Sword and Sorceress Anthology

They roam through fantasy landscapes - women who wield a sword in their sisters' defense or work magic passed down through generations. They are many heroines of SWORD AND SORCERESS - brave women who have adopted the daring roles so often deemed to be the exclusive province of men.

Join Diana L Paxson, Esther M Friesner, Rosemary Edghill, Leslie Fish, Dorothy j Heydt and their fellow spell-weavers as they carry on Marion Zimmer Bradley's proud, feminist tradition in the twenty-three original, swashbuckling and magical stories of SWORD AND SORCERESS XXI, where:

A family of thieves is sorely disappointed by their daughter's wizarding ambitions...

A warrior with amnesia is taught a lesson she could never have learned if she remembered her past...

A girl is turned down by a school of magic because of her sex, only to become the disciple of a far more powerful mentor...

An arrogant mage is taught that even the most powerful of sorcerers sometimes needs the help of material weapons...

My thoughts:

Most were pretty boring and I could have dnfed, but then you never know if there will be a good ones since they are all shorts.

I honestly do not remember anything or any names, I only wrote down thoughts after the two fist ones. I did remember like 2 other ones only cos they were good.

"Dawn and Dusk," by Dana Kramer-Rolls

I liked this one, a nice feel to it

"Spell of the Sparrow," by Jim C. Hines

Meh

"The Woman's Place," by Susan Urbanek Linville; "Kin," by Naomi Kritzer; "Ursa," by Jenn Reese; "Red Caramae," by Kit Wesler; "Parri's Blade," by Cynthia McQuillin, = I can't even remember these

"Sun Thief," by K. A. Laity,

Ohh, Finnish mythology. No it was not only cos of that that I liked it, but I did. It was a good short that had me hooked.

"Lostland," by Rosemary Edghill; No memory of this one

"Plowshares," by Rebecca Maines, 

This one I remember having promise

"Step by Step," by Catherine Soto; "Favor of the Goddess," by Lynn Morgan Rosser, "Rose in Winter," by Marie M. Longhin, "Kazhe's Blade," Terry McGarry, =what?

"The Skin Trade," by Heather Rose Jones, 

This one could have been a good fantasy book, it had an interesting concept.

"Multiple Choice," by Leslie Fish, "Oulu," by Aimee Kratts, "A Kind of Redemption," by John P. Buentello, and "Journey's End," by Dorothy J. Heydt. The one two-page poem, "Sword and Sorceress," is by Jennifer G. Tifft. =yup, nothing

Conclusion:
I honestly skimmed most. The good ones did not outweigh the bad ones. So...90% bad. I do not recommend it, except for the few good ones.

Paperback, 308 pages
Published November 2nd 2004 by DAW
Sword and Sorceress #21
Fantasy
Own