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Alice & My Crucifixion - Part 1

ALICE AND MY CRUCIFIXION - Part 1 by Cycle Looking up at the sky, I seemed to remember that it was once blue. But now it was a dull gray. Sounds around me were muffled. I heard voices, but couldn’t...

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When You Know Them

A short-ish story I wrote a while ago, influenced by Jastrow and "The Greek Girls", which is why I didn't post it earlier, but now it's dusted off and edited a bit. So, while I work on something new,...

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More (crucified) Female Martyrs

In this thread some more female (crucified) Christian Martyrs are presented ... there are only a few accounts concerning their lives and martyrdom, though they are venerated in tradition … Martha &...

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A Thief In The Macellum (crux Story By Montycrusto)

A Thief in the Macellum. (Crux story by Montycrusto) My name is Gaius Pica; welcome to Puteoli, sir! You must be just off the galley from Tyre, though I can see you’re not a Syrian. Nor a Roman,...

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Aubet, Cubet And Guerre

Aubet (also called Aimbeth, Ainbeth, Embede, Einbede), Cubet (Gaupet, Fürbet, Wilbede) and Guerre (Gwere, Gberpet, Quere, Wolbeth, Warbede) are popular saints in South Germany and the alpine regions of...

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A Refinement In Humiliation?

Ladies, I'm curious (and not just in the sexual sense - I passed that milestone some time ago!). How would you feel if, as an added element of humiliation, forced depilation were part of the flogging...

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Crucifixion In The White Sands Desert.

(This story is based on a short story of Longpole15 and Teresa: ‘Crux and Pyre’ – 19xx.) Important message before you read this story I have to confess that my story is partially based on a shorter...

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»veiled Truth« Cappella Sansevero In Naples

The experience is hard to describe. Entering this space, full to the brim with works of art, you might almost feel assaulted by beauty, a beauty you cannot escape, filling every detail of your field of...

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Crucifixion: Antiquity, Medieval, Or Modern?

Here's a curious thought for the forum. Been working on another short crux story, and have been debating between the following: 1) Crucifixion of Roman antiquity. Innocent woman is crucified for a...

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Roman Resources

Okay once upon there was a mighty Empire and its fall in the West at least ushered in a period of lost records and chaos popularly known as the Dark Ages. Well recently Crux Forums has suffered its own...

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For Discussion: Should Crucifixion Be Brought Back As A Punishment?

I am in the middle of writing a story about a guy who becomes Prime Minister of Canada. One of his promises is "free ice cream for everyone who voted for me" (character has not been named yet, by the...

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The God Of Filth (first Crux Story), By Montycrusto

The God of Filth. (First Crux story), by montycrusto Gather round, friends and strangers, and come closer to the fire. You all know me, Kalan the Storyteller, that’s what they call me. I may be old and...

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Reconstruction Of A Woman's Crucifixion

According to some ancient accounts (e.g. tractate b. Sanh. 43b) a man is suspended with his face towards the spectators, but a woman with her face towards the cross ... Individuals were crucified nude,...

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Nailing The Hands Or Feets

When it's time to nail a pretty girl on the cross,i prefer to see the feet. It's seem more sensual and sexy;specialy if the girl as beautiful feet. The lie down position for me is the better way also...

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My Military Days

This Is Me In My Military Days . I Was given the nickname the groundsheet on the camp i was in, and i could never understand why. they asked me to leave in the end because the officers and men were...

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Women In Prison

waiting for their executions first group from Owlage a Yahoogroup .

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Eulalia’s Martyrdom In The History Of Art

Part I According to the fourth-century account by Prudentius, Eulalia was “descended from one of the best families in Spain” and distinguished herself “from infancy” by “an admirable sweetness of...

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No Trespassing!

The last two years, I wrote some short stories, around the theme of 'no trespassing'. The subject refers to all means of trespassing : of territory and borders, of laws and regulations, but also of...

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The Chronicle Of Sir Rupert And The Lost Cross

Sir Rupert Wragg entered the room just as King Arthur spat out a bit of chicken bone. “Bloody incompetent kitchen staff, are they trying to choke me?” Sir Rupert bowed. “Good morning, Your Majesty. We...

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Steinlen's 'crucified Serbia'

A little bit of history On October 7th 1915, exactly a hundred years before the date of this post, the Central Powers invaded Serbia. Earlier, during the first months of the Great War, Serbia had...

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