Chicks 'n Chained Males


Chicks 'n Chained Males is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther M. Friesner with the assistance of Martin H. Greenberg, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists by female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in May 1999. It was the third of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner.
The book collects 18 short stories by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner.
As per the volume's title, most of the stories involve heroic women having to rescue men from captivity, reversing the damsel in distress trope.

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