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• Introduction (Warrior Women) • essay by Paula Guran
• Northern Chess • [Jaisel • 1] • (1979) • short story by Tanith Lee
• Anukazi's Daughter • [Hundred Isles] • (1984) • short story by Mary Gentle
• Become a Warrior • (1998) • short story by Jane Yolen
• The Sea Troll's Daughter • (2010) • novelette by
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• Joenna's Ax • [Tales of Bladesend] • (2010) • short story by E. C. Ambrose [as by Elaine Isaak]
• Love Among the Talus • [The Eternal Sky] • (2006) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• Soul Case • (2007) • short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Girls from Avenger • non-genre • (2010) • novelette by Carrie Vaughn
• In the Loop • (2014) • short story by Ken Liu
• Dying with Her Cheer Pants On • [Fighting Pumpkins] • (2010) • short story by Seanan McGuire
• Prayer • (2012) • short story by Robert Reed
• England Under the White Witch • (2012) • short story by Theodora Goss
• The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr • (1976) • short story by George R. R. Martin
• The Knight of Chains, the Deuce of Stars • (2013) • short story by Yoon Ha Lee
• Boy Twelve • (2005) • short story by Jessica Reisman (variant of Boy 12)
• The Application of Hope • [Diving Universe • 4] • (2013) • novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Not That Kind of War • [Confederation of Valor / Torin Kerr] • (2005) • short story by Tanya Huff
• Naratha's Shadow • [Liaden Universe short fiction] • (2000) • novelette by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
• Eaters • (2014) • novelette by Nancy Kress
• And Wash Out by Tides of War • (2014) • short story by An Owomoyela
• Hand to Hand • (1995) • short story by Elizabeth Moon
• They Tell Me There Will Be No Pain • (2014) • short story by Alex Acks [as by Rachael Acks]
• Wonder Maul Doll • (2007) • short story by Kameron Hurley
• The Days of the War, as Red as Blood, as Dark as Bile • [Universe of Xuya] • (2014) • short story by Aliette de Bodard