Maxima Library

Leslie What’s stories have appeared in Asimov’s, Hysteria, F&SF, Lilith Fiction Quarterly, and other magazines, journals, and anthologies. She tells us, “Whatworld can be viewed at: http://www.sff.net/people/leslie.what.”

An anthology of stories edited by Esther M. Freisner and Martin Harry Greenberg

In a collection of fantasy stories, warrior women take on pirates invading a charity ball, bring an obnoxious loremaster to justice, protect children from magically-summoned barbarian hordes, and rescue Tokyo from destructive reptiles.