Jack and the Check Book

This collection of comic fantasies traces the consequences of a limited allotment of wishes, beginning with a household that uses a sudden wish to solve pressing financial troubles. Practical bookkeeping and entrepreneurial schemes follow as wishes are catalogued, traded, and manipulated, leading to satirical set pieces about promoters, syndicates, and the commercialization of supernatural aid. Subsequent episodes recycle fairy-tale motifs and enchanted objects in urban, moneyed settings, producing absurd situations and ironic reversals. The tone mixes light wit and whimsical invention with a steady satirical eye on speculation, social vanity, and the businesslike handling of magical opportunity.