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pluralstories"Jones had been reading up on Sufi esoteric practices. One in particular had interested him. It was called 'How the rainbow which circles the spray of the Fountain of Light (The Nor) may, by heart-contact, be thrown to link with another such rainbow. ' There followed quite unmistakable instruction as to how this rainbow interchange was to be effected."
Blurb: Two academics, an anthropologist and a psychologist, experimentally swap bodies for a time. But in their distraction and getting used to each other's bodies, one forgets to mention he's diabetic...
Why is it worth your time?: It's a neat little body-swap story that does a great job of expressing the weirdness and discomfort of getting used to someone else's body! Give it a shot.
Plural/1+ Tags: abuse not mentioned, bodyhopping, possession
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments.
Accessibility Notes: Widely anthologized, available on paper and on ebook, and archive.org has a copy of one of those anthologies, Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries.
Misc. Notes (if any): Henry Fitzgerald "Gerald" Heard was an interesting guy, a gay mystic before that stuff was fashionable, and apparently a real bear to read the nonfiction of. "The Swap" is a straightforward read though!
Blurb: Two academics, an anthropologist and a psychologist, experimentally swap bodies for a time. But in their distraction and getting used to each other's bodies, one forgets to mention he's diabetic...
Why is it worth your time?: It's a neat little body-swap story that does a great job of expressing the weirdness and discomfort of getting used to someone else's body! Give it a shot.
Plural/1+ Tags: abuse not mentioned, bodyhopping, possession
Content Warnings: contain spoilers; see comments.
Accessibility Notes: Widely anthologized, available on paper and on ebook, and archive.org has a copy of one of those anthologies, Bewitched Beings: Phantoms, Familiars and the Possessed in Stories from Two Centuries.
Misc. Notes (if any): Henry Fitzgerald "Gerald" Heard was an interesting guy, a gay mystic before that stuff was fashionable, and apparently a real bear to read the nonfiction of. "The Swap" is a straightforward read though!
