See, to me it seemed that nothing supernatural was visibly happening. That is, I do believe that the trading of personalities was really occuring, and not just in their heads, however it really seemed to be the only truly supernatural thing happening.
The bit about turning into a lion just seemed metaphor to me, the same as the hanged man inside of himself.
When you get down to brass tacks, this is a story about people sitting around playing a card game that trades their personalities among each other, with them switching each other's decks (and thus personalities), lighting one of them on fire after pouring gas on em, and then killing one of their number with a butcher's knive they had laid out.
It seems very plausible. I could visualize these people sitting around with the gas can and knife inbetween them, waiting for the cards to decide who is the victim.
I really liked the story, because I think showing the "real" horror of a single subtle supernatural element, like a card game that swaps personalities, is a lot more potent sometimes than visible monsters.
Then again I was always a sucker for that kind of stuff on the Twilight Zone. Like the episode where the guy gains the ability to trade properties of himself with people if they agree to it. So he trades his youth to a millionaire, then buys a year or two from a bunch of young people until he's young again, and ultimately meets his fate from a man he bought the compassion from.
Anyways, this is my first post and I just wanna say good job on Pseudopod and I look forward to more scary stories.