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I just thought I'd compile a list of my stories and other content in case it interests anyone.
My very first story, and my longest, even though I never did finish it:
A repository of many short story-thoughts, poems, and scenes:
Short Stories
A short story that got longer, and then people expected me to keep extending, so that now it feels unfinished, even though I finished and extended:
A long, hurriedly-told story that's a little different from my normal stuff, and which I still plan to finish!
"Poems":
Unfinished Stories (I may yet finish them):
Misc Other Stuff
A story I never got around to starting, but which idea inspired two great stories from other writers:
My very first story, and my longest, even though I never did finish it:
Journey To Rome
"My lady!" The cry from the guard at her chamber door awoke Princess Kirana from a dead sleep. Next, an anguished gurgle from the guard told her he was dead. When her groggy eyes came into focus in the torchlight, she saw that about her bed, her ten maids were also awakening, and surrounding...
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A repository of many short story-thoughts, poems, and scenes:
Fragments
Hi everybody - I don't get to spend much time here on CF, which is a real pity. And I'm very paranoid about any of my writing being discovered or linked to me in real life, so I don't really write when I'm offline. Which means that I rarely am able to really develop the ideas I have very much...
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Short Stories
The Guilty
When Galbus opened the screeching gate to the dim cell, the girl looked up reluctantly, then slowly rose to her feet, resigned, and made her way to him. Surprised by her cooperation, however gloomy, he had not yet spoken, and when she stood before him, he simply handed her the titulus: "Leah...
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Waiting
First I was waiting in my cell, on the wobbly wooden bench. Today they were executing me along with two men, and one of them was a Gaulish chieftain, so it was an event. Outside I could hear the crowd growing as the hour approached. After a while, they came in to strip me of my clothes and tie...
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Sentence Negotiation
"Ellie Ruck, you have been found guilty of treason. Please rise for sentencing." Ellie was quickly on her feet, nervously smoothing her long beige coat and black skirt after breifly catching her balance on in her heels. Her forehead was moist and her dark eyes moved constantly. "Ms. Ruck," the...
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Talbus - The Guard
Talbus never crucified a single person. He had a distaste for it, and from the start of his career in the legion, he had always volunteered to guard the crosses while the criminals died instead of helping to carry out the executions himself. Someone had to stand guard, and nobody else wanted to...
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Three Spies
If you perverts want to see what a naked woman looks like after forty years of hard labor and childbirth, there are three of us on display outside the merchants gate. We are good and honest women, and we've been good and honest wives and mothers. Between us, we've given birth almost thirty times...
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Arena Slave
It wasn't usually my job. My job was to clean the stalls where the prisoners were held the night before being executed in the arena. Usually they would be taken to the stalls of the coliseum around mid-morning the day before, and they would spend the rest of that day, then the night, and part of...
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Judith's Death
Hello All. This is a completely separate story that belongs on a separate thread, but since I'm having technical difficulties, I'm hoping somebody can move it for me. And I know I shouldn't be writing new stories without finishing this one, but... Well, here it is. :/ Judith's Death Four days...
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The Innocent
“Up!” A horn blasted, and as my bleary eyes struggled with the torchlight and shadow, my mind slowly recognized the voice of my centurion ordering us to wake. It was night. Deep night, with no hint of the dawn on the starry horizon. I followed orders - I couldn’t remember what they were after...
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A short story that got longer, and then people expected me to keep extending, so that now it feels unfinished, even though I finished and extended:
Checking In For Punishment
There was no one else in line when Jessie Aguilar strode up to the counter at 6:45 in the morning. “Can I help you?” asked the young woman with chocolate brown skin, looking aside from her computer screen. “Yes… I’m…” “You here to check in?” “Yes.” “Alright,” the woman turned back to the...
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A long, hurriedly-told story that's a little different from my normal stuff, and which I still plan to finish!
Life And Death Of An Anti-impalement Activist
Hello All, I thought I'd try something really different (for me). I usually don't go near any modern-day stuff, but I thought I'd give it a try here. Let me know what you think... :)
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"Poems":
You and Me
You and Me Did you watch, when they nailed your wrists? I watched the first one. I was determined to be proud. I decided not to look away, and not to scream. I watched as he set the nail in place, Clenched my teeth, and watched the hammer come down hard, Watched the spike sink instantly down...
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Every Life Must End
Every life must end. That very morning, as the woman trembled In her prison rags, her chains Trembling with her to match her trembling soul, Till they reached the cold stone wall, Where all tremors ceased, A gray and ancient wolf ambled through the trees To find a place to die. They yanked the...
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You are a bad person
You are a bad person. The judge made it official. Now we will punish you. Bad people have no rights. You used to decide what you would do each day; Now we decide. And today, we’ve decided you will wake up early, Walk to a busy street, And spend the whole day being tortured and humiliated. Then...
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Unfinished Stories (I may yet finish them):
My Sister
I couldn't believe we were having this conversation. Much less that I was listening, and that I was even beginning to think she might be right. Heidi's ten years of slavery had been kinder to her than to most, and her last master had treated her like his granddaughter, ultimately setting her...
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The Peg
He said he loved me. Then he sat on my naked hips and pinned my shoulders down while they crucified me. That was yesterday morning. Now he's watching me die. My husband and the other rebels were all crucified together almost two months ago, so I am the last one left. I don't know the two men...
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Phoebe of Ostia
"That's your cross," the guard pointed. Phoebe squinted up at the third cross from the city gate. "He raped his master's daughter and then murdered her." There were five crosses on each side of the road leading from Ostia to Rome, and from each there hung a naked man. The man on her cross was...
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Last Night, Final Thoughts
Sunset: I never thought I would die alongside these people. There are forty-seven of us, and we are like family now. Tomorrow we will be crucified outside the Benjamin Gate. We were arrested late this afternoon as we gathered in Thomas’ home to share a meal and to read a letter from our dear...
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Misc Other Stuff
Pseudohistory
Hi Everyone - What I'm about to post is completely from my imagination, so don't go trying to fact check it or argue with it. :) It's the kind of thing I wished I had found when I first began looking into the ancient practice of crucifixion years ago. Of course in reality, there's much about...
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The Execution Game
Roll the die, then go and die. Roll a 1: firing squad. Put your back to the post. It will all happen fast. Your arms will be bound behind you and the target pinned over your heart, then the shots. You'll be dead in less than a minute. Roll a 6: beheading. Take off your shirt (can't have it in...
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Crucifixion as Defeat
Hi, All - just some musings. Maybe you'll enjoy them. :) It seems to me that crucifixion is in some sense the ultimate end of a power struggle. The man or woman hanging naked, nailed to a cross, challenged Rome in some way, big or small, and lost. In extreme macho fashion, Rome does not...
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A story I never got around to starting, but which idea inspired two great stories from other writers:
Flogged to Death
"I hereby sentence you to death. But as a small kindness, I will allow you decide how you would like to be put to death. You may choose to die hanging nailed to a cross, or bound to the whipping post, beaten to death. In either case, you will be executed in public, and you will die naked. I have...
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