Books by Esther Friesner

Noir

by Esther Friesner

(6 reviews)

A missing intergalactic artifact valuable enough to inspire murder. A cartoon gag gone bad that leads to a gruesome death. Greek deities unraveling a divine mystery in New York City. A human detective navigating the... See More

Fangs for the Mammaries

by Esther Friesner

(46 reviews)

Having inflicted the smug homes of suburbia with witches and werewolves. Esther Friesner now unleashes the undead to tap a vein of blood and humor, and drain the suburbs dry of both. Vampires and the suburbs are a match... See More

E. Godz

by Esther Friesner

(6 reviews)

DOW JONES MEETS DARKEST SORCERY! E.Godz, Inc.'s stock-in-trade was magic. When Edwina Godz inherited the family corporation, she immediately put to work all the sorcery she knew, taking shamans on board as subsidiaries, and... See More

Chicks 'n Chained Males (Chicks in Chainmail Series Book 3)

by Esther Friesner

(33 reviews)

AMAZONS 'R US Continuing a great tradition, Chicks 'n Chained Males is not what you think. That place is down the block, on another street, in another city. In fact, if that's what you're looking for one of our Chicks... See More

The Dominion War: Book 3: Tunnel Through the Stars (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

by Esther Friesner

(34 reviews)

From the Gamma Quadrant they came, hordes of merciless Jem'Hadar soldiers commanded by the shape-changing Founders, who seek to conquer both the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon™ Empire. Now that the Dominion... See More

Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by Alex Shvartsman

(61 reviews)

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR * Cranky Goblin Cooks * Unscrupulous Chemists * Lecherous Space Pirates * Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes * Soul-Searching Snot Elementals The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an... See More

Threads and Flames

by Esther Friesner

(24 reviews)

It's 1910, and thirteen-year-old Raisa has just traveled alone from a small Polish shtetl all the way to New York City. It's overwhelming, awe-inspiring, and even dangerous, especially when she discovers that her sister has... See More

Witch Way to the Mall (Suburban Fantasy anthologies Book 1)

by Esther Friesner

(50 reviews)

Move over, urban fantasy -- here comes suburban fantasy. What self-respecting witch, vampire, or werewolf would be caught dead -- or undead -- anywhere but the Big City, you may ask Look, let's give the uncanny crew a little... See More

Chicks and Balances (Chicks in Chainmail Series Book 7)

by Esther Friesner

(86 reviews)

ORIGINAL ANTHOLOGY featuring rollicking, tongue-in-cheek tales of women warrior fighting against the stodgy and in the name of freedom of expression, Chicks in Chainmail style! Continuing a great tradition, Chicks and... See More

Turn the Other Chick (Chicks in Chainmail Series Book 5)

by Esther Friesner

(34 reviews)

THOSE RAMBUNCTIOUS CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL ARE BACK -- AND BOTH THEIR WIT AND THEIR SWORDS ARE AS SHARP AS EVER! One good turn deserves another and those unpredictable amazons are in action again, swords sharpened, chainmail... See More

Strip Mauled

by Esther Friesner

(25 reviews)

Werewolves and the suburbs are a natural go-together. Okay, so they're not the Obligatory/Iconic Suburban Golden Retriever or Chocolate Labrador, but they've got a much better chance of taking home the Best in Show ribbon... See More

Split Heirs

by Lawrence Watt-Evans

(22 reviews)

After the Gorgorian barbarians conquer the civilized kingdom of Hydrangea, their leader Gudge makes himself king, marries Hydrangean Princess Artemisia and settles down to a highly satisfactory life of drinking and... See More

Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by George R. R. Martin

(98 reviews)

The fourth volume of the annual Unidentified Funny Objects series features the theme of dark humor. What happens when you ask some of the genre's masters to interpret this theme? The enclosed twenty-three darkly humorous... See More

Unidentified Funny Objects 7 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by Alex Shvartsman

(39 reviews)

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! * A long time ago... See More

Unidentified Funny Objects 5 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by David Gerrold

(72 reviews)

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR * Aztec Astronauts * Punster Prophets * Apocalyptic Apps * Cantankerous Cryptids * and the Duck Knight Fifth annual volume of the Unidentified Funny Objects anthology series features... See More

Submerged

by Seanan McGuire

(15 reviews)

Everyone has their eyes set on the black depths of space... but what about the deep abysses of the ocean? What dark monsters swim unseen beneath the waves? What ancient wonders lie hidden, waiting to be discovered? What... See More

Warchild (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Book 7)

by Esther Friesner

(17 reviews)

A message left behind by the Kai Opaka gives Commander Benjamin Sisko a fateful mission: find a young Bajoran girl destined to be a great healer who could bring together the warring factions of Bajor. While Lt. Dax tries to... See More

To Storm Heaven (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

by Esther Friesner

(9 reviews)

When Lelys, ambassador of the plague-ridden colony planet of Orakisa, approaches the Federation seeking help for her dying world, the U.S.S. Enterprise speeds to the rescue. Captain Picard and his crew escort the Orakisan... See More

Double Helix Omnibus (Star Trek)

by Dean Wesley Smith

(35 reviews)

Like a strand of mutating DNA, a deadly conspiracy winds its way through the Alpha Quadrant, even as it stretches across several years of Starfleet history. This special omnibus volume contains the entire bestselling saga-by... See More

Funny Fantasy (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by Alex Shvartsman

(38 reviews)

From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects... See More

Funny Horror (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by Alex Shvartsman

(35 reviews)

18 short stories of humorous horror! Read this book to: * Meet communist werewolves, mad scientists, and Jewish vampires. * Reject novel pitches from famous zombie novelists. * Provide psychotherapy for Cthulhu. *... See More

Guilds & Glaives

by Gini Koch

(4 reviews)

Stop right there! If you like your fantasy filled with fellowships and noble quests, this anthology is not for you. And if you love lengthy tales of politics and power, then it won't be to your taste either. But if you... See More

Portals

by Gini Koch

(3 reviews)

PORTALS: What mysteries... or horrors... await you on the other side? The lure of an open doorway is hard to resist. What lies beyond? Where will it take you -- and how will you be transformed? Will it lead to paradise... See More

Galactic Stew

by Gini Koch

(22 reviews)

Join us for a feast! Step into a roadside diner run by witches. Attend a banquet with aliens who are as crass as they are brutal. Eat oysters on the half shell with a pair of conjurers, or scratch out a meal with warring... See More

Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by Alex Shvartsman

(51 reviews)

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! * Superheroes... See More

When Worlds Collide

by Esther Friesner

(1 review)

What could possibly happen when two cultures meet for the first time? In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, anything. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE presents fourteen original stories where two different societies intersect and deal with the... See More

Unidentified Funny Objects 9 (Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Series of Humorous SF/F)

by Alex Shvartsman

(19 reviews)

The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! In this volume you'll find: * Overworked fairies... See More

The Crafters

by Christopher Stasheff

They are a great family of witches and warlocks, alchemists and spellcasters. From generation to generation, from the Old World to the Salem trials and beyond, they hand down their secrets, their potions, even their family... See More