"The Brown Man's Servant"
First published in Pearson's magazine, December 1896.
"His Brother's Keeper"
A classic study of guilt and ghosts, originally published in Strand magazine in December 1922.
"Captain Rogers"
First published in Harper's Monthly for February 1901.
"The Castaway"
"The Ghost of Jerry Bundler"
This is the stage version, adapted by Jacobs and Charles Rock, of Jacobs' short story "Jerry Bundler."
"The Interruption"
"In the Library"
First published in Harper's Monthly for June 1901.
"Jerry Bundler"
First published in 1897, this is another Jacobs' story that takes as its subject the creation, and power, of fear. It is an interesting complement to Jacobs' "The Toll-House" and compares very well and closely to
H. G. Wells' "The Red Room." This work was one of several of his own short stories that Jacobs adapted for the stage as "The Ghost of Jerry Bundler."
A comic maritime ghost story. Sort of....
"The Monkey's Paw" [1902]
The main work for which Jacobs is remembered, this is a classic study of Fate (cf Oedipus Rex and thousands of stories and movies since) and, perhaps, of the price Britain is paying, at the turn of the century, for empire.... A must-read for any true fan of the Gothic tradition, this work has also been filmed several times.
"Sam's Ghost" [1922]
"Three at Table"
"The Three Sisters" [1914]
"The Toll-House"
First published in
Strand magazine in April 1907, this compact gem is a masterwork example of suspense and terror, carefully but quickly building to an inevitable but nonetheless effective climax. It's a near-perfect example of the
haunted house motif.
"The Well" [1902]
"W. W. Jacobs."
