tale of horror and conquest in the heart of the Cuban jungle. West Point naval dandy Lie...
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The River of Death: A Tale of London In Peril
Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading to a medical panic. London in a year of severe d...
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The Romance of the Secret Service Fund
In the gaslit days before the First World War, when Sherlock Holmes wandered the foggy streets of London, the espionage story was invented. Holmes himself was occasionally called in to investigate cases of lost diplomatic papers, but he wasn't the fi...
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The Salt of the Earth
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name "Fred M. White" including the six 'Doom of London' science-fiction stories, in which various catastrophes beset London. These include The Four Days' Night (...
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The Scales of Justice
The Mercury (Hobart) 2 May, 1908THE SCALES OF JUSTICEby Fred M WhiteChapter 1: The Skeleton At The Feast.Chapter 2: The Letter.Chapter 3: The Moat House.Chapter 4: In The Dead Of Night.Chapter 5: The Yellow Stripe.Chapter 6: Suspense.Chapter 7: For F...
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The Secret of the Sands
THE saffron glow in the evening sky filtered into the dining- room at Oversands, and caused the candles on the table to gleam fitfully under their green shades. The rest of the room was in shadow, picked out here and there by the dull gleam of polish...
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The Weight of the Crown
The girl stood there fighting hard to keep back the tears from her eyes. The blow had been so swift, so unexpected. And there was the hurt to her pride also. "Do I understand that I am dismissed, Madame?" Jessie Harcourt asked quietly. "You mean that...
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The Yellow Face
Frederick Merrick White (1859-1935) wrote a number of novels and short stories under the name 'Fred M. White', including the six 'Doom of London' science fiction stories in which various catastrophes beset the city, which first appeared in Pearson's ...
