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Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
1859–1935
A hugely prolific British storyteller, he turned newspaper pace and popular flair into mysteries, thrillers, and early science fiction. He is especially remembered for the vivid "Doom of London" tales, which imagined the city under waves of strange disaster.
14 Audiobooks
The Sundial
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Nether Millstone
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Slave of Silence
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Mystery of the Ravenspurs A Romance and Detective Story of Thibet and England
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Corner House
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Yellow Face
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
Hard Pressed
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Doom of London
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Five Knots
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Crimson Blind
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Weight of the Crown
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The Cardinal Moth
by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
About the author
Born in West Bromwich in 1859, Fred M. White wrote under the name Fred M. White and built a long career as a journalist and fiction writer. Reliable biographical sources identify him as Fred Merrick White, and reference works describe him as an unusually prolific author who produced large numbers of novels and short stories across popular genres.
His work ranged from mysteries and sensation fiction to speculative adventures. He is best known today for the six "Doom of London" stories, a series of catastrophe tales that helped give him a lasting place in early science fiction as well as popular Victorian and Edwardian magazine fiction.
White died in 1935, but his fiction has remained available through reprints and digital archives, which has helped modern readers rediscover his fast-moving plots and talent for dramatic, high-concept storytelling.