November Half-Price Sale in Polychrome Heroics

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This week, the poetry of Polychrome Heroics is on sale for half price from Monday, November 15 through Sunday, November 21. This series is superhero fantasy. It features themes of heroism, coming of age, diversity, identity kink, family of choice, friendship, and cultural engineering. Sale prices range from $21 to $159.50, so hopefully there will be something for everyone.

Prices on open epics are locked at the time of opening; however, if anyone wants to donate to open epics and buy poetry, spending $100 will get you the quarter-price rate on the new poems, regardless of the rate on the open epic(s) you support. There are two open epics at present, so you may start another if you wish. "Rainshadow Road" belongs the Daughters of the Apocalypse series. It needs $254 to be complete. "A Celebration and a Consolation" belongs to Polychrome Heroics. It needs $28.50 to be complete.

We are repeating the special discount for purchases of $100 or more, in which you get poetry at 25% of its original price instead of 50%. (Note that this increases the amount of poetry you get, rather than reducing the amount of money spent; the point is to get this stuff off of my desk. Yes, I can afford it.) That size of donation also makes you a k-fan which comes with some other perks, like a year-end collection of a poetic series. If several folks want to bundle their orders to make the $100 threshold and have one person send it all, that's okay; you'll get the discount and I'll list all your names as donors, but you'll have to decide amongst you who gets the k-fan credit. If you host a pool, please close it the day before the sale closes, so you have time to collect funds and turn them in on time.

Some of the poems are in sequence of related action, so in places there are prerequisites before a poem can be published. They can be sponsored at any time, just might have to wait for publication until something else gets posted first. Those are marked accordingly. I have also made lists of poems which unlock sequels, and poems which have prerequisites.

Linkback perk: The followingpoems have verses left to reveal. Boost the signal for this half-price sale andtell me which poem you want to extend.
"Spirit of Truth"
"Everything That Blooms"
"In the Shade of the Mighty Oak"
"Let the Children Lead Us"
"Autumn's Palette"
"Pumpkin Spice Prosperity"
"Delight in Another"
"A Sense of Weather Changes"
"Ouroboros Insects"
"The Loving Embrace of Night"
"Generations of Cooks Past"
"Begin to Understand Ourselves"
"Homefree and Clear"

About characters and storylines: The storylines feature multiple characters, so if you want poems about ONE specific character, look closely. The thumbnail descriptions here give some indication who features in each poem. The storyline pages are adding precise, complete information about which characters appear in each poem. If you need more than what's already visible, you can ask me.

About timing: If you want maximum choice, shop early. We usually send a batch of things to my parents near the end of a sale, and those poems will be posted as I have time.

About pools: Yes, you can combine your funds with other prompters to get the quarter-price rate. Yes, you can combine your funds with other prompters to buy a bigger poem. Yes, you can offer to match donations by other people. However, the wordsmith is not also a math whiz! After several attempts to find a way that I can work with pools and matches, I have concluded that this is over my head. (I did figure out how to avoid generating fractional pennies, though: all initial prices are now whole dollars, which means they cut evenly into halves and quarters.) So if you want to host a pool or a match, make a post for that in your blog or other venue, then comment here with what you're doing and include a link to wherever the discussion will be. You figure out the poems, you collect the funds, and when stuff is fully funded, you send me the money and the list of what it's for. Then I'll post the goodies. Please close the pool in time to collect donations by the end of the sale, so I can start posting pool poems no later than the day after the sale.

Before placing your order, please check this sale page to see what is still unsold! I will try to update the page as things sell, and it's likely to be the case that some poems will be marked SOLD before appearing in posts. People often buy things in batches, which means that selling gets ahead of posting. Also sometimes people ask for the same thing at the same time, so that not all overlaps are preventable. If you have alternate instructions in case you request something that has just sold, please include that in your message; otherwise I'll email you back and ask what you want to do.

Currently available are the following poems. Some are in series chronological order, and others are just kind of stuck wherever, because sequencing Polychrome Heroics is like trying to sequence a dozen different comic book titles from the same publisher.


Poems that unlock sequels: "A Very Clear Mind," "The Hog Knows the Tree," "Recreating Our Life as We Would Like It to Be," "Right on the Edge of Fear," "Fall into Despair," "Leave Behind Their Shadows," "A Matter of Balance," "The Melting Pot"

Poems that have prerequisites: "Falling Over Forward," "Daddy Tortoise Goes Slow," "A Being Specialized for Pleasure," "Worth the Chaos," "Leave Behind Their Shadows," "A Matter of Balance," "The Basic Source of Peace," "What You Believe Is Great Work"

FOR SALE
19 poems, $3,310  ÷ 2 = $1,655
prices from $21 to $159.50

BROKEN ANGELS (5 poems, was $886, sale price $443)

"A Very Clear Mind"
Story Date: Evening of Wednesday, March 8, 2016
Cas talks with Molly and Dave about what first aid supplies he should carry for serious emergencies.
629 lines, was $315, sale price $157.50 SOLD

"Falling Over Forward"
Story Date: Evening of Sunday, April 10, 2016
Summary: Simon teaches safe falling to Dairinne and Hali.
554 lines, was $252, sale price $126 SOLD
Available for posting after "A Very Clear Mind" has been sponsored and published.

"The Hog Knows the Tree"
Story Date: Friday, April 29, 2016
Summary: Ti-Jean meets the Broken Angels.
424 lines, was $212, sale price $106 POOL

"Daddy Tortoise Goes Slow"
Story Date: Monday, May 2, 2016
Ti-Jean comes home covered in mud.
98 lines, was $49, sale price $24.50 POOL
Available for posting after "The Hog Knows the Tree" has been sponsored and published.

"If You Can't Change the World"
Story Date: Saturday, October 1, 2016
Cas celebrates Homemade Cookies Day.
116 lines, was $58, sale price $29 POOL


KRAKEN (3 poems, was $500, sale price $250)

"Staying Together Is Progress"
Story Date: Monday, June 15, 2015
A newly formed team of Kraken teens are trying to figure out how they fit together.
440 lines, was $220, sale price $110 POOL

"Recreating Our Life as We Would Like It to Be"
Story Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Bayesia checks on the digital refugees and finds that Xù Shǎng has made some startling progress.
182 lines, was $91, sale price $45.50 POOL

"A Being Specialized for Pleasure"
Story Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Bayesia gets some unexpected requests from the former sexbots.
378 lines, was $189, sale price $94.50 POOL
Available for posting after "Recreating Our Life as We Would Like It to Be" has been sponsored and published.


PAIN'S GRAY (3 poems, was $733, sale price $366.50)

"Right on the Edge of Fear"
Story Date: Day of Saturday, May 9, 2015
Summary: Several important guests visit Motor City and flirt with Gray.
633 lines, was $317, sale price $159.50

"Worth the Chaos"
Story Date: Evening of Saturday, May 9, 2015
Summary: Gray enjoys a wild evening with two new friends.
543 lines, was $272, sale price $136
Available for posting after "Right on the Edge of Fear" has been sponsored and published.

"Continually Seduce"
Story Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
When Ricasso meets someone new at a party, the night gets interesting.
284 lines, was $142, sale price $71


RUTLEDGE (8 poems, was $1191, sale price $595.50)

"Fall into Despair"
Story Date: Late 2013
Ahzan attempts to escape Syria.
WARNING: All hurt, no comfort in this installment.
84 lines, was $42, sale price $21 POOL

"Leave Behind Their Shadows"
Story Date: January, 2014
Ahzan and Ibrahim talk about Rutledge.
123 lines, was $62, sale price $31 POOL
Available for posting after "Fall into Despair" has been sponsored and published.

"A Matter of Balance"
Story Date: Monday, April 7, 2014
Ahzan and Hasra arrive in Rutledge
215 lines, was $108, sale price $54 POOL
Available for posting after "Fall into Despair" and "Leave Behind Their Shadows" have been sponsored and published.

"The Basic Source of Peace"
Story Date: Monday, May 5, 2014
Ahzan discovers the Peace Store in Rutledge.
371 lines, was $186, sale price $93 POOL
Available for posting after "Fall into Despair," "Leave Behind Their Shadows," "A Matter of Balance" have been sponsored and published.

"The Most Revolutionary Aspect"
Story Date: Monday, July 21, 2014
Oscar and Labib lead a discussion about tools for the Business Incubator.
373 lines, was $187, sale price $93.50

"Essential to Well-Ordered Living"
Story Date: Sunday, October 5, 2014
Gideon takes Ibrahim and sons to a thrift store for winter clothes.
568 lines, was $284, sale price $142

"The Melting Pot"
Story Date: Monday, July 11, 2016
Ramon Temple encourages Kardal to start a restaurant.
348 lines, was $174, sale price $87 POOL

"What You Believe Is Great Work"
Story Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Kardal looks at possible restaurant locations and mulls over what to cook.
296 lines, was $148, sale price $74
Available for posting after "The Melting Pot" has been sponsored and published.