The Monkey's Paw

Eek! Call me a dunce for not having heard about this, but I expected from the cover on Project Gutenburg that this was a seafaring-type story...and once I started I couldn't stop. It's probably going to be awhile before I risk this author again. The writing is definitely gripping, but I don't like tragedy or horror, so I didn't like this. The second star is only for the excellence of the author's prose, not for the story!