Warrior Enchantresses

Warrior Enchantresses is a 1996 anthology edited by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch and Martin H. Greenberg.

"15 original tales of women who work swordcraft and spellcraft in defense of all they hold dear"

Interestingly enough for a fantasy novel, all these stories take place in historical earth settings (albeit ones in which magic actually works). In a couple of cases either "warrior" or "enchantress" is rather a stretch for the female protagonist. Many of the stories have priestesses as their protagonists.

Editions

• 1996: Daw (Wollheim), New York.

Contents

"Introduction" by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch;

• "The World Well Lost" by Tanith Lee;
• "Auour the Deepminded" Andre Norton;
• "Of the Deaths of Kings" Melanie Rawn;
• "The Warrior and the Dragon's Son" Josepha Sherman;
• "Earthen Mound" Diana L. Paxson;
• "The Ginseng Potion" William F. Wu;
• "The Mist of Melusine" Rosemary Hawley Jarman;
• "Going Back to Colchis" Rebecca Ore;
• "Amazon Gold" Steven Rogers;
• "Qadishtu" Laura Resnick and Kathy Chadwyck;
• "Eye of Flame" Pamela Sargent;
• "Phaistides" Lois Tilton;
• "A Wolf Upon the Wind" Jennifer Roberson;
• "The Lady of the Mercians" Mary Frances Zambreno; and
• "Summoning the River" Deborah Wheeler.