Chicks and Balances
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 female authors. It was first published in trade paperback and e-book form by Baen Books in July 2015. It was the sixth of a series of similarly themed anthologies, the first five of which were edited by Friesner alone.
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"
- "A Chick Off the Old Block"
- "The Girls from the Hood"
- "Smackdown at Walmart"
- "The Mammyth"
- "Give a Girl a Sword"
- "Bite Me"
- "Dark Pixii"
- "A Warrior Looks at 40"
- "Roll Model"
- "Second Hand Hero"
- "Burying Treasure"
- "Calling the Mom Squad"
- "Rabid Weasels"
- "A Girl's Home Is Her Rent-Controlled Castle"
- "... And Your Enemies Closer"
- "Knot and the Dragon"
- "The Rules of the Game: A Poker Boy Story"
- "Beginner's Luck"
- "One Touch of Hippolyta"
- "Saving Private Slime"
- "Unearthing the Undying Armor"
- "Fashion and the Snarkmeisters"
- "About the Authors"