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His Brother's Keeper

W. W. Jacobs

First published 1936
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

<br>• Man murders his friend and then buries him in his garden. His guilt causes him to sleepwalk and constantly dig the grave up.

First published in the magazine The Strand, December 1922.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1936 Cover The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries Odhams Press Anthology 717
1947 Cover Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense Simon & Schuster Anthology
1970 Cover The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 133
August 1971 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology
January 1972 Cover The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Beagle Books Anthology 133
May 1974 The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 133
September 1977 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 133
1978 Cover Horror John Murray Anthology 69
April 1982 Cover The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 133
November 1991 Cover Strange Tales from the Strand Oxford University Press Anthology 72
October 1992 Cover Strange Tales from the Strand Oxford University Press Anthology 72
1994 Cover Mysteries: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology
1997 Cover The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre Academy Chicago Collection 79
June 2018 Cover Twin Spirits: The Complete Weird Stories of W. W. Jacobs Hippocampus Press Collection 211
October 2022 Cover The Monkey's Paw and Other Horrors: The Best Horror and Ghost Stories of W.W. Jacobs Oldstyle Tales Press Collection 183
December 2022 Cover His Brother's Keeper Roy Glashan's Library Chapbook