The Chick Is in the Mail
# The Chick Is in the Mail

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. 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.

## Contents

* "Introduction" (Esther Friesner)
* "To His Iron-Clad Mistress" (poem) (Kent Patterson)
* "Sweet Charity" (Elizabeth Moon)
* "The Catcher in the Rhine" (Harry Turtledove)
* "With the Knight Male (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)" (Charles Sheffield)
* "Patterns in the Chain" (Steven Piziks)
* "Arms and the Woman" (Nancy Kress)
* "Fun with Hieroglyphics" (Margaret Ball)
* "Troll by Jury" (Esther Friesner)
* "Looking for Rhonda Honda" (William Sanders)
* "The Case of Prince Charming" (Robin Wayne Bailey)
* "Incognito, Ergo Sum" (Karen Everson)
* "Chain of Command" (Leslie What and Nina Kiriki Hoffman)
* "The Thief & The Roller Derby Queen: An Essay on the Importance of Formal Education" (Eric Flint)
* "The Right Bitch" (Doranna Durgin)
* "Foxy Boxer Gal Fights Giant Monster King!" (Pierce Askegren)
* "Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Change of Life" (K. D. Wentworth)
* "About the Authors" (uncredited)
