''Chicks and Balances'' is an
anthology
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of
fantasy
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stories, edited by
Esther Friesner and
John Helfers
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, with a cover by
Tom Wood.
It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in
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and
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form by
Baen Books in July 2015.
It was the sixth of a series of similarly themed anthologies, the first five of which were edited by Friesner alone.
Summary
The book collects 22 short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with an introduction and a section of notes about the authors by Friesner.
Contents
* "Introduction" (
Esther Friesner)
* "A Chick Off the Old Block" (
Jody Lynn Nye)
* "The Girls from the Hood" (
Jim C. Hines
Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer.
Life and work
Hines was a volunteer crisis counselor in East Lansing and worked as the Male Outreach Coordinator for the Michigan State University, MSU Safe ...
)
* "Smackdown at Walmart" (
Elizabeth A. Vaughan)
* "The Mammyth" (
Harry Turtledove)
* "Give a Girl a Sword" (
Kerrie L. Hughes)
* "Bite Me" (
Steven Harper Piziks)
* "Dark Pixii" (
Wen Spencer
Wen Spencer (born 1963) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose books center on characters with unusual abilities. In 2003, she was the winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Spencer was raised on a family farm ...
)
* "A Warrior Looks at 40" (
Julie S. Mandala)
* "Roll Model" (
Esther Friesner)
* "Second Hand Hero" (
Jean Rabe
Jean Rabe is an American journalist, editor, gamer and writer of fantasy and mystery. After a career as a newspaper reporter, she was employed by TSR, Inc. for several years as head of the Role Playing Game Association and editor of the ''Polyhe ...
)
* "Burying Treasure" (
Alex Shvartsman
Alex Shvartsman (born November 19, 1975) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor known primarily for humorous short stories. He won the WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction in 2014 for his short story "Explaining Cthulhu ...
)
* "Calling the Mom Squad" (
Sarah A. Hoyt)
* "Rabid Weasels" (
Robin Wayne Bailey
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)
* "A Girl's Home Is Her Rent-Controlled Castle" (
Laura Resnick
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)
* ". . . And Your Enemies Closer" (
Lee Martindale
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)
* "Knot and the Dragon" (
P. C. Hodgell
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)
* "The Rules of the Game: A Poker Boy Story" (
Dean Wesley Smith
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Smith has also written novels for licensed properties such as '' St ...
)
* "Beginner's Luck" (
Linda L. Donahue)
* "One Touch of Hippolyta" (
Laura Frankos
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Biography
Frankos is married to the science fiction author Harry Turtledove and has three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca. Her brother is ...
)
* "Saving Private Slime" (
Louisa Swann)
* "Unearthing the Undying Armor" (
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
* "Fashion and the Snarkmeisters" (
Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
* "About the Authors" (
Esther Friesner)
References
2015 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
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