"Now stand and pose for me." Hypnosis can be used for good or evil. In this collection of three short stories, three individuals turn to hypnosis to unleash their real selves and be courageous enough to express their feelings toward another person. In Shifting Power, a nameless narrator who has pined for his friend Jason for so long finds hypnosis as an effective way to make him his. The Orthodontist's Wife follows the story of an infertile woman named Bunny, who finds hypnosis as a means to finally gain control of her life. And in Turning, restless, angry Jeremy believes hypnosis can calm him down. 'Hypnosis is not a message, but a medium. It's a method of clearing the mind and making it receptive. What the mind actually receives... that's something else. If it's lies, subversion and deceit, or truth, openness and support, makes all the difference...'