Chicks and Balances
# 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 (mostly) 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.

## 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)
