Kiss

Connor knew he only had himself to blame. Genevieve had asked him not to kiss her at midnight on New Year’s Eve, but he did it anyway. The kiss triggered magic that swapped their bodies. Genevieve didn’t mind being in Connor’s body, but Connor didn’t want to be a woman. Genevieve broke the bad news that they couldn’t swap back, but told him that he could swap with a different guy with another kiss if he did it before the sun came up. So Connor puckered up and went out on the streets with a mission. After a few hours, he was still unsuccessful. Too many guys were with their girlfriends, a few more were just too drunk. Connor was close a few times, but chickened out feeling weird kissing another guy (even if he was a woman at the moment). He realized finding someone to kiss shouldn’t be hard, especially on New Year’s, but for some reason it was!

Finer Points (Part 4)

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Three months later, Nicholas sat on a couch in Benson’s apartment. He was excited as he wore his favorite little black dress for the event they would be attending.

“I’m so proud of this achievement, Darling,” He said to Benson, “You absolutely deserve this award. It’s such a breakthrough that you invented a procedure for swapping people’s brains! I mean, that’s just incredible.”

“It was a lot of work.” Benson replied, “Honestly, today feels like the best day of my life. Well, second best.”

Nicholas blushed before giving Benson a kiss, “Thanks. Marrying you two years ago was the best day of my life too.”

Benson knew the memory of a wedding he implanted Nicholas was a lie. Heck, he planted a lot of lies like how they first met, dates, and so on. He also forced a lot of feelings too, like unconditional love and devotion. And the amount he took away was even greater. Heck, Nicholas didn’t even realize his name was really Nicholas. But Benson had managed to not only eliminate his competition, but create himself a beautiful, dutiful wife in the process.

Finer Points (Part 3)

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Nicholas stood up defiantly, placing a hand on his hip. “I don’t have to sit here and take this,” He demanded, “What’s stopping me from walking out of here and telling all the science journals the truth?”

Benson laughed, “What’s stopping you? Well, for starters, you may know the scientific journals exist, but do you recall the name of a single one? Think further, can you even remember how to dial a phone? And if you even tried to leave right now, I bet you’d find operating a door knob to be a completely insurmountable task. The level of knowledge I didn’t transfer over to that new body of yours is enormous. And don’t assume you can just relearn these things, as that is something I denied you as well. I do appreciate your spirit here, Nicholas, but I’m afraid you are simply outmaneuvered here.”

Nicholas felt like he should be angry, but Benson had thrown so many words at him at once that he was having trouble even keeping up. He did get the sense that he wasn’t going to have much of a choice here...

Finer Points (Part 2)

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Nicholas twirled his hair and spun around in his chair. “Why would we do this?” He asked, still able to access his natural curiosity, “Why would we make me dumb? Did we have some sort of hippopotamus?”

“Hypothesis.” Benson corrected him, “And, oh, no, it was nothing that grand. Simply put, I’m going to take sole credit for this work, and I deserve it. You were coasting after your original discovery, and I was doing all the grunt work with the finer details. But those finer details were about 90% of the effort, and you wanted to split the credit equally. No way!”

Nicholas stared blankly at Benson. Even the simple numbers were a bit too difficult for him right now, but he could read Benson’s tone. “Why would you confess all this?” He asked.

Benson continued, “Because it doesn’t matter. I swapped you and Victoria weeks ago. And I keep plucking at your memories to make sure you’re dumber and dumber and not a threat to me anymore. The next step is to try to see if I can implant a brand new memory in there to make you believe something is true that isn’t. That something happened when it didn’t.”

Finer Points (Part 1)

“What the hell just happened?” A very shocked Nicholas asked to his colleague Benson, “Why did I suddenly swap bodies with our secretary?”

“You don’t remember?” Benson asked, “We just made a scientific breakthrough.”

“Really?” Nicholas smiled, enticed by the idea of scientific discovery, “Why don’t I remember any of this?”

“You were the genius behind it! You developed the tech that allowed two people to swap their basic core of who they are. You enlisted my help for some of the finer details. I figured out how to ensure every single memory, skill, impulse, and instinct could be swapped...or not swapped. After all, it may be difficult to adapt to a 5 foot tall body if your brain is used to being 6 foot tall, so we leave that behind.”

“Why don’t I remember any of this? I don’t even feel like I can understand any of this! Let alone figure out how any of it was done.”

“Because you don’t. When you can Victoria swapped, I made sure you didn’t get any of your memories about how to do any of this and much of your intelligence, for that matter. Right now, quite frankly, you’re as dumb as a post.”

Late

At this point, the bus seemed to be running at least half an hour late, but Mark still waited there patiently for it. In all honesty, he didn’t feel like he had much of a choice. Calling a taxi was off the table. After all, it was a taxi that was the reason he now had the body of a gorgeous woman. His body had been stolen by the driver, and then he had been able to be steal this woman’s body after that. While the odds of running into that same taxi were low, he still saw it as to much of a risk. He didn’t ever want there to even be the slightest chance of losing this body; it was far too amazing. And so he waited for the bus, no matter how late it was.

Holiday Resort

Exchange Island was a very interesting place to visit during the holiday season. During the days, it was often warm enough to wear a swimsuit and enjoy the beach. At nights, temperature drops often allow for a small amount of snow. It was also the height of Asian tourist season for the island, a fact that Calvin was very aware of. In fact, Calvin visited every year during the holidays, knowing his odds of being in the body of a hot Asian woman were pretty good. This was certainly true this year. Calvin got to enjoy the warm temps, some nice skiing, and the best body he could’ve ever imagined spending time in.

Holiday Party

It happened right in the middle of the office holiday party. There was a huge flash of light and suddenly it seemed like everyone in the attendance swapped bodies with someone else in the office. Bernard laughed when he realized he was in Heather’s body. Heather worked in Human Resources and got really into the holidays to try to boost office morale. He wasn’t sure if it was more awkward for him to be in the body of a woman or to be wearing Heather’s outfit, which was worn in attempt to win the office’s ugly sweater contest. And while Bernard was laughing, others were panicking. People were checking their phones and finding news reports of what was being called “The Great Shift,” which seemed to be worldwide with an estimated 99% of the population swapped into someone else’s body. Bernard could only figure that everyone would eventually adjust, including himself. He’d just have to get used to being in Heather’s body.

Holiday Job

As the holidays approached, Sam was in need of some extra cash. However, finding a part-time job proved to be difficult. His friend had told him about an opening at the mall for elves in the Christmas village they had set up. The only problem? At this point, they were only looking for females to fill the remaining rolls. Sam was desperate. He asked for help to pull off hair, makeup, padding, and more to pass as a woman. In the end, he was more than convincing and got the job on the spot. Being stuck as a holiday elf was certainly humiliating, and having to dress up a woman was just icing on that cake. The only plus side, he guessed, was that he was sure no one would ever recognize him. Each day when he went to work, he felt like he was going to cry, but he put on a smile and played his part as best he could...

Transformation Powder

“I think Tanya threw the vial of transformation powder over here,” Evan screamed over to Mark.

“Why don’t you lean over and pick it up so you can use it to change yourself back to normal?” Mark yelled back.

As Evan bent over to search through the grass, he still couldn’t believe Tanya had tried to toss this vial away. Maybe she didn’t want to get back to normal, but he certainly did! He hated that she had used this powder to transform him into a woman with a big butt. And that’s when Evan suddenly had a realization. He picked up the vial and quickly stood upright.

“You were staring again, weren’t you, Mark?” He accused.

“Well, come on, dude,” Mark confessed, “It’s so round...and perfect. You know I’m gonna miss it when it’s gone.”

“Well, it’s gonna go soon, because...” Evan stopped suddenly when he looked inside the vial. All of the transformation powder had been used up, which meant he was stuck in this body unless they could locate some more.

Fix

“You can’t just leave me here stuck in your sister’s body!” Steve protested with his hands on his hips, “What if her husband comes home? Or her kids?”

“No one will be home for hours,” Alvin assured Steve, “We know the body swap device works; it just overheated. I am going to run back home to get the parts to fix it. I’ll have you back to normal before you know it. Oh, and you may not realize this, but I think being in Karen’s body is already having an effect on you. Your stance and movements are already much more like hers than your own.”

Steve couldn’t think of a good comeback, and the more he argued the longer it would be before he was able to swap back into his own body. He never appreciated being a test subject for Alvin’s weird inventions and this one had put him in a particularly odd situation...

Headache

His first day at a new job started relatively normal for Nathan. He spent the morning sitting around as someone from IT set up his computer and email. But when he returned from lunch, he got a strange headache, and suddenly he found himself in a meeting filled with high level employees. He noted he was now wearing an expensive suit and realized the body he had was not his own. He attempted to just sit quietly and not panic as the meeting continued. Soon after, he experienced another headache and found himself swapped yet again with someone else. He now sat alone in a quiet office; no one seemed to be bothering him. Then the next headache came.

At this point, he was starting to know what to expect, but he was still a little surprised to find himself in a woman’s body for the first time. On this round, he was now standing in the lobby. He wondered what could be causing these swaps and if anyone else was affected. The office hadn’t devolved into chaos, so he couldn’t imagine they were too widespread. He figured he just needed to wait this out. But this time he waited and waited, and the headaches did not return. He was at a loss. He couldn’t go home like this!

Searching

When the odd man entered the mall with a neon plastic toy gun, few gave him much attention. That is, until he started zapping people with the toy that ended up swapping bodies. A good number of people were swapped before the odd man was pinned to the floor, and the toy was retrieved and used to swap people back to normal. Of course, some of the people swapped found much difficulty getting back to normal. George, for instance, couldn’t find his original body anywhere. He found this quite strange, as he couldn’t imagine the gorgeous woman he had swapped with not wanting her body back. He kept searching the mall, but kept turning up with nothing. He couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to run off with his body either. It was certainly nothing special. He was losing his hair, having trouble keeping his weight down, and didn’t find himself to be a particularly attractive guy. Why would anyone want to be that!? For a moment, it made him wonder why he was trying so hard to get back in that body, especially considering the body he ended up stuck in. Yey he was persistent; the woman he swapped with certainly didn’t deserve to be stuck as him. Maybe she thought the odd man was still around; maybe she was hiding? He had to try harder...

Sent to the Corner

Alex sulked as he couldn’t believe he had been sent to the corner of the classroom. He should be receiving praise not punishment! After all, each student had been required to present an idea for invention, but he had done one better with a working prototype; his body swapper actually worked! Sure, it was a bit accidental that it swapped everyone in the entire class, and he had never intended to be the one to swap bodies with the teacher, but that’s just what happened. How was this not considered an impressive feat? He could only sit there and think about how angry he was.

Not Ready

Amber and Thom were shocked to have their bodies swapped by the Great Shift. And Amber, worried about what Thom would do while in her body, used her new strength to overpower Thom and tie him up. Thom certainly understood Amber’s concerns. Heck, he wanted nothing more than to fully explore this body. However, after several hours, the thrill of being a woman wore off, and he was tired of being tied up. He pleaded with Amber to untie him, but she still wasn’t ready. She was still worried about what Thom would do to her body.

Clutch Tighter

Harvey clutched Angelica’s purse tightly. For one, he wasn’t used to carrying a purse around, and two, the Medallion of Zulu was contained within. If he hoped to swap back with Angelica in ten hours, he’d need to take good care of it. Of course being unaccustomed to bringing a purse with him throughout the day would be his undoing. It wouldn’t be long before he brought it to a coffee shop and simply forgot it. While he rushed back and found it fifteen minutes later, the only thing missing inside was the medallion. Now he walked around clutching it even tighter, not sure what he’d tel Angelica to explain to her that he’d lost the medallion, and that they’d both be stuck in each other’s bodies forever.

Let Me Explain

Miranda was horrified when she looked down at her own hands to see them old and wrinkled. Then she looked over to the bar at the bistro where she had been eating to see her own body smiling.

“Come over here and sit,” Her body said, “Let me explain.”

Miranda moved slowly in the old body she now inhabited. When she sat down, it was obvious to her that her new body was not only old, but it was also a man’s body. She sat silently as her body explained.

“I know it’s pretty shocking to find yourself in the body of an old man. I mean, I was shocked when it happened to me. I suppose it’s worse for you, considering you were a woman before. I didn’t want to be a woman; it’s just the way it turned out. The body you have now has an odd curse on it. It has the ability to swap bodies with other people. Not just anyone, mind you; it can only swap with certain people. You’ll just have to keep trying until you find someone, which I finally did when I found you. But obviously you can tel from the age of that body, you better act fast. I had a heart attack when trying to find someone, and the hospital told me it wasn’t that body’s first one either! I can’t fully explain how to swap with someone but you’ll just feel it. You’ll just know! Now, if you’l excuse me, I believe you have some work to do while I enjoy my new life as you.”

Regrets

As the weeks passed since Luke was first swapped into the body of the magic taxi’s driver, he was really warming up to the idea of being in someone else’s body. And he decided to be as different as possible by stealing the body of a woman. However, shortly after acting on that decision, he quickly regretted it. Luke stood on the curb feeling awkward in his new body as the taxi drove away with the woman whose body he stole now inside the cabbie’s body. He looked down still baffled about why he chose to take a woman’s body.

Making a Plan to Cause Chaos

After receiving an odd package in the mail, Bret was certainly skeptical over the instructions inside that claimed the device within was a “body swapper.” He was pretty sure this had to be a prank, yet he was still curious. After a few days he finally brought the thing to a coffee shop where he aimed it at someone and hit the button. Sure enough, he was transformed into the barista behind the counter while she became him. He pressed several more times, swapping just about everyone in the place. When he finally stopped, he was in the body of an Asian woman who had been sitting just to the left of him. As he observed the scene he realized no one seemed to even notice. The barista with his body continued to serve coffee. The businessman with the barista’s body was screaming into his cell phone (although now with a much higher pitched voice) with no concern that he was wearing a uniform for a coffee shop instead of his suit. He wondered if he could make people realize the swaps, then he could really cause some chaos...

Sucked

School was just letting out that day when the Great Shift struck. Most of the students at the local high school swapped amongst themselves, but Anthony was surprised to suddenly be behind the wheel of a car. He managed to pull over safely, get out, and make his way back to school. He was still in shock from the experience and didn’t notice his new body until he was just outside the door. That’s when it all started to sink in. It didn’t bother him that he was female, but he was bothered that he was much older now. He had been 18 just moments ago, and now he guessed he was probably in his early 30s. He could only assume he swapped with some mom on her way to the nearby daycare. He was now over a decade older than most of his friends. This sucked!

New Job

On the first day of his new job, Ryan had to sit through the company’s orientation. There was the typical stuff like picking health plans and 401Ks, and then there was the sensitivity training and sexual harassment portions. Apparently as part of the training all new employees were required to use a body swapper to randomly swap with a volunteering existing employee for two weeks. Ryan didn’t think much of it until the swap actually took place when he found himself in the body of a woman. It felt much more uncomfortable than he expected. He felt like he could fall over in the heels at any moment or that one wrong move could cause a wardrobe malfunction. He sure hoped this sort of experience did teach people at the company a lesson, otherwise he was sure he’d be in for a terrible two weeks of co-workers hitting on him.

Let Down

As Thomas entered the room, William turned toward him with an expression that seemed prepared for a let down. William paused before he spoke, “You better have found a way to fix this whole body swap thing. Your machine caused me to start randomly switching with people a month ago. I was switching with people every few hours, and you and I seem to be the only ones who actually realize it. And then I got stuck in this woman’s body for days for some reason. And now she’s about to get married. I am NOT going to be this guy’s wife.”

Thomas paused, “I’m afraid I have some bad news then. I managed to use my machine to remotely stabilize your swapping, but that means the body you’re in now is yours. You’re going to be stuck like that.”

William went from let down to angry. He was about to unload but was interrupted to be called down to the ceremony.

Insider Trading (Part 3)

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Owen watched as they escorted his body out the door. He was sure he saw a scowl on his former face as it was taken out. They took all the computers. Now at an empty desk, Owen put up his feet and watched as file after file was taken away. It was all quite amusing. All his trickery and fraud were found out, but he wasn’t going to suffer for any of it. He had paid his secretary well, so he was sure he would be fine for the time being. And he could pick up right where he left off with schemes and magic to help him climb the ladder again. And he would certainly consider very carefully who he hired as his secretary next time now that he knew how the protection spell worked, not that he felt like things worked out badly this time at all. Before starting on his plan, maybe he’d just take a few days off for himself first so he could enjoy this new body...

Insider Trading (Part 2)

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Owen didn’t have much time to consider his next steps as the SEC came bursting through the door with a SWAT team.

“Which office is Owen McCormick’s?” One of the men asked.

Owen did his best to impersonate his secretary by typing and smiling as she often did, “Is everything okay? Is Mr. McCormick in trouble? Is there anything I can help with?”

“I’m afraid not, Miss. Your boss and many others at this organization have been under investigation for some time now, and we’re here to apprehend him.”

“Oh my! I’m sure its just a misunderstanding,” Owen lied, “I’m not in trouble, am I?”

“I’m afraid we have more than enough evidence against them. And don’t worry about yourself; this was a case at corruption at the highest level. Though you may want to consider getting your resume ready. I doubt this place will still be here considering what they’ve done.”

Owen just continued to type and smile as he began to wonder if his protection spell had actually worked perfectly.

Insider Trading (Part 1)

Owen didn’t climb to C-Level at his work by accident. It was a crafty combination of shrewd business, being a little bit underhanded, and a slight amount of literal witchcraft. While a little insider trading helped his bottom line a little, a spell to see into the future helped a lot more. He was living comfortably and felt like no one could touch him -- in fact, he has a protection spell to make sure of it! The day things got weird started out normal enough, but as he was taking a breather between his mid-morning update and his first lunch meeting, he suddenly found himself swapped into the body of his own secretary!

He examined his smooth legs in shock. His first reaction was that his protection spell must have failed and that his secretary was actually a much more powerful spellcaster than himself. She must’ve devised this plan to steal his life and his money. And now he was suck as her! He’d have to get her back, but how could he if she was indeed as powerful as he thought she was?

Cliché (Part 2)

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The next few days of the business trip went smoothly despite the fact that Martin and Jane had swapped bodies. They had discussed how to act like the other, but many conversations often turned to cold silence. When everything had finished and Jane finally pulled the car up to the front of her house to let Martin off, Martin sat there frustrated and afraid to get out.

“I’m not sure I can do this,” He sighed, “I mean, your husband is going to know I’m not you.”

“You’ll be lucky if he notices you at all,” Jane groaned, “I’m not sure he’s even looked in my direction once in the past two years. He just barks commands; make sure you listen and obey.”

“This still sounds like the absolute worst.”

“We don’t have a choice...”

Cliché

The story started out very cliché. Martin and Jane were co-workers for many years. Their relationship had been quite platonic, but over drinks during one business trip they began to talk about their spouses. James explained how bored he had become with his wife, and Jane pined about how poorly her husband treated her. The next thing the two of them knew, they found themselves in bed together.

Where the cliché fell apart was the next morning when Martin and Jane woke up in each others’ bodies. Martin lay on the bed and opined, “How am I going to explain this to me wife?”

“We can’t tell them anything,” Jane sniped, “What would we tell them? That we switched bodies after having sex? I’m not sure if they’d laugh at us or kill us. We have to pretend to be each other.”

“I don’t know. I heard last night about how your husband treats you. I’m not sure I could --”

Jane interrupted before he could finish, “And your wife sounds like a snooze, but we don’t have the luxury of an option here...”

Get Rich Quick

It was only a few minutes ago that Greg was trying to take a nap in the back of his van. He heard what sounded like a faint knocking at first that he tried to ignore, thinking it was the police coming to harass him. Then there was a sudden flash of light and instead of sleeping in his van, he was standing in a very fancy apartment. He noticed his fingernails were well manicured and feminine then he began to run his hands up his new curves. He was clearly a woman now, wearing what was likely an expensive pantsuit. In fact, just about everything in this place looked expensive. He couldn’t even begin to imagine how he found himself in the body of a rich woman, but he certainly realized he didn’t have much to complain about!

Impressed with Himself

Clark was impressed with himself. It had been about two months since he was cursed into having a woman’s body, but he had adjusted fairly well. The first day, any makeup he tried to put on was a complete mess, but now? He was a pure expert. At this point, the idea of being a woman no longer felt like a curse to him at all. In fact, he was kind of dreading the day when the curse would end, and he’d be back to his own body. He didn’t know how long it was supposed to last, but something told him now that he was enjoying himself, it would be over soon enough.

Landed

Miranda had spent a miserable week on Exchange Island inside the body of an overweight, middle aged man. She couldn’t wait to swap back to her own body and expected it to happen when the plane landed back on the mainland -- just as she had swapped the first time when the plane landed on the island. However, when the plane touched down and all the people on it departed, she was still stuck in the wrong body.

She approached her own body to demand answers, but the man inside her body just shrugged. He didn’t know why they hadn’t swapped back either. He explained that while he had certainly enjoyed his time in Miranda’s body he didn’t have any interest in being like this for good. Swapping into someone else’s body was great for a vacation, but he certainly didn’t want to be stuck like this! She was skeptical, but she didn’t have any reason not to believe him.

Fried (Part 2)

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Max couldn’t help but feel nervous as he walked back to Sarah’s apartment. He couldn’t quite figure out why, but he tried to run through possibilities. He was pretty sure Sarah wasn’t following him. How could she possibly know he intentionally fried the circuits in order to steal her body anyway? Could it have been someone from the lab? No, they didn’t even know he had used the body swapper at all or who Sarah was. Then again, maybe he was just feeling vulnerable due to his new female body. It seemed plausible, but the feeling had to be shakable, didn’t it?