Fiend of the Cooperage (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)

This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1897 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ''The Fiend of the Cooperage'' is a short story about a man who travels to a tropical island but finds that life there is not quite as monotonous as he expected. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland...