The Monkey's Paw

Man, that paw is a dick. What the heck, paw!!! Of course “be careful what you wish for” if the magical object bestowing your wishes is an absolute asshole and chooses the worst possible interpretation of what you could mean. Or just picks an orthogonally horrible thing to happen to you while granting your wish.

Anyway, evocatively written - full of horror! Reading this at night, I was like, oooh spooky. Thinking about it in the light of day, I'm more like, wtf that paw was a real asshole. At least, I thought the first wish - £200, please - would turn out to be a bad idea because, I dunno, mo money mo problems. Not because some completely manufactured attendant tragedy would be needed to get that cash.