Chicks in Chainmail
Chicks in Chainmail is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore.[1] 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.
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| 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 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,[2] similarly focused on female protagonists:
External links
    
- Chicks in Chainmail title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 
References
    
- "Fantastic Fiction.com: Chicks in Chainmail by Esther Friesner". www.fantasticfiction.com.
 - "Witch Way to the Mall". Baen Books.
 
