Destiny

Orginally posted on February 1, 2010.

Donald's mom had always encouraged him to go into science, and he could never figure out why. Even when he faltered in his childhood, she told him that he knew he was destined to do something great. Already in his late 20s, that greatness was about to be realized. He had invented a transporter, and after several tests, it was finally time for a human subject. Donald insisted he be allowed to be first. But when he entered, something went horribly wrong. Time and space warped, and he found himself in not only the wrong location, but in the wrong time and in the wrong body! The face of the woman he now was looked eerily familiar, and after digging through some things in the house he was in, he figured out why...it was 1993, and he was in the body of his own mother! His own mother as a teenager! The lifetime of pressure she laid on him finally made sense--she did it because it had to happen, just a he would have to do now to start the cycle over again.

Plan B

Originally posted on July 9, 2010.

After Tony got his hands on a bodyswitching device, he developed many ways to bring his petty crimes up to a higher level. He'd steal the body of a wealthy person, drain their bank account, hide the money, and then switch back. His first target was a Miss Sandra Riley, a weathy oil heiress. He showed up to the bank with his thuggish speaking style and trampy dress (which he mistakingly thought as elegant). The manager refused to give Tony the money. He assumed this woman was some look alike, as he knew Miss Riley personally, and this was simply not the way she sounded or acted! Tony guessed it was onto Plan B.

The Invention

Originally posted on December 2, 2011.

Max had to hold back his glee when his friend Chang agreed to test out his new invention with him. He placed the strange helmet atop her head, then placed another one atop his own. He told her to concentrate on a singular thought, and that the machine would allow him to read her mind. He turned some knobs and dials, and the next thing Chang knew, she was looking across the room at her own face! Max had lied; the machine didn’t allow the users to read each other’s minds--it caused them to switch bodies! Max was ecstatic to be inside Chang’s body! Max blew a quick kiss back in the direction of his own body before removing the helmet, fully prepared to enjoy a new life as Chang!

Identity Theft

Originally posted on June 4, 2009.

In the not too distant future, scientists developed a way to swap personalities from body to body, effectively making bodyswaps possible. Of course, this new technology quickly became exploited, and identity thefts took on a whole new meaning. Garrett was on his way to file papers with the local courthouse after his body was stolen by a young woman named Scarlet. It would take a few weeks to process the paper work, so for the next few weeks it would seem he would have to live as a woman until his claim was sorted out.

Unplug

Originally posted on August 14, 2010.

Not long after the first bodyswapping device was invented, the religious right made their move to outlaw the technology. Still, many operated underground swapping labs to perform the procedure. Sam Wallace operated one such lab in his basement. His usually clients were old women with money desperate to be young swapping with young women desperate to be wealthy. He had strapped his latest two clients into their seats and initiated the process. A surge hit and he ran to unplug the power. As he did so, a strange jolt of energy shot from the cable, turning his own body into an exact double of the young woman in the process. He supposed it wasn't so bad. After all, it could've turned into a double of the old woman instead!

Office

Originally posted on October 15, 2012.

Reggie was an obese blob of a man, weighing over 300 pounds, but he was also a genius. It was how he obtained his job as lead programmer at a hi-tech company developing bodyswap technology. The test was supposed to be between two volunteers, a malfunction caused everyone at the company to switch. Reggie ended up in the body of Jane, the company’s accountant. He immediately went to work searching for any coding errors which could’ve caused the malfunction.

A half hour into his work, Kevin and Rebecca entered Reggie’s office to ask how it was going. Kevin was in charge of hardware and Rebecca was the receptionist. Kevin was in Rebecca’s blonde bombshell of a body, and Rebeca was stuck in Reggie’s body. When Reggie sighed that he hadn’t found anything wrong with the code, they both accused him of causing the accident to get a better body.

Reggie was taken aback! He didn’t like being in Jane’s body at all! He was used to being huge. Being stuck in Jane’s body felt like he didn’t even exist! It felt like his body had wasted away to nothing, and then these two jerks came making accusations? He shot back at Kevin with a stern look that there was nothing wrong with the code, that it must be his hardware, and that he must’ve had a secret plan to become Rebecca.

No Running

Originally posted on April 27, 2011.

Charles had never paid much attention to the “no running” rule at the pool. He probably should have! As he was racing around the side one day, he slammed into a woman, knocking them both in. As he surfaced, he felt strange. At first, he wondered if he had hurt himself, but nothing was in pain. But something was, in fact, strange--knocking into the woman had caused Charles to swap bodies with her!

Only Child

Originally posted on July 29, 2009.

Eric was an only child, so he was pretty annoyed when his parents agreed to host a foreign exchange student for a year. They told him he should show her around the school, introduce her to his friends, and so on. He really didn't want someone leeching on him all the time. However, the foreign girl quickly confided in Eric and showed him a secret medallion that she had that could swap people's bodies! He didn't believe her, of course, but she used it to swap her body with his. He freaked out. After he had morphed into her, he yelled at her to leave his room. But she quickly corrected him that it was HER room now. Eric walked down the hall to the guest bedroom where the foreign exchange student was staying, changed into a baggy sweatshirt and jeans, and wondered how he was going to get her to switch back with him!

Missing Medallion

Originally posted on December 23, 2009.

"Okay, our girlfriends were supposed to meet us here with our bodies," Walt began, "There not here, but let's not freak out. Pull the Medallion of Zulu out of Michelle's purse, and let's go find them!"

"Um," Peter began while shuffling through Michelle's purse, "It's not in here! Someone must've stolen it! Do you think it was our girlfriends? So that they could trap us in their bodies?"

"I'm not willing to accept that Becky and Michelle would do that to us. It could be anybody..."

Job Interview

Originally posted on January 24, 2010.

Patrick had been running late to his job interview but breathed a sigh of relief when he made it into the downtown building with five minutes to spare. Though his mind was focused on the upcoming interview, he couldn't help but spy who he shared the ride with. She had pressed for the floor of a modeling agency; he could easily guess what she did. She wore a white dress shirt with long sleeves and a low neck line. Jean shorts so short that the pockets hung out from the bottom hem, and high heels to further accent her sexy legs. He took her all in for a moment, but as the elevator dinged off floors, he became increasingly nervous about his interview. So nervous and focused that by the time he reached his spot, he hadn't noticed the Great Shift just as the door opened. He walked out into an office now in total chaos. The receptionist seemed at a loss for how to do her job or who she was. A man in a suit ran screamed passed Patrick into the elevator. Patrick's nerves calmed and he thought that maybe this wasn't the job for him. He pressed the down button on the elevator, and that's when he noticed the bright red manicured nails on his hand...

Somehow

Originally posted in Yahoo! Groups, pre-2009.

Taylor felt odd after the Great Shift, but couldn’t quite place how or why. He found a purse nearby, reached in, and pulled out a makeup mirror. He was completely shocked by his new reflection in the mirror. Somehow...he was...a girl?

Minding His Own Business

Originally posted on May 17, 2013.

Brian had been minding his own business with a nice, relaxing stroll in the park when a jogger took a sharp corner and ran straight into him knocking him on his feet. The two had banged heads pretty hard, but that didn’t explain what Brian was seeing as he took a few moments to recover. He looked over to see...himself? And he looked down to see...oh no! It was like something out of a bad Japanese TV show! The knock to their heads must have somehow switched the pair’s bodies! He was now in the body of the female jogger that had run into him!

Another Chance

Originally posted on December 17, 2013.

Trevor ran through the events of that day in his mind ever since it happened. It started with meeting the woman of his dreams and her having no interest in him. Then he found a magic spell he thought would make her love him; instead it swapped their bodies. The weird part was that now the woman in Trevor’s body thought that she was always him. In a way, he had a second chance, but Trevor could never see himself being with another guy...even if he was in the body of a woman and even if that guy was him.

He wondered if he had just accepted it, the swap would have reversed itself. Instead, he was now stuck in this woman’s body. With Trevor in control, he acted far less feminine than she did before he met her. He slouched about, avoiding skirts and dressed. He never felt comfortable in this new body, but he had no way to fix things.

It's Not Brain Surgery...Oh, Wait, It Is

Originally posted on December 10, 2013.

Max had no problem removing the brain from Michelle’s body -- a drill, a saw, and some other tools did the trick. He didn’t even have too much trouble removing the brain from his own body. The hard part was getting the brains back into their bodies, especially now that he was just a brain on a table without a body. Somehow, he managed, but he didn’t get it quite right. Max’s brain was now in Michelle’s body while Michelle’s brain was now in Max’s body. Max picked his drill back up. Was it time to try again?

Big Gamble

Originally posted on January 3, 2019.

Ed was thankful that his luck was finally starting to turn around again. After gambling away all his money, he begged for a way to earn it back. A woman offered him a deal. If he would switch bodies with her, she would give him a million dollars. Thinking body swapping was fiction, Ed quickly agreed; however, he was shocked when he found himself becoming the middle aged Asian woman. It got worse when he lost much of the million dollars. But he was finally starting hitting an upswing. He was still far from what he needed to buy his own body back, but he was sure he was going to get there. Of course, once he did get enough, he’d be truly surprised by the woman refusing to swap back with him, leaving him stuck in her body...

Office Holiday Party

Originally posted on December 24, 2018.

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.

Counsel

Originally posted on December 11, 2017.

John had worked as a counselor for many years choosing to work a low paid government job in order to help those who needed it the most for no cost. He often sat in an office for eight hours a day barely seeing one or two clients each day. But with the Great Shift, his work took on a whole new meaning. His days quickly became packed with back to back clients seeking help for a specific problem. Usually, they would come in panicked.

John would reply calmly, “Look, I get it. You’re freaked out due to the fact that Great Shift placed you in a new body. That happened to everyone. There’s nothing special about it. You think you’re different because you found yourself with a new gender. Well, I was a man before all this. Now let’s talk about it. And let’s talk about how you deal with it. Because, believe me, it’s not that hard.”

Freaky

Originally posted on June 2, 2020.

Max was distraught when the Great Shift struck and he wound up in the body of a nerdy Asian girl, who sat in the front row of his college statistics class. Without a word, he slipped out back to her off-campus housing, not wanting to be around people. She luckily lived alone, so he knew he wouldn’t be disturbed. He quickly became surprised as he dug through her closets. The oversized sweaters and ill-fitting jeans that he often seen her wear were there, sure, but there was also a wide array of leather dresses, corsets, and freaky stuff like handcuffs and whips. He knew he had to try some of it on, and when took off her glasses and looked in the mirror, he was surprised that the nerdy Asian girl he now was appeared to be quite hot and more than a little bit freaky.

Shape

Originally posted on June 8, 2020.

James was going to miss this tomorrow. Today was his day on Exchange Island after two wonderful weeks. He had hoped to swap into a motivational body that would inspire him to lose weight. And that did sort of happen, but not in a way he ever would’ve guessed. When is plane landed on the island, he did end up swapping into a physically fit body -- it was just one that happened to be female! Despite this, he still liked the way he felt. Even though there was no way he’d be able to get his own body into the same shape, it was still nice to know how a fit body felt. He went out jogging every morning, visited the resort gym frequently, and tried out plenty of exhausting activities -- pushing this body to the limit. As he took his final jog of the trip, he knew he didn’t want to stop doing any of it. That meant he’d have to get his original body into shape...

Checked In

Originally posted July 14, 2020.

Edgar was unconscious when he was checked into the hospital. The only reason he even knew he was in there was because his spirit floated above his body. It actually got kind of boring to just be hanging around in his own room, but he figured that, as a spirit, he could go anywhere. It turned out he couldn’t actually just go ANYWHERE, his spirit seemed bound to the hospital. It was still entertaining to fly about inside among the doctors, nurses, and the patients. However, one day he got stuck in one particular room where a woman lay on life support. And the distance he could travel away from her became shorter and shorter. He was being drawn to her. There was nothing he could do to stop it, but he was going to merge into her body. He was going to become this woman. But what about his own body?

Looking Up

Originally posted on March 27, 2013.

When David was little, he looked up to his big sister literally. As the two siblings got older and David began towering above her, he looked up to her figuratively. They had a strong brother-sister bond. When the Great Shift came upon them, he didn’t fret when he found himself in his sister’s body. He knew she’d be there to help him out with whatever obstacles came his way. And when he found out she was now in his body, he knew he’d be there for her too. David still looked up to his big sister, and now they had switched bodies, he knew it would be literal once again as he looked up to the tall body that was once his from the short body that was once his sister’s but now belonged to him.

Back to School (Part 2)

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Originally posted on November 2, 2012.

Al often arrived early to class and spent plenty of time exploring the campus. Things had changed so much since the last time he was at a school. Things were so much more modern and students these days wore such skimpy clothes these days! He hoped he would stay his old self at heart, but he could feel his heart racing thinking about going out and interacting with young folks. He’d have to insist on doing something with his wife when she returned to pick him up after class. They had so many youthful things that they could enjoy again!

Back to School (Part 1)

Originally posted on April 2, 2012.

It had been well over 60 years since Al had last stepped foot in a classroom. The Great Shift had given him a new lease on life, and he was going to take advantage of being young again by getting some extra schooling. Of course, there was a practical reason for taking classes as well. He had been out of the workforce for ten years when the Great Shift hit. Now that he was young, he’d have to get a job again. If he had any hopes of getting one, he’d need to know a lot about computers and other new technology! He smiled as he walked toward campus, leaving his wife in the car. He was happy that she had been shifted into a young body as well. He had already spent one lifetime with her, and he was excited to have a second one with her as well, even if he was now the woman in the relationship and she was now the man!

Dead Languages

Originally posted on December 17, 2013.

Daniel had spent most of his college years dedicated to the study of dead languages, so the odd book at the library was a wonderful find. He could pronounce the words in the book, but had trouble ascertaining their meaning until he spoke the first page aloud and ended up swapping bodies with his girlfriend. While shocked at first, he was astounded that he had discovered actual magic. With a bit of context, he was able to translate many of the pages. His girlfriend begged for him to see if he could find a reversal to switch their bodies back. After about a solid week of translating, he discovered it about halfway through. However, he wondered if he should mention it was there. He had quite enjoyed being in his girlfriend’s body so far, and she’d never know if he told her there was no sort of reversal spell. She didn’t have the knowledge of languages he did. What harm could a little lie do, especially if it meant he got to keep this body as his own?

Broken Rules

Originally posted on February 28,2013.

Brian didn’t really know what to do. He was in a woman’s body, and he didn’t know how or why it happened. His own body was passed out next to him, so he grabbed his leather jacket and started wandering around. Depressed about losing his body, he bought some alcohol and started drinking. If this was a nightmare, maybe he would wake up. If not, at least the booze would drown out his depression for the time being.

No Matter

Dr. Kevin Marx was excited. His experiment had been a success; perhaps more than he could’ve ever imagined. The goal of his work for the past two decades had been the ability to transmit brain waves from one body to another, essentially a body swap. He had strapped into a chair in his lab, expecting to swap bodies with one of his assistants seated right next to him. Instead, his consciousness shot straight out of his lab -- straight out of the entire building -- and right into the body of a woman who had been walking outside. He realized he must have gotten a few calculations wrong, but the fact that he was now in someone else’s meant his core theories were correct! He was sure that it would take him some time to find his error. Until he did, he wouldn’t be able to control who he swapped with. He couldn’t take that risk. It didn’t matter much to him. He’d just continue to work in this body until he could correct any flaw. However, the prospect of waiting to swap back mattered very much to the woman he had swapped with.

Seasick (Part 2)

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Originally posted on September 8, 2011.

Though the cruise ship wouldn’t turn back toward Exchange Island, they vowed to make Ryan’s trip as pleasant as possible. He got an upgrade to First Class, allowing him to see some of the fancier sections of the ship. The crew also provided him with a huge assortment of fine clothes collected from worldwide ports. Ryan felt a little weird about wearing a dress at first, but it really made him feel like a pampered princess. He wasn’t crazy about the princess part, but he sure did love being pampered!

Seasick

Originally postred on August 4, 2011.

This had to be the worst vacation for Ryan yet. He had spent the last week being seasick, and now the cruise he was on apparently sailed a bit to close to some place called Exchange Island, which resulted in Ryan swapped bodies with a person at that resort. The cruise director and captain told Ryan that they will help him get his body back, but they weren’t about to turn the boat off course to do it; he’d have to wait until the ship’s final port and then they’d sail him back to get it all sorted out. That meant he’d be spending the next two weeks on this boat in some unknown woman’s body. He tried his best to smile; after all, he was on vacation. At least this woman didn’t get seasick like Ryan’s body did!

Unpleasant Experience

Originally posted on September 9, 2010.

Chris couldn't believe that he had switched bodies with his daughter, and now he was on a date with her douchebag boyfriend. He had agreed to do so only after her repeated begging, but he was certainly not enjoying himself. The guy had his hands all over what he thought was his girlfriend, but was (in fact) her father. This was a very unpleasant experience.

Reporting

Originally posted on July 12, 2009.

"...And so the Great Shift continues to cause chaos throughout the country from Miami to up here in Anchorage. Police are asking folks to stay in whatever house they find themselves in until further notice unless in the event of an emergency. Once again, though I may not look like it, this is Danny Chapman reporting for news Channel Eight."

Driving

Originally posted on Novemebr 13, 2011.

Ryan was out driving when the Great Shift hit. He suddenly found himself behind the wheel of a different car with different surroundings. Reacting quickly, he pulled over to the side of the road, but he was in for a shock when he looked in the rear view mirror. The face looking back at him was not his own! He grabbed the blonde hair that framed his now pretty face in disbelief.