The Terror of Blue John Gap (Cryptofiction Classics)

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1910 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. The Terror of Blue John Gap is a short story about a doctor who travels to Derbyshire to recover from tuberculosis but becomes entrapped in a series of sinister events. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh Scotland in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881 while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh that he began writing short stories and his first piece was published in Chamberss Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. In 1887 Conan Doyles first significant work iA Study in Scarlet appeared in Beetons Christmas Annual. It featured the first appearance of detective Sherlock Holmes the protagonist who was to eventually make Conan Doyles reputation. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre including Ambrose Bierce Arthur Conan Doyle Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology this genre features bizarre fantastical and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders werewolves lake monsters or dinosaurs the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.