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ysabetwordsmith at 07:35pm on 19/10/2026 under cyberfunded creativity, fantasy, fishbowl, poetry, reading, shopping, weblit, writing
ysabetwordsmith at 07:35pm on 19/10/2026 under cyberfunded creativity, fantasy, fishbowl, poetry, reading, shopping, weblit, writingThis 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. 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 $5 to $388.50, 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 is one open epic at present, so you may open another if you wish.
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.
"A Sense of Weather Changes"
"The Loving Embrace of Night"
"Generations of Cooks Past"
"Homefree and Clear "
"One Bite at a Time"
"Mishpocha"
"Changing Your Nature"
"Besa"
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.
Poems that unlock sequels: "Over That I Have Complete Control"
Poems that have prerequisites: "Even If It Is a Little Thing"
FOR SALE
17 poems, $4,868 ÷ 2 = $2434
prices from $5 to $388.50
RUTLEDGE (4 poems,was $696, sale price $348)
"Shag Carpet Cuddles"
Story Date: June 2015
Summary: The Vermont Shag Carpet Cats love snuggling with people.
19 lines, was $10, sale price $5
"A Beautiful Paradox"
Story Date: Friday, June 5, 2015
Summary: Johan loses his temper
259 lines,was $130, sale price $65
"A Determined Soul"
Story Date: Monday, June 6, 2016
Summary: Oscar gets excited when a machinist turns up as a refugee.
490 lines,was $245, sale price $122.50
"Learning New Skills"
Story Date: Sunday, June 12, 2016
Summary: Wrenley Immen teaches her new neighbor about gardening.
311 lines,was $311, sale price $155.50
Double price for research.
SHIV (7 poems,was $2853, sale price $1426.50)
"An Essential Part of Life"
Story Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
Summary: A street fight leaves Shiv in need of medical care. Fortunately, he knows a guy at Freeman Family Hospital.
597 lines,was $299, sale price $149.50
"Strong, Sustaining Institutions and Alliances"
Story Date: Monday, October 19, 2015
Summary: Loudmouth asks Shiv for a favor.
777 lines,was $777, sale price $388.50
Double-price for research.
"All That Matters Is What You Do"
Story Date: Friday, June 3, 2016
Summary: When Shiv gets a panicky SplatChat message from Persia, he does what he can to help.
476 lines,was $238, sale price $119
"A Thousand Rows Ahead"
Story Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Summary: Shiv discovers the Certificate Library on campus.
183 lines,was $92, sale price $46
"Energy, Immediacy, and a Sense of Place"
Story Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Summary: Shiv and some classmates make a field trip to a farm for Nebraska en Plein Air.
889 lines,was $445, sale price $222.50
"Over That I Have Complete Control"
Story Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016
Summary: After violent storms sweep over Omaha, Shiv and friends attend a workshop about working with your different certifications in an emergency.
594 lines,was $594, sale price $297
Double-price for research.
"Even If It Is a Little Thing"
Story Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016
Summary: After the certs workshop, Shiv and friends move on to one about handling splinters and blisters.
$408 lines,was $408, sale price $204
Double price for research.
Available for posting after "Over That I Have Complete Control" has been sponsored and published.
OTHER POLYCHROME POEMS (6 poems,was $1319, sale price $659.50)
"The Four Marks of True Repentance"
Story Date: Monday, August 13, 2013
Summary: Three former child soldiers move to America.
953 lines,was $477, sale price $238.50
"When Everyone Around You Has Theirs Bowed"
Story Date: Sunday, April 6, 2014
Summary: Therapy for men's genital injury tends to focus on loss, but Marvis Willing knows the proud history of eunuchs.
304 lines,was $152, sale price $76
"Far Stronger Links"
Story Date: Friday, September 4, 2015
Summary: A coworker's loss inspires support at work.
515 lines,was $258, sale price $129
"Formidable Tasks of Adaptation"
Story Date: Sunday, March 20, 2016
Summary: Denim has had enough of her parents' shit.
359 lines,was $180, sale price $90
"The Basis of Social Life"
Story Date: Friday, July 15, 2016
Summary: Josué enjoys sharing a meal with lots of people.
248 lines,was $124, sale price $62
"Upholding It, Wherever Found"
Story Date: Thursday, November 3, 2016
Summary: Gail Somerville works for Interpol, but feels increasingly uncomfortable with it.
256 lines,was $128, sale price $64
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 one open epic at present, so you may open another if you wish.
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.
"A Sense of Weather Changes"
"The Loving Embrace of Night"
"Generations of Cooks Past"
"Homefree and Clear "
"One Bite at a Time"
"Mishpocha"
"Changing Your Nature"
"Besa"
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.
Poems that unlock sequels: "Over That I Have Complete Control"
Poems that have prerequisites: "Even If It Is a Little Thing"
FOR SALE
17 poems, $4,868 ÷ 2 = $2434
prices from $5 to $388.50
RUTLEDGE (4 poems,
"Shag Carpet Cuddles"
Story Date: June 2015
Summary: The Vermont Shag Carpet Cats love snuggling with people.
19 lines,
"A Beautiful Paradox"
Story Date: Friday, June 5, 2015
Summary: Johan loses his temper
259 lines,
"A Determined Soul"
Story Date: Monday, June 6, 2016
Summary: Oscar gets excited when a machinist turns up as a refugee.
490 lines,
"Learning New Skills"
Story Date: Sunday, June 12, 2016
Summary: Wrenley Immen teaches her new neighbor about gardening.
311 lines,
Double price for research.
SHIV (7 poems,
"An Essential Part of Life"
Story Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
Summary: A street fight leaves Shiv in need of medical care. Fortunately, he knows a guy at Freeman Family Hospital.
597 lines,
"Strong, Sustaining Institutions and Alliances"
Story Date: Monday, October 19, 2015
Summary: Loudmouth asks Shiv for a favor.
777 lines,
Double-price for research.
"All That Matters Is What You Do"
Story Date: Friday, June 3, 2016
Summary: When Shiv gets a panicky SplatChat message from Persia, he does what he can to help.
476 lines,
"A Thousand Rows Ahead"
Story Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Summary: Shiv discovers the Certificate Library on campus.
183 lines,
"Energy, Immediacy, and a Sense of Place"
Story Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Summary: Shiv and some classmates make a field trip to a farm for Nebraska en Plein Air.
889 lines,
"Over That I Have Complete Control"
Story Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016
Summary: After violent storms sweep over Omaha, Shiv and friends attend a workshop about working with your different certifications in an emergency.
594 lines,
Double-price for research.
"Even If It Is a Little Thing"
Story Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016
Summary: After the certs workshop, Shiv and friends move on to one about handling splinters and blisters.
$408 lines,
Double price for research.
Available for posting after "Over That I Have Complete Control" has been sponsored and published.
OTHER POLYCHROME POEMS (6 poems,
"The Four Marks of True Repentance"
Story Date: Monday, August 13, 2013
Summary: Three former child soldiers move to America.
953 lines,
"When Everyone Around You Has Theirs Bowed"
Story Date: Sunday, April 6, 2014
Summary: Therapy for men's genital injury tends to focus on loss, but Marvis Willing knows the proud history of eunuchs.
304 lines,
"Far Stronger Links"
Story Date: Friday, September 4, 2015
Summary: A coworker's loss inspires support at work.
515 lines,
"Formidable Tasks of Adaptation"
Story Date: Sunday, March 20, 2016
Summary: Denim has had enough of her parents' shit.
359 lines,
"The Basis of Social Life"
Story Date: Friday, July 15, 2016
Summary: Josué enjoys sharing a meal with lots of people.
248 lines,
"Upholding It, Wherever Found"
Story Date: Thursday, November 3, 2016
Summary: Gail Somerville works for Interpol, but feels increasingly uncomfortable with it.
256 lines,
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