Half-Price Poetry Sale
May. 19th, 2014 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThis week the unsold contents of three small series are on sale for half price, running May 19-25.
A Conflagration of Dragons is cataclysmic fantasy about multiple dragons destroying civilization one city at a time, and how people of various races cope with that. Themes include mass destruction, survival, trauma and recovery, refugee life, race relations, exotic ecology, and alternative economics.
"Making Waves"
A Madhusudana refugee struggles to adapt to life in Imran culture.
168 lines,was $84, sale price $42 SOLD
"Bones of Light and Fire"
Find out what happens to ancient dragon corpses.
33 lines,was $15, sale price $7.50
"Testing the Metal"
Dragons can be refugees too.
86 lines,was $43, sale price $21.50
Queen Choufa and the Rebel Drones (on the Serial Poetry page) is sociological science fiction about an insectoid race on the cusp of sapience, as they go from running on instincts to thinking mindfully. Themes include evolution, gender dynamics, psychology, and civilization.
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Addresses Queen Choufa"
The females aren't the only ones who are changing.
72 lines,was $36, sale price $18 SOLD
"The Grateful Drones Come to the Aid of Queen Choufa and Her Army"
A new kind of war brings a new kind of ally.
73 lines,was $36.50, sale price $18.50 SOLD
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Considers the Length of His Span"
An elder muses on life and death.
17 lines,was $10, sale price $5 SOLD
Submerged Nebraska (on the Serial Poetry page) is far-future science fiction about two races, one evolved from manta rays and the other from cockroaches, living in what used to be central North America. Themes include first contact, prejudice, race relations, and curiosity.
"Swallowtide"
The manta people sing about the sea and the land.
60 lines,was $20, sale price $10 SOLD
"The Songs That Know"
A curious young Singer realizes that Songs don't hold all knowledge.
64 lines, was $32, sale price $16 SOLD
A Conflagration of Dragons is cataclysmic fantasy about multiple dragons destroying civilization one city at a time, and how people of various races cope with that. Themes include mass destruction, survival, trauma and recovery, refugee life, race relations, exotic ecology, and alternative economics.
"Making Waves"
A Madhusudana refugee struggles to adapt to life in Imran culture.
168 lines,
"Bones of Light and Fire"
Find out what happens to ancient dragon corpses.
33 lines,
"Testing the Metal"
Dragons can be refugees too.
86 lines,
Queen Choufa and the Rebel Drones (on the Serial Poetry page) is sociological science fiction about an insectoid race on the cusp of sapience, as they go from running on instincts to thinking mindfully. Themes include evolution, gender dynamics, psychology, and civilization.
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Addresses Queen Choufa"
The females aren't the only ones who are changing.
72 lines,
"The Grateful Drones Come to the Aid of Queen Choufa and Her Army"
A new kind of war brings a new kind of ally.
73 lines,
"The Leader of the Rebel Drones Considers the Length of His Span"
An elder muses on life and death.
17 lines,
Submerged Nebraska (on the Serial Poetry page) is far-future science fiction about two races, one evolved from manta rays and the other from cockroaches, living in what used to be central North America. Themes include first contact, prejudice, race relations, and curiosity.
"Swallowtide"
The manta people sing about the sea and the land.
60 lines,
"The Songs That Know"
A curious young Singer realizes that Songs don't hold all knowledge.
64 lines,
