Chicks in Chainmail #2: Did You Say Chicks?! by Esther M. Friesner

Sure, you’re entitled to a laugh to two. Hey, we like a good joke as much as the next amazon. But hard experience has taught us that swordswomen don’t get no respect. So, while you’re chuckling, show some respect. You can start by buying this book. You were going to buy the book, weren’t you? Pardon us a moment…have to wash the blood stains off these swords before they set…

4 • No Pain, No Gain • [Ladies’ Aid & Armor Society • 2] • (1998) • short story by Elizabeth Moon
24 • Slue-Foot Sue and the Witch in the Woods • (1998) • short story by Laura Frankos
32 • A Young Swordswoman’s Garden Primer • (1998) • short story by Sarah Zettel
48 • The Old Fire • (1998) • short story by Jody Lynn Nye
65 • Like No Business I Know • (1998) • novelette by Mark Bourne
92 • A Bone to Pick • [Vassilisa • 1] • (1998) • short story by Keith R. A. DeCandido and Marina Frants
109 • The Attack of the Avenging Virgins (as told by one of the Valiant Vanquished) • (1998) • short story by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
129 • Oh, Sweet Goodnight! • (1998) • short story by Christina Briley and Lawrence Watt-Evans [as by Walter Vance Awsten and Christina Briley]
145 • A Bitch in Time • [Lineman • 1] • (1998) • short story by Doranna Durgin
162 • Don’t You Want to Be Beautiful? • (1998) • short story by Laura Anne Gilman
171 • A Night with the Girls • [Sun Wolf and Starhawk] • (1998) • novelette by Barbara Hambly
196 • A Quiet Knight’s Reading • (1998) • short story by Steven Piziks
204 • Armor Propre • [Terion & Feric • 2] • (1998) • short story by Janet Stirling and S. M. Stirling [as by Jan Stirling and S. M. Stirling]
222 • A Big Hand for the Little Lady • (1998) • short story by Esther M. Friesner
237 • Blade Runner • [Hallah Iron-Thighs] • (1998) • short story by K. D. Wentworth
253 • Keeping Up Appearances • (1998) • short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
268 • La Différence • (1998) • short story by Harry Turtledove
279 • Tales from the Slushpile • [Riva Konneva] • (1998) • novelette by Margaret Ball
302 • Epilogue: Yes, We Did Say Chicks! • (1998) • short fiction by Adam-Troy Castro