Harry and the Monkey

By Euan Harvey

A short story by Euan Harvey
This is a true story.
I have three kids, all boys. Son number three is Harry. He’s younger than the others by three years (he is three and a half when this story begins); he looks more like me, and he’s a devious and unscrupulous manipulator–like all youngest children. He laughs a lot, cries a lot, breaks things a lot, and fights with his brothers a lot. He goes to kindergarten with all the other kids, plays football (well . . . runs after the ball flapping his arms and howling with glee, anyway), enjoys twisting the arms and heads off his collection of cheap plastic action figures, and gets cranky when he’s tired.
The reason I’m telling you this is simple: Harry’s a perfectly normal kid. Average and unremarkable.
If you think about it, that makes what happened even more unsettling.
What if it’s not only him?
What if it’s all kids?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Euan Harvey
• Release date: Apr 4, 2011

Euan Harvey

Euan Harvey lives in Watford, near London, with his wife and three sons. He writes fantasy and horror short stories and novels. He was diagnosed with advanced metastatic melanoma in August of 2009, but still isn't dead. If you liked one of his stories, or you have a question, send him an email (euan AT euanharvey.com). He answers every one he gets. Eventually.

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Harry and the Monkey

by Euan Harvey

Copyright 2011 by Euan M. Harvey

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‘Harry and the Monkey’ first published in Realms of Fantasy, December 2008.

HARRY AND THE MONKEY

By Euan Harvey

Urban legend: a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and often has elements of humor, moralizing, or horror: Are there alligators living in the New York City sewer system, or is that just an urban legend?

Also called urban myth.

[Origin: 1970–75]

Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

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This is a true story.

I have three kids, all boys. Son number three is Harry. He’s younger than the others by three years (he is three and a half when this story begins); he looks more like me, and he’s a devious and unscrupulous manipulator–like all youngest children. He laughs a lot, cries a lot, breaks things a lot, and fights with his brothers a lot. He goes to kindergarten with all the other kids, plays football