“The Monkey's Paw” is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902.
In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short stories and novels.
During his career, he was best known for his farcical comedies involving dockside and rural Essex characters. He occasionally wrote horror stories and today is most famous for “The Monkey's Paw” (1902).