Simon shrugged and tossed the book aside, figuring he’d take care of it later. he didn’t notice the book slide across the table only to coincidentally fall into his backpack. Simon set to work on reshelving the books and hours quickly dwindled away.
Arriving home after work, Simon wasn’t surprised to find Patricia and Kim already there, sitting around the coffee table. His slender roommate and her plump friend were gabbing about something he didn’t care to remember over a pizza while they.
“Hey Simon!” they exclaimed in unison. Had he not been so exhausted his heart would’ve skipped a beat at the attention of the two cute girls. Instead he smiled at them, made sound of acknowledgement and collapse at the small dining table they hand near the kitchen. The girls giggled at him and went back to their chatting.
Simon dug through his bag for his own notebook and instead found the odd book her tossed aside at work. More curious than confused, he opened it and found a writing on the inside cover. It was glittering gold cursive, both elegant and difficult to read.The title stated simply “Shsiw” and looked like gibberish. The first of the body, however, ready “Scrawl on my pages your heart’s desires and have your wishes come true…”
Simon raised an eyebrow and chuckled to himself. It must be some sort of self-help or goal journal or something. The concept was admirable in its own right, Simon thought, but he also couldn’t help but think of silly stories of genies and monkey’s paws and the like. Without a hint of concern, Simon took up a pen and wrote in a wish on the first page.
Had Simon actually read the introduction, he probably would have been more careful. The book did indeed claim to grant wishes like a genie but with a unique twist: the book would grant the opposite of whatever one wished. Were he to write “I wish the weather would be great this weekend for my camping trip” the weather would instead be horrid. Or if he wrote “I wish Kim would chill and let me relax more” Kim would instead become more dominant and more insistent he do his fair share around the apartment.
But Simon didn’t read the body so he didn’t know about the twist and he wrote...
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