first published in Knights Fantastic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW Books Inc., 2002; collected in Relative Magic, Meisha Merlin, 2003
2. What Little Girls Are Made Of
first published in Magic in Ithkar 3, edited by Andre Norton & Robert Adams, TOR, Oct. 1986
3. Blood in the Water
first published in Army of the Fantastic, edited by John Marco & John Helfers, DAW Books Inc., 2007; collected in Finding Magic, ISFiC Press, 2007
4. A Woman’s Work
first published in If I Were An Evil Overlord, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, DAW Books Inc., 2007; collected in Finding Magic, ISFiC Press, 2007
5. Succession
first published in Pharaoh Fantastic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW Books Inc., 2002; collected in Relative Magic, Meisha Merlin, 2003
6. Oh Glorious Sight
first published in Oceans of Magic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Brian Thomsen, DAW Books Inc., 2001; republished in Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Winding, St. Martins, 2001; collected in Relative Magic, Meisha Merlin, 2003
7. All Things Being Relative
first published in Villains Victorious, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW Books Inc., 2001; collected in Relative Magic, Meisha Merlin, 2003
8. Slow Poison
first published in In the Shadow of Evil, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW Books Inc., 2005; collected in Finding Magic, ISFiC Press, 2007