![]() White retrieves it and Morris takes his leave, warning his friend that to exploit the paw’s power would be deadly.įirst, Mr. When Morris throws the cursed appendage into the fire, Mr. White are intrigued by the presumably-exaggerated story, despite Morris’ warnings that each wish comes packed with a lethal karmic consequence. Sitting by fireside, Morris tells his old friend the tale of a severed simian paw, acquired by an Indian mystic, that apparently has the power to grant, whoever grabs it, three wishes. White’s Army friends, Sergeant-Major Morris, who had previously been stationed in India. White, living in the English countryside with their now-grown son, Herbert, are visited one night by Mr. Penned in 1902 by Jacobs (who was best known as a humorist), the compact morality tale packed a wallop then and still has the power to freeze the blood, despite a myriad entertainments liberally borrowing from it for almost a century. Leonetti‘s much-hyped teen horror movie Wish Upon opens, and while the film is a fine distraction (look for our review on Thursday), it’s vital to remind readers - and alert our younger readers - to the fact that movie is really just another riff on what is perhaps the most terrifying and influential short story in the history of the English language: Author WW. ![]() Jacobs’ terrifying 1902 short story The Monkey’s Paw ![]()
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