W.W. Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short stories and novels. Quite popular in his lifetime primarily for his amusing maritime tales of life along the London docks (many of them humorous as well as sardonic in tone). Today he is best known for a few short works of horror fiction. One being "The Monkey's Paw"(published 1902). It has in its own right become a well-known and widely anthologized classic. ~Literary WorksMany Cargoes (1896) The Skipper's Wooing (1897) Sea Urchins (1898) /aka More Cargoes (US) (1898) A Master of Craft (1900) The Monkey's Paw (1902) The Toll House (1902) Light Freights (1901) At Sunwich Port (1902) the Barge (1902) Odd Craft (1903) : contains The Money Box, basis of Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations (1935) Dialstone Lane (1902) Captain's All (1905) Short Cruises (1907) Salthaven (1908) Sailor's Knots (1909) The Toll House (1909) Ship's Company (1911) Night Watches (1914) The Castaways (1916) Deep Waters (1919) Sea Whispers (1926)
The Monkey's Paw
W.W. Jacobs
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they do what many people would do—they succumb to vanity and wish for the unneeded. But every wish has a consequence, and the White family finds they are completely unprepared for what comes next. The Monkey’s Paw is a classic horror tale that gives new meaning to the phrase “be careful what you wish for.”
One of W.W. Jacob's most memorable works, The Monkey’s Paw has become a classic horror story and has been adapted numerous times, including into episodes of such popular television series as The X-Files, The Twilight Zone, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and Tales from the Crypt.
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