| The Chick Is in the Mail | |
| Author: | Edited by Esther Friesner and Martin H. Greenberg |
| Cover Artist: | Larry Elmore |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Chicks in Chainmail |
| Publisher: | Baen Books |
| Release Date: | October 2000 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 314 pp. |
| Isbn: | 0-671-31950-7 |
| Congress: | CPB Box no. 1888 vol. 6 |
| Oclc: | 45178180 |
| Preceded By: | Chicks 'n Chained Males |
| Followed By: | Turn the Other Chick |
The Chick Is in the Mail is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner with the assistance of Martin H. Greenberg, with a cover by Larry Elmore.[1] It consists of works featuring female protagonists by (mostly) female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in October 2000; a hardcover edition was issued the same year. It was the fourth of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner.
The book collects 15 short stories and novelettes and one poem by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner and a section of notes about the authors.