Hold Onto Your Body!

"Hold Onto Your Body!" by Richard O. Lewis is a darkly funny science fiction story from the mid-20th century that looks at what it means to be yourself and what happens when life and death are toys to be played with. It tells the story of T.J. Nelson, a businessman who isn't afraid to do whatever it takes to get ahead, even if it means joking about his partners' deaths. But T.J. is more than just greedy; he's also sharing his body with two aliens, Gyf and Gyl, who can jump from one person to another. They talk about their past adventures, making fun of how greedy people can be and how silly life is in general. In the end, T.J.'s plans fall apart when the government gets involved, and in a funny turn of events, the Venusians are sent back home, while T.J. gets ready to leave his old life behind.