''Chicks in Chainmail'' is an
anthology of
fantasy
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stories, edited by
Esther Friesner
Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman, née Friesner (born July 16, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is also a poet and playwright. She is best known for her humorous style of writing, both in the titles and the works themsel ...
, with a cover by
Larry Elmore
Larry Elmore (born August 5, 1948) is an American fantasy artist whose work includes creating illustrations for video games, comics, magazines, and fantasy books. His list of work includes illustrations for ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Dragonlance'', ...
. It consists of works featuring female protagonists mostly written by female authors. It was first published in paperback by
Baen Books
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in September 1995, with a hardcover edition following from Baen in conjunction with the
Science Fiction Book Club
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in January 1996. It was the first of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner.
The book collects 20 short stories by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner.
Contents
* "Introduction" (
Esther Friesner
Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman, née Friesner (born July 16, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is also a poet and playwright. She is best known for her humorous style of writing, both in the titles and the works themsel ...
)
* "Lady of Steel" (
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
)
* "And Ladies of the Club" (
Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her other writing includes newspaper columns and opinion pieces. Her novel '' The Speed of Dark'' won the 2003 Nebula Award. Prior to her writing career, s ...
)
* "Exchange Program" (
Susan Shwartz)
* "Goddess for a Day" (
Harry Turtledove
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)
* "Armor-Ella" (
Holly Lisle
Holly Lisle (born 1960) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels. She is also known for her work in educating writers, including her e-book ''Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love An ...
)
* "Career Day" (
Margaret Ball
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)
* "Armor/Amore" (
David Vierling)
* "The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg" (
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
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)
* "The Growling" (
Jody Lynn Nye
Jody Lynn Nye (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer. She is the author or co-author of approximately forty published novels and more than 100 short stories. She has specialized in science fiction or fantasy acti ...
)
* "The New Britomart" (
Eluki bes Shahar)
* "On the Road of Silver" (
Mark Bourne
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* Fin ...
)
* "Bra Melting" (
Janni Lee Simner)
* "The Old Grind" (
Laura Frankos
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Biography
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)
* "The Way to a Man's Heart" (
Esther Friesner
Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman, née Friesner (born July 16, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is also a poet and playwright. She is best known for her humorous style of writing, both in the titles and the works themsel ...
)
* "Whoops!" (
Nancy Springer
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)
* "The Guardswoman" (
Lawrence Watt-Evans
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Biography
Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...
)
* "Teacher's Pet" (
Josepha Sherman
Josepha Sherman (December 12, 1946 – August 23, 2012) was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel ''The Shining Falcon''.
Works
Series
Buffyverse
*''Visitors'' (1999) (with ...
)
* "Were-Wench" (
Jan Stirling)
* "Blood Calls to Blood" (
Elisabeth Waters
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* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
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* ''Elisabeth'' (sc ...
)
* "
Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD" (
George Alec Effinger
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Writing career
Effinger was a part of the Clarion class of 1970 and had three stories in the first Clarion anthology ...
)
Related works
The “Chicks in Chainmail” franchise includes a novel—''Mathemagics: A Chicks in Chainmail Novel'' (1996) by
Margaret Ball
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—and the ongoing series of “Chicks” anthologies edited by Friesner:
# ''Chicks in Chainmail'' (1995)
# ''
Did You Say Chicks?!
''Did You Say Chicks?!'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books ...
'' (1998)
# ''
Chicks 'n Chained Males'' (1999)
# ''
The Chick Is in the Mail'' (2000)
# ''
Turn the Other Chick
''Turn the Other Chick'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Mitch Foust. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in hardcover by Baen Books i ...
'' (2004)
# ''
Chicks and Balances'' (2015)
: ''Chicks Ahoy!'' (2010) omnibus of first three volumes
Esther Friesner also edited a "''Suburban'' Fantasy" anthology series,
similarly focused on female protagonists:
# ''Witch Way to the Mall'' (June 2009)
# ''Strip Mauled'' (October 2009)
# ''Fangs for the Mammaries'' (2010)
References
External links
*
1995 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
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