The story that started it all. Follow James on his journey after discovering a magical device that allows him to swap traits with anyone…
The Swapping Device: A Thief Experiments
Set in The Swapping Device universe. Read that here. ———————— The lecture hall was a cavern of beige and boredom, an architectural sedative designed to lull two hundred young minds into a state of quiet submission. Professor Montgomery, a woman whose entire presence screamed ‘sensible footwear’ and ‘well-researched but ultimately uninspiring thesis,’ was droning on…
The Swapping Device – Series Bonus Chapter
SERIES BONUS CHAPTER The California sun beat down on the immaculate, palm-lined street as I approached the gates of the Moretti Estate – or, as we insiders knew it, the Wielder Benevolence Center. Just another Thursday. My sensible sedan hummed quietly as I pulled into my designated spot in the staff parking area, a little…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 17 (Finale)
CHAPTER 17 The hum of the Mercedes’ engine was a familiar thrum beneath me as I navigated the sun-drenched LA streets, heading back towards the quiet suburban normalcy of my mom and sister’s house. Or, rather, her mom and sister’s house. It was still a little strange, thinking of myself with female pronouns, but after…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 16 BONUS CHAPTER
CHAPTER 16 (BONUS) The following is from the perspective of Bill immediately after Chapter 16. The heavy oak door of the Gamma Conference Room clicked shut behind me, the sound a death knell to my ambitions, my power, my very identity as William Peterson. My legs, now slender and clad in what felt like ridiculously…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 16
CHAPTER 16 The pre-dawn light of Wednesday painted the Los Angeles sky in bruised shades of purple and grey as I stood with Lila outside the imposing glass-and-steel façade of Finch Tower. The city was still mostly asleep, but inside me, a chaotic symphony of nerves, anticipation, and a strange, almost giddy excitement was reaching…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 15
CHAPTER 15 The weekend passed in a strange, almost dreamlike haze. After leaving Sam practically vibrating with joy in his temporary, newly-hot female body at the mall on Saturday, I didn’t immediately swap back. The thought occurred, of course – find a random guy, do the switch, return to the comfortable default of being James.…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 14 BONUS CHAPTER
CHAPTER 14 (BONUS) I take a deep breath of the late afternoon air, feeling the unfamiliar lightness of my own body, the strange new curves shifting beneath my baggy male clothes. Holy. Fucking. Shit. I’m a girl again! Not just any girl, either. James’s little ‘attractiveness’ swap – sneaky bastard, didn’t even tell me he…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 14
CHAPTER 14 With a final, steadying breath, anticipating the unique brand of chaos only Sam can bring, I pull open the door… And there he is. Sam. My best friend, partner in crime, resident artifact enthusiast, currently sporting a chest that could make a pornstar weep with envy. He barges in past me with his…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 13
CHAPTER 13 The Uber pulls up to Lila’s apartment building, a trendy but anonymous block downtown, just as the first real tremor of reaction hits me. I pay the driver – Amelie’s slender fingers fumbling slightly with the cash, the automatic French-accented “Merci” startling both me and him – and stumble out onto the sidewalk,…
The Swapping Device – Ch. 12 BONUS CHAPTER
CHAPTER 12 (BONUS) While James is off infiltrating Bill’s mansion, this bonus chapter follows Lila immediately after her decoy meeting with Bill. The coffee shop is stifling. Or maybe it’s just me. Bill left ten minutes ago, his usual blend of paternalistic bullshit and barely veiled paranoia leaving a sour taste in my mouth. I…
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