Chicks in Chainmail
Chicks in Chainmail is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists mostly written by female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in September 1995, with a hardcover edition following from Baen in conjunction with the Science Fiction Book Club in January 1996. It was the first of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner.
 First edition | |
| Editor | Esther Friesner |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Larry Elmore |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Chicks in Chainmail |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Baen Books |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 341 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-671-87682-1 |
| OCLC | 33039808 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 1849 vol. 15 |
| Followed by | Did You Say Chicks?! |
The book collects 20 short stories by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner.
Contents
- "Introduction" (Esther M. Friesner)
- "Lady of Steel" (Roger Zelazny)
- "And Ladies of the Club" (Elizabeth Moon)
- "Exchange Program" (Susan Shwartz)
- "Goddess for a Day" (Harry Turtledove)
- "Armor-Ella" (Holly Lisle)
- "Career Day" (Margaret Ball)
- "Armor/Amore" (David Vierling)
- "The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
- "The Growling" (Jody Lynn Nye)
- "The New Britomart" (Eluki bes Shahar)
- "On the Road of Silver" (Mark Bourne)
- "Bra Melting" (Janni Lee Simner)
- "The Old Grind" (Laura Frankos)
- "The Way to a Man's Heart" (Esther Friesner)
- "Whoops!" (Nancy Springer)
- "The Guardswoman" (Lawrence Watt-Evans)
- "Teacher's Pet" (Josepha Sherman)
- "Were-Wench" (Jan Stirling)
- "Blood Calls to Blood" (Elisabeth Waters)
- "Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD" (George Alec Effinger)
Related works
The “Chicks in Chainmail” franchise includes a novel—Mathemagics: A Chicks in Chainmail Novel (1996) by Margaret Ball—and the ongoing series of “Chicks” anthologies edited by Friesner:
- Chicks in Chainmail (1995)
- Did You Say Chicks?! (1998)
- Chicks 'n Chained Males (1999)
- The Chick is in the Mail (2000)
- Turn the Other Chick (2004)
- Chicks and Balances (2015)
- Chicks Ahoy! (2010) omnibus of first three volumes
Esther Friesner also edited a “Suburban Fantasy” anthology series,[1] similarly focused on female protagonists:
- Witch Way to the Mall (June 2009) ISBN 1-4391-3274-7
- Strip Mauled (Oct. 2009) ISBN 1-4391-3320-4
- Fangs for the Mammaries (2010) ISBN 1-4391-3392-1
External links
- Chicks in Chainmail title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database