stitch-n-time:

da-at-ass:

lemonbalmgirl:

driftwood-in-the-sun:

thefreaksfreak:

thefreaksfreak:

wtfbadfantasycovers:

professorofeljay:

nyxira:

akamine-chan:

thebibliosphere:

zinglebert-bembledack:

thebibliosphere:

felren13:

@thebibliosphere look what I found? I saw it and thought of you. 

in a good way, i promise!!!

I love the caption that says “they’re baaaack” both implying there is more to this, and the author is a 1980s equivalent of s shit poster.

I have. THREE. Of these books. They are a collection of short stories featuring the ridiculous fantasy tropes of women warriors. It’s a group of lady writers taking the piss out of lazy male fantasy writers and they’re FANTASTIC. If you ignore the shitpost covers.

TO AMAZON USED MARKETPLACE

I was gonna add that these books were fucking great.

READ THESE.  They are so funny and clever and they take a literary morningstar to the patriarchy. 

There are six books in this series. Five of them came out between 1995 and 2004; Book Six came out in 2015 after an 11-year hiatus, so here’s hoping for more. They are, in order:

• Chicks in Chainmail
• Did You Say Chicks?!
• Chicks ‘N Chained Males
• The Chick is in the Mail
• Turn the Other Chick
• Chicks Ahoy! (trade omnibus of the first three books, no new stories)
• Chicks and Balances

One of the things I love best about the series is that the various authors will often write short stories for them about the same set of characters: there are several stories about the Ladies’ Aid & Armor Society, a support group/workers union for women in the army; merc-for-hire Hallah Iron-Thighs and her partner in violence Gerta Dershnitzel; single mother/also merc-for hire Rivakonniva; etc.

So yes, go out and buy them, they are so fun.

Also edited by the same person, but not in the same series:

Well, fuck me, is there a vampire/horror series!? Don’t leave me fanging!!

UPDATE: It’s the Suburban Fantasy Anthologies.

I need this in my life. Bless my dash and bless you ppl for spreading this

*adds to to-read, buy-if-possible list*

Esther Friesner is a blessing to fantasy literature and should be canonized as a fandom saint. If you can track down her Majyk By Accident series, it’s amazing and hilarious.

IMPECCABLE TIMING

I neeeeeeed more things to read at work!

Esther Friesner is my faaaaavorite.