After the death of his mother and the earlier disappearance of his father, Malcolm lives a small, quiet life in Camden, collecting routines instead of relationships. But when he discovers a strange vase hidden in the family shed, ordinary wishes begin coming true in small, impossible ways. As the object’s influence spreads from the kitchen into the whole house, Malcolm and his friend Janet uncover a hidden chamber beneath the shed, a trail of notes left by his father, and a terrifying truth: the thing in the house does not create anything — it takes, trades, and learns the shape of what hurts most.
THE WISH calls on themes of grief, loneliness, inheritance, and the danger of trying to bargain with loss