The Monkey's Paw

A dried paw lies on the table where the sergeant-major dropped it. Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud.

THE MONKEY'S PAW recreates W. W. Jacobs' 1902 story as a ritual you perform yourself. Speak or type a wish; the paw twists in your hand, and one leathery finger curls shut. Then the consequence is told to you in the voice of the story: a stranger at the gate, a sum paid to the penny, a knock at the door that you did not want to hear.

• A real 3D paw on an oak table, lit by one oil lamp. Turn it, bring it close, watch it move.
• Three wishes, each granted through an unintended price written for the kind of wish you made (money, love, life, success, revenge, escape…).
• The second wish brings the knocking. With headphones you will hear where it comes from.
• Haptics that match the twitch of the paw and the blows on the door.
• Wind, rain on the window, the clock and the fire, looping without a seam.
• Your own wishes are never stored or sent anywhere.
• Nine languages.

Three wishes to three men, the fakir said. The paw has been passed on before. When it is spent, you may pass it on again.

For entertainment only.

Recent changes:
Faster, smoother start-up.