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Edward Lucas White (11 May 1866 - 30 March 1934) was an American author and poet. Born in Bergen, New Jersey, he attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, in which city he did most of his work. From 1915 until his retirement in 1930, he was a teacher at the University School for Boys in Baltimore.

He wrote a number of historical novels, including The Unwilling Vestal (1918), Andivius Hedulio (1921) and Helen (1926); but he is best remembered as a fantasist, for stories such as "The House of Nightmare" and "Lukundoo" These short horror stories were based on his own nightmares. Two collections of his short fiction were published in his lifetime, The Song of the Sirens (1919) and Lukundoo and Other Stories (1927). He died by his own hand on 30 March 1934, seven years to the day after the death of his wife, Agnes Gerry. His last book, Matrimony (1932) was a memoir of his happy marriage to her.

Two posthumous collections of his fiction have been published by Midnight House: The House of the Nightmare (1999) edited by John Pelan and Sesta and Other Strange Stories (2001) edited by Lee Weinstein [1]. The latter contains mostly previously unpublished and uncollected material.

A much-revised utopian science fiction novel, Plus Ultra, was begun in 1885; White destroyed this draft, but began a rewrite in 1901. In 1918-19 he produced a novella, From Behind the Stars, which he later incorporated into the massive (S. T. Joshi estimates it at 500,000 words) completed version of Plus Ultra, which remains unpublished.

A critical essay on White's work, with particular reference to his fantasy and horror fiction, appears in Joshi's book, The Evolution of the Weird Tale (2004).

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Novels 1.2 Short Story Collections 1.3 History 1.4 Autobiography 2 External links

• El Supremo: A Romance of the Great Dictator of Paraguay (1916)
• The Unwilling Vestal: A Tale of Rome Under the Caesars (1918)
• Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire (1921)
• Helen (1926)

• The Song of the Sirens (1919)
• Lukundoo and Other Stories (1927)

• Why Rome Fell (1927)

• Matrimony (1932)

• Works by Edward Lucas White at Project Gutenberg
• Sesta and Other Strange Stories