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, January 17 through Sunday, January 23.  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 $42.50 to $336, 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 $219 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 following poems have verses left to reveal. Boost the signal for this half-price sale and tell me which poem you want to extend.
"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 father 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 Heart Is Not a Box," "Inevitable Like the Seasons," "Our Power to Change," "Bad Turn to Good," "The Healing Power of the Trees," "Care and Take Care," "The Refusal to Be Victimized"

Poems that have prerequisites: "Inevitable Like the Seasons," "Something We Create," "Bad Turn to Good," "The Healing Power of the Trees," "Care and Take Care," "The Refusal to Be Victimized," "A Useful, Temporary Shield"

FOR SALE
11 poems, $2885 ÷ 2 = $1442.50
prices from $42.50 to $336


MERCEDES (2 poems, was $395, sale price $197.50)

"A Bit of Comfort and Kindness"
Bennett and Jules work on healthy touch.
175 lines, was $88, sale price $44 SOLD to janetmiles

"One of the Best Ways to Fight Crime"
Mrs. Dr. Finn helps Kraken set up the new Triton Teen Center in Mercedes. Not everyone is thrilled with this development.
613 lines, was $307, sale price $153.50 POOL


SOLACE (3 poems, was $520, sale price $260)

"A Heart Is Not a Box"
Corey McQueen goes to college and finds a new family there.
388 lines, was $194, sale price $97

"Inevitable Like the Seasons"
Corey and her family buy a house together.
482 lines, was $241, sale price $120.50
Available for posting after "A Heart Is Not a Box" has been sponsored and posted.

"Something We Create"
Corey and her family launch a new business, the Ace Place.
169 lines, was $85, sale price $42.50
Available for posting after "A Heart Is Not a Box" and "Inevitable Like the Seasons" have been sponsored and posted.


TRICHROMATIC ATTACHMENTS (6 poems, was $1970, sale price $985)

"Our Power to Change"
Story Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013
Summary: Tarnish wakes up the next morning and attempts to make plans for improvement.
1343 lines, was $672, sale price $336 POOL

"Bad Turn to Good"
Story Date: Saturday, November 23, 2013
Summary: Cavalier and Princessa finally manage to catch Tarnish in a condition to talk.
288 lines, was $144, sale price $72 POOL
Available for posting after "Our Power to Change" has been sponsored and posted.

"The Healing Power of the Trees"
Story Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013]
Summary: Tarnish, Cavalier, and Princessa explore the wilds of Lonesome Wind Retreat.
331 lines, was $166, sale price $83
Available for posting after "Our Power to Change" and "Bad Turn to Good" have been sponsored and posted.

"Care and Take Care"
Story Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013
Summary: Tarnish, Cavalier, and Princessa talk with the Parquetry family about polyamory.
984 lines, was $492, sale price $246
Available for posting after "Our Power to Change," "Bad Turn to Good," and "The Healing Power of the Trees" have been sponsored and posted.

"The Refusal to Be Victimized"
Story Date: Morning of Sunday, December 8, 2013
Summary: Tarnish attempts to talk about his past with Cavalier.
388 lines, was $194, sale price $97
Available for posting after "Our Power to Change," "Bad Turn to Good," "The Healing Power of the Trees," and "Care and Take Care" have been sponsored and posted.

"A Useful, Temporary Shield"
Story Date: Evening of Sunday, December 8, 2013
Summary: Tarnish gets drunk again.
604 lines, was $302, sale price $151
Available for posting after "Our Power to Change," "Bad Turn to Good," "The Healing Power of the Trees," "Care and Take Care," and "The Refusal to Be Victimized" have been sponsored and posted.