From hags and harpies to sorceresses and sirens, this volume features twenty all-new tales that prove women are far from the weaker sex-in all their alluring, magical, and monstrous roles.

Contents:
Introduction / Denise Little --
Shall we dance? / C.S. Friedman --
Bitter fruit: a tale of Crownland / Rosemary Edghill --
Light of Ra / Phaedra M. Weldon --
Time and memory / Leslie Claire Walker --
Band of sisters / Allan Rousselle --
Mother of monsters / Greg Beatty --
Sisters of the blade / Loren L. Coleman --
To ride the serpent once more / Terry Hayman --
Lilith / Peter Orullian --
Homeless / Annie Reed --
Sharper than a serpent's tooth / Christina F. York --
Tsonoqua / Nathaniel Poole --
Banished / Jane Toombs --
Soul taker / Lisa Silverthorne --
Heart of stone / Scott William Carter --
Black Annie / Jean Rabe --
Amphora / Steven Mohan, Jr. --
Dust / Michael Hiebert --
Last ride / Douglas Smith --
Greek to me / Laura Resnick --