Checkmate

Dimitri was ranked as one of the best chess players in the world. While on vacation, a bubbly young woman sitting at a chess table outside asked if she wouldn’t mind playing a match against her. He laughed, thinking she had no idea who he was or his skills in the game. He even offered her anything she wanted if she was victorious.

He didn’t expect her to win; he certainly didn’t expect her to demand his body; and he certainly didn’t expect her to have the means to actually take his body from him. He begged for another game. He told himself that she just must have gotten lucky. She agreed, but she also upped the stakes.

Dimitri knew he’d have to concentrate this time, and he told himself he should be able to win his body back. Or at least he hoped so. This would be his one and only shot of it, because the thing he had wagered was 90% of his intellect. If he lost here, he simply wouldn’t be smart enough for another shot at it.

Dynamite

When the Great Shift happened, everyone at the karaoke lounge started out by treating it as a temporary blip and not a long term realignment. But as minutes turned to hours, the tension grew.

Soo Mi had been working as the hostess at the time, checking people into various rooms. Now she had to watch as the man swapped into her body got drunk. She rarely ever had alcohol, so it was hitting him hard. She saw her own face turn red with flush. She thought about telling him to stop or instructing the staff to cut him off, but she was worried how he might go from happy to belligerent while in her body.

Of course, she’d soon learn that someone being too happy while in the body of an unfamiliar gender had its own of drawbacks that she would have to watch her body engage in...

Old Bones

Svetlana had been sore ever since her performance yesterday, which was never great for her since she worked as a contortionist at the circus. Still, she thought she’d be better after a day of rest; however, when she woke up the next morning, her back was even more sore than the night before.

As she sat backstage, holding her sore back, a pudgy middle aged woman entered. She spoke in a soft voice, “I believe I have something that might belong to you,” and then proceeded to lift herself into a pose Svetlana couldn’t imagine doing right now.

The older woman continued, “I was at the show yesterday. I remembered being jealous, and as I was leaving I saw a strange blue light out of the corner of my eye. I felt more spry, but I couldn’t place why until I found myself moving in impossible ways this morning. I believe I have your contortionist ability.”

Svetlana put her hand on her side. Something inside her knew it was true. It explained the pains; she had the aching bones of a middle age woman now for some reason.

Paper Constellations

Out of all the music videos I've done, this is still probably one of my favorites. I re-uploaded to Tiktok because the album is out NOW!

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7mL02sZ34T9MLKyb97dJUL
And AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/album/시프트/6777472553

@bodyswapshift S41FT (시프트) - "Paper Constellations" | Official Music Video #braintransplant #bodyswap #musicvideo #tgtf #mtftransformation #tg #mtf ♬ original sound - Alicia Shift

Subway Take

The subway rumbled along the tracks, and I suddenly lost my footing an had to grab onto one of the nearby poles. Of course, this was odd since I had been sitting down at the time. Now, it seemed, I was suddenly standing. And, it also seemed, that my body was no longer my own.

Instead, I now inhabited the body of a Hispanic woman. I felt so self-conscious about it, and I thought everyone was looking at me.

Of course, I soon leaned it was all in my head, and everyone was more concerned about their own body swap than a man inside the body of a woman about to fall on his own behind.