Pieces of Faith (series)

Pieces of Faith is a series of four grand illusion stories:


 * Pieces of Faith by Tikl
 * Pieces of Faith II - The Music Box by Blue24U
 * Pieces of Faith III - The Zig-Zag by Hauser
 * Pieces of Faith IV - The Body Slide by Hauser

=History=

The original story was posted to Usenet by Tikl on 4 November 1996.

On 24 March 1997, Blue24U posted a sequel titled 'Music Box Dancer'. The title was changed to "The Music Box" when the story was posted to Shecky's Illusion Archive.

Hauser posted Hauser posted a sequel titled 'The Zig-Zag' to Usenet on 2 May 1997, and later wrote a fourth part titled 'The Body Slide'

=Outline=

The four stories follow Faith as she is introduced to a series of grand illusions by an unnamed magician. The second part introduces an unnamed magician's assistant, and the third and fourth parts feature a second assistant named Rachelle. The series features the thin model sawing in half, a levitation and vanish, the Zig Zag Girl, and the Body Slide.

The first part is written from the magician's viewpoint, and the remaining parts from Faith's.

All four parts use grand illusion as a setting for podophilia, with Faith and Rachelle both depicted as sexually aroused by having their feet tickled or sucked. At the end of the fourth part, the lower halves of Faith and Rachelle's bodies have been swapped.

=Legacy=

The original story is one of the earliest grand illusion stories posted online, appearing a year before Shecky's Illusion Archive was launched.

Hauser's second instalment included the first appearance of the fictional stage illusion 'The Body Slide'.

Although focused on podophilia, the series establishes several key tropes of grand illusion stories, including the sensation experienced by someone being divided in a magic trick, subjects of stage illusions retaining control over separated body parts, and the swapping of body parts or sections.