William Wymark Jacobs is known especially for his sea stories. His familiarity with the wharves and the people who frequented them gave him material for these stories. He was also known for some of his short ghost tales and stories of mystery and the macabre, such as the "Monkey's Paw".
Genres: Horror
Novels
The Skipper's Wooing (1897)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
A Master of Craft (1903)
Odd Craft (1903)
Dialstone Lane (1904)
Captains All (1905)
Salthaven (1908)
Salthouse (1908)
Ship's Company (1911)
Castaways (1916)
At Sunwich Port (1902)
A Master of Craft (1903)
Odd Craft (1903)
Dialstone Lane (1904)
Captains All (1905)
Salthaven (1908)
Salthouse (1908)
Ship's Company (1911)
Castaways (1916)
Collections
Many Cargoes (1897)
More Cargoes (1898)
aka Sea Urchins
Light Freights (1901)
Twin Spirits (1901)
The Lady of the Barge (1902)
Short Cruises (1907)
Sailor's Knots (1909)
Night Watches (1914)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)
Snug Harbour (1931)
The Night-Watchman (1932)
Selected Short Stories (1959)
W. W. Jacobs' Uncollected Cargoes (1996)
Captains All and Others (2004)
The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories (2004)
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre (2005)
The Grey Parrot and Other Stories (2019)
The Monkey's Paw and The Toll House (2020)
More Cargoes (1898)
aka Sea Urchins
Light Freights (1901)
Twin Spirits (1901)
The Lady of the Barge (1902)
Short Cruises (1907)
Sailor's Knots (1909)
Night Watches (1914)
Deep Waters (1919)
Sea Whispers (1926)
Snug Harbour (1931)
The Night-Watchman (1932)
Selected Short Stories (1959)
W. W. Jacobs' Uncollected Cargoes (1996)
Captains All and Others (2004)
The Lady of the Barge and Other Stories (2004)
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre (2005)
The Grey Parrot and Other Stories (2019)
The Monkey's Paw and The Toll House (2020)
Novellas and Short Stories
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by W W Jacobs
Haunters at the Hearth (2022)
Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 34)
edited by
Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk
A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020)
(Year of the Cat , book 5)
edited by
Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
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