The Terror of Blue John Gap

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) was a Scottish author, playwright and physician. He is mostly known for his fictional stories of adventures and investigations of Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson, a private detective from London and his companion. Holmes stories are considered to be one of the greatest assets of the detective genre, but besides them Doyle wrote in multitude of other genres, such as science fiction, fantasy, historical novels and many more.
The Terror of the Blue John Gap is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. The narrative is focused on Dr. James Hardcastle and his investigation the old Blue John mine, that is believed to be habituated by some kind of monster. And all of the warnings not to approach this mine were ignored by James, who boldly descended into darkness. The Terror of the Blue John Gap is a proof that Conan Doyle as a writer went far beyond his iconic detective novels and there is a lot of his talent for you to discover.