This week, the poetry of Polychrome Heroics is on sale for half price from Monday, October 19 through Sunday, October 25. 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 $19 to $283, 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 is only one open epics at present, so by all means start another and it will lock at the sale price. "The Best Understanding of Their Differences" belongs to Polychrome Heroics: Calliope. It needs $85.50 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 following poems have verses left to reveal. Boost the signal for this half-price sale and tell me which poem you want to extend.
"Greater Than the Sum"
"A Lively Feast"
"Always Carry Your Goodness"
"Crossroads on the Hero's Journey"
"Gökotta"
"The Arc of the Mental Universe"
"So Often Alone"
"An Iron Fist"
"The Bushfire Shawl"
"Putting Everything in Its Place"
"Everything That Blooms"
"Two Ends of a Spectrum"
"In the Shade of the Mighty Oak"
"Let the Children Lead Us"
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 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. See the thread page for Shiv.
Poems that unlock sequels: "A Dangerous Thing to Be a Doll," "Subhan'Allah," "Worth Defending," "Comfort on Difficult Days," "Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain," "Too Angry to Be Safe," "To Endure Pain with Patience"
Poems that have prerequisites: "Subhan'Allah," "Her Innocent Feelings," "Only to Be Understood," "Comfort on Difficult Days," "Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain," "Their Need for Our Disciplinary Assistance," "Too Angry to Be Safe," "To Endure Pain with Patience," "Created by the Restitution"
FOR SALE
17 poems, $4,335 ÷ 2 = $2167.50
prices from $19 to $283CHINA'S MISTAKE (13 poems, was $2,493, sale price $1,246.50)
"A Dangerous Thing to Be a Doll"
Story Date: Saturday, January 23, 2016 shortly after 9 AM at a compound in Italy
Saturday, January 23, 2016 shortly after 4 PM in China
In the wake of the blackout, Heron volunteers to help people who want to escape China, and discovers an unexpected cluster of refugees.
Warning for aftermath of severe abuse.
716 lines, was $358, sale price $179 POOL
"Subhan'Allah"
Story Date: Saturday, January 23, 2016 around 3 PM in the Maldives and Thalassia
Saturday, January 23, 2016 around 6 PM in China
Saturday, January 23, 2016 around 11 AM at a compound in Italy
When Marko realizes he has made a terrible mistake, he calls a friend for support.
380 lines, was $190, sale price $95 POOL
Available for publication after "A Dangerous Thing to Be a Doll" has been sponsored and posted.
"Her Innocent Feelings"
Story Date: Monday, January 25, 2016 around 10 AM at a compound in Italy
Cuoio and company meet someone with Agricane.
Warning for aftermath of severe child abuse.
303 lines, was $152, sale price $76 SOLD to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
janetmiles
Available for publication after "A Dangerous Thing to Be a Doll" has been sponsored and posted.
"In Search of a Sanctuary"
Story Date: Monday, January 25, 2016
Dr. Infanta wants to buy an island.
402 lines, was $201, sale price $100.50
"Only to be Understood"
Story Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 around 10 AM in Los Angeles, California
Friday, January 29, 2016 around 11 PM in Thalassia
Capricorn seeks an officiant for a secular memorial service. He didn't really mean to break their tradition.
196 lines, was $98, sale price $49
Available for publication after "A Dangerous Thing to Be a Doll" and "Subhan'Allah" have been sponsored and posted.
"Worth Defending"
Story Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 at around 4 PM in Mercedes, California
While Shiv and Edison are out walking, four thugs accost them. This is a very poor life choice by the thugs.
183 lines, was $92, sale price $46 POOL
"Comfort on Difficult Days"
Story Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 a little after 4 PM in Mercedes, California
Shiv finds the Finn house an uncommonly welcome comfort after the incident.
264 lines, was $132, sale price $66 POOL
Available for publication after "Worth Defending" has been sponsored and posted.
"Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain"
Story Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 around 8 PM in Mercedes, California
An attempt to resolve the matter of the thugs causes serious collateral damage. Boss Finn is deeply displeased.
539 lines, was $270, sale price $135 POOL
Available for publication after "Worth Defending" and "Comfort on Difficult Days" have been sponsored and posted.
"Their Need for Our Disciplinary Assistance"
Story Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 around 8:30 PM in Mercedes, California
Boss Finn explains in excruciating detail what Leo did wrong and how it is going to get resolved.
543 lines, was $272, sale price $136 later POOL
Available for publication after "Worth Defending," "Comfort on Difficult Days," and "Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain" have been sponsored and posted.
"Too Angry to Be Safe"
Story Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 around 11:30 PM in Raleigh, North Carolina
Thursday, February 4, 2016 around 8:30 PM in Mercedes, California
After finding out what happened to Shiv, Tolli is furious.
73 lines, was $37, sale price $19 POOL
Available for publication after "Worth Defending," "Comfort on Difficult Days," and "Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain" have been sponsored and posted.
"To Endure Pain with Patience"
Story Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 a little after 8:30 PM in Mercedes, California
Tolli and Simon arrive to clean up the mess.
985 lines, was $493, sale price $246.50
Available for publication after "Worth Defending," "Comfort on Difficult Days," "Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain," and "Too Angry to Be Safe" have been sponsored and posted.
"Created by the Restitution"
Story Date: Saturday, February 6, 2020 in Mercedes, California
Boss Finn presents a concrete apology to Shiv.
277 lines, was $139, sale price $69.50
Available for publication after "Worth Defending," "Comfort on Difficult Days," "Beyond Any Other Emotional Pain," and "To Endure Pain with Patience" have been sponsored and posted.
"The Production of New and Useful Things"
Story Date: Monday, February 8, 2016
Edison's patent lawyer is impressed by Shiv, who is utterly baffled by the attention.
115 lines, was $58, sale price $29 POOL
KRAKEN (2 poems, was $794, sale price $397)
"The Wings of Hope"
Story Date: Friday, November 7, 2014
Summary: Kennedy and Rafael deal with a trafficking victim.
542 lines, was $271, sale price $135.50
"The Evolution of Society as a Whole"
Story Date: Monday, June 20, 2016
An observer from the Global Looking Glass visits Thalassia to do a human rights report on the new nation.
1046 lines, was $523, sale price $261.50 POOL
SHIV (2 poems, was $1,048, sale price $524)
"Wanting a Little of Everything"
Story Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
After several casual meetings, Shiv and Luci finally get together with Bennett for a deeper discussion about kink in general and switching in particular.
1132 lines, was $566, sale price $283
"Those Tiny, Negative Elements"
When Shiv makes a mistake in Motor City, he tries to make up for it according to local custom. It does not go well.
963 lines, was $482, sale price $241 POOL
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