"The Monkey's Paw" is the best-known work of writer W.W. Jacobs. Generally acknowledged as one of the most disturbing and brilliant works of short horror fiction ever created, the story was first published in a larger collection of scary stories released in 1902 called "The Lady of the Barge."

When the story begins, we meet the White family - an older couple and their adult son - who are given a strange and mysterious talisman: the eponymous dried monkey's paw that is said to grant the owner three wishes. The bearer of this strange token warns the couple that while the magic does work...it is not without dire and unthinkable consequences.

"The Monkey's Paw" is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

W.W. Jacobs was a late 19th- early 20th century novelist, short story writer and playwright, best known for his horror classic, the short story "The Monkey's Paw," which was part of a collection of short fiction published in 1902 called "The Lady of the Barge." Jacobs mainly wrote humorous fiction, primarily about dockworkers and seafaring men, but he also had a taste for the macabre, writing a number of spooky and disturbing short stories. After World War I, he shifted from writing for magazines to adapting his stories for the stage. He would wind up writing eighteen plays in all, some on his own and some in collaboration with other writers. A number of his works were also adapted for the screen and Jacobs was occasionally involved in their creation as well. W.W. Jacobs died in London in 1943 at the age of seventy-nine.