''Turn the Other Chick'' is an
anthology
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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
Mitch Foust.
It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in
hardcover
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by
Baen Books in November 2004; a
paperback
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edition followed in March 2006. It was the fifth of a series of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner. (The first three books were collected as ''
Chicks Ahoy'' in 2010).
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
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 ...
), reprinted on-lin
here
* "Mightier Than the Sword" (
John G. Hemry
John G. Hemry (LCDR, USN ret.; born April 14, 1956), is an American author of military science fiction novels. Drawing on his experience as a retired United States Navy officer, he has written the ''Stark's War'' and ''Paul Sinclair'' series. U ...
), reprinted on-lin
here
* "A Late Symmer Night's Battle" (
Laura Frankos
Laura Frankos-Turtledove is an American author born February 9, 1960. She writes as Laura Frankos.
Biography
Frankos is married to the science fiction author Harry Turtledove and has three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca. Her brother is ...
), reprinted on-lin
here
* "Psyched Up" (
Michael D. Turner), reprinted on-lin
here
* "Branded" (
Jan Stirling
Jan Stirling (''née'' Graham; born 20 July 1955) is a former Australian women's basketball player and coach.
She played for the Australia women's national basketball team during the 1970s and competed for Australia at the 1975 World Champion ...
), reprinted on-lin
here
* "The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord" (
Cassandra Claire), reprinted on-lin
here
* "She Stuffs to Conquer" (
Yvonne Coats), reprinted on-lin
here
* "The Gypsy Queen" (
Catherine H. Shaffer)
* "Over the Hill" (
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 ...
)
* "A Sword Called Rhonda" (
D. S. Moen)
* "Giants in the Earth" (
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 ...
)
* "Rituals for a New God" (
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 ...
)
* "I Look Good" (
Selina Rosen
Selina Rosen (born February 2, 1960) is a U.S. science fiction publisher, editor, and author. In 1995 she founded her own publishing house, Yard Dog Press, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, and science fiction genres. She is the 2011 recipie ...
)
* "Combat Shopping" (
Lee Martindale
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)
* "Battle Ready" (
J. Ardian Lee)
* "A Woman's Armor" (
Lesley McBain)
* "Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Hall of the Puppet King" (
K. D. Wentworth
Kathy Diane Wentworth (January 27, 1951 – April 18, 2012), known as K. D. Wentworth, was an American science fiction author. A University of Tulsa graduate, she got her start winning the Writers of the Future Contest in 1988, and then late ...
)
* "Princess Injera Versus the Spanakopita of Doom" (
Robin Wayne Bailey
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)
* "Brunhilde's Bra" (
Laura J. Underwood
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People
* Laura (given name)
* Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert
Places Australia
* Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula
* Laura, South Australia
* Laura Bay, a bay ...
)
* "Smoke and Mirrors" (
Steven Piziks
Steven Harper Piziks is an American author of science fiction.
Piziks writes mostly science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, and film and television series novelizations. He has also written science fiction books with LGBT themes under his "Steven Har ...
)
* "The Truth About the Gotterdammerung" (
Eric Flint
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)
* "Defender of the Small" (
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 ...
)
* "Of Mice and Chicks" (
Harry Turtledove
Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed ...
)
* "About the Authors" (
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 ...
)
References
External links
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2004 anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
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