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CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL Edited By Esther Friesner CONTENTS Introduction, Esther Friesner Lady of Steel, Roger Zelazny And Ladies of the Club, Elizabeth Moon Exchange Program, Susan Shwartz Goddess for a Day, Harry Turtledove Armor-Ella, Holly Lisle Career Day, Margaret Ball Armor/Amore, David Vierling The Stone of War and the Nightingales Egg, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough The Growling, Jody Lynn Nye The New Britomart, eluki bes shahar On the Road of Silver, Mark Bourne Bra Melting, Janni Lee Simner The Old Grind, Laura Frankos The Way to a Mans Heart, Esther Friesner Whoops!, Nancy Springer The Guardswoman, Lawrence Watt-Evans Teachers Pet, Josepha Sherman Were-Wench. Jan Stirling Blood Calls to Blood, Elisabeth Waters Maureen Birnbaum in the MUD, George Alec Effinger CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. Copyright ? 1995 by Esther Friesner All material is original to this volume and is copyright ? 1995 by the individual authors. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. A Baen Books Original Baen Publishing Enterprises P.O. Box 1403 Riverdale, N.Y. 10471 ISBN: 0-671-87682-1 Cover art by Larry Elmore Printed in the United States of America Dedication For Alice Lewis and for Bellatrix They know why And a special round of thanks to Toni Weisskopf, who girded on editorial armor and said, Yes. she can use that title. CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL Esther Friesner ^ ? EN GARDE. Ill bet youre wondering about the title of this book. Well, Id like to make one thing perfectly clear right from the outset: Its all my fault. When I told people the concept I wanted to use for this anthology, the reaction I got everywhere was not just favorable, it was downright enthusiastic (viz: Cool!). When I mentioned the title I wanted to use, the reaction I got everywhere—from editor, publisher, and pote