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)