Chicks and Balances explained

Chicks and Balances
Author:	Edited by Esther Friesner and John Helfers
Cover Artist:	Tom Wood
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Series:	Chicks in Chainmail
Publisher:	Baen Books
Release Date:	2015
Media Type:	Print (paperback)
Pages:	336 pp.
Isbn:	978-1-4767-8063-4
Dewey:	813.08766083522 23
Congress:	PS648.F3 C48 2015
Oclc:	894936615
Preceded By:	Turn the Other Chick

Chicks and Balances is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner and John Helfers, with a cover by Tom Wood. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in trade paperback and e-book form by Baen Books in July 2015.^[1] It was the sixth of a series of similarly themed anthologies, the first five of which were edited by Friesner alone.^[2]

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)
• "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)
• "A Warrior Looks at 40" (Julie S. Mandala)
• "Roll Model" (Esther Friesner)
• "Second Hand Hero" (Jean Rabe)
• "Burying Treasure" (Alex Shvartsman)
• "Calling the Mom Squad" (Sarah A. Hoyt)
• "Rabid Weasels" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
• "A Girl's Home Is Her Rent-Controlled Castle" (Laura Resnick)
• ". . . And Your Enemies Closer" (Lee Martindale)
• "Knot and the Dragon" (P. C. Hodgell)
• "The Rules of the Game: A Poker Boy Story" (Dean Wesley Smith)
• "Beginner's Luck" (Linda L. Donahue)
• "One Touch of Hippolyta" (Laura Frankos)
• "Saving Private Slime" (Louisa Swann)
• "Unearthing the Undying Armor" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
• "Fashion and the Snarkmeisters" (Kristine Kathryn Rusch)
• "About the Authors" (Esther Friesner)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Endeavor Award Finalists Announced. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. July 10, 2015.
2. Web site: Fantastic Fiction.com: Of Chicks and Balances by Esther Friesner and John Helfers. www.fantasticfiction.com.