Esther M. Friesner
Source: "Esther M. Friesner Bibliography." Author Wars, https://authorwars.com/authors/esther-m-friesner.html".
Pseudonyms:
Titles:
Anthologies
- Unknown. Alien Pregnant by Elvis
- Unknown. Blood Muse
- Unknown. Chicks 'n Chained Males
- Unknown. Chicks in Chainmail
- Unknown. Did You Say Chicks?!
- Unknown. The Chick Is in the Mail
- Unknown. Turn the Other Chick
- 2009. Witch Way to the Mall
- 2009. Strip Mauled
- 2010. Fangs for the Mammaries
- 2015. Chicks and Balances
Chapter Books
Collections
- Unknown. Death and the Librarian and Other Stories
- Unknown. It's Been Fun
- Unknown. Up the Wall and Other Stories
Essays
- Unknown. About the Authors (Arabesques)
- Unknown. About the Authors (Turn the Other Chick)
- Unknown. Afterword (The Weavers)
- Unknown. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, Issue 17)
- Unknown. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, July 1992)
- Unknown. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, September-October 1992)
- Unknown. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #15)
- Unknown. Bulletin Symposium (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1989)
- Unknown. But What I Really Want to Do Is Direct
- Unknown. Chicks in Chainmail (introduction)
- Unknown. Give Beast a Chance
- Unknown. If You Give a Girl a Hobbit
- Unknown. Introduction (Blood Muse)
- Unknown. Introduction (Chicks 'n Chained Males)
- Unknown. Introduction (Death and the Librarian and Other Stories)
- Unknown. Introduction (Did You Say Chicks?!)
- Unknown. Introduction (Fangs for the Mammaries)
- Unknown. Introduction (It's Been Fun)
- Unknown. Introduction (The Chick is in the Mail)
- Unknown. Introduction (Turn the Other Chick)
- Unknown. Introduction (Witch Way to the Mall)
- Unknown. Introduction to "The Stuff of Heroes"
- Unknown. Introduction: Alien Pregnant by Elvis
- Unknown. Leader of the Pack
- Unknown. Letter (Locus #307)
- Unknown. Letter (Locus #326)
- Unknown. Letter (Locus #331)
- Unknown. Letter (Science Fiction Chronicle #85)
- Unknown. Letter to The SFWA Forum # 96, July-August 1986
- Unknown. Letter to The SFWA Forum # 96, July-August 1986
- Unknown. On "Helen Remembers the Stork Club"
- Unknown. On Judy and Darkover
- Unknown. One of the Good Guys
- Unknown. Read This (NYRSF, November 1988)
- Unknown. Regrets Only
- Unknown. Take My Wizard...Please! The Serious Business of Writing Funny Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Unknown. The Old School Spirit
- Unknown. The Other Side: Now Revealed: Money-Making Secrets of the Shockmeisters
- Unknown. There's nothing funny about mixing humor and SF
- Unknown. Wenn ein Mädel an einen Hobbit gerät
- Unknown. Who Was That Alien I Saw You with Last Night?
- 1991. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, October 25, 1991)
- 1991. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, November 29, 1991)
- 1991. Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, December 31, 1991)
- 2003. Hobbits et jeune filles en fleur
- 2004. Terry Pratchett: The Man, the Myth, the Legend, the Beverage
- 2014. Introduction (Bard's Road: The Collected Fiction of Lee Martindale)
- 2015. Introduction (Chicks and Balances)
Interviews
- Unknown. An Interview with Esther Friesner
- Unknown. Esther M. Friesner
- Unknown. InterGalactic Interview with Esther Friesner
Novels
- Unknown. Child of the Eagle: A Myth of Rome
- Unknown. Demon Blues
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. E.godz
- Unknown. Elf Defence
- Unknown. Elf Defense
- Unknown. Gnome Man's Land
- Unknown. Harlot's Ruse
- Unknown. Harpy High
- Unknown. Here Be Demons
- Unknown. Hooray for Hellywood
- Unknown. Majyk by Accident
- Unknown. Majyk by Design
- Unknown. Majyk by Hook or Crook
- Unknown. Men in Black II
- Unknown. Mustapha and His Wise Dog
- Unknown. New York by Knight
- Unknown. Nobody's Princess
- Unknown. Nobody's Prize
- Unknown. Playing with Fire
- Unknown. Spells of Mortal Weaving
- Unknown. Sphynxes Wild
- Unknown. Split Heirs
- Unknown. Temping Fate
- Unknown. The Psalms of Herod
- Unknown. The Sherwood Game
- Unknown. The Silver Mountain
- Unknown. The Sword of Mary
- Unknown. The Water King's Laughter
- Unknown. The Witchwood Cradle
- Unknown. To Storm Heaven
- Unknown. Unicorn U.
- Unknown. Warchild
- Unknown. Wishing Season
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- 2009. Sphinx's Princess
- 2010. Sphinx's Queen
- 2012. Spirit's Princess
- 2013. Spirit's Chosen
- 2014. Deception's Princess
- 2015. Deception's Pawn
Omnibuses
Poems
- Unknown. A Gaming Son
- Unknown. A Short Slew of SF Clerihews
- Unknown. Cat-Tech-Ism
- Unknown. Chivalry
- Unknown. Confessio
- Unknown. Food for Thought
- Unknown. For Sale: One Moonbase, Never Used
- Unknown. Lovers
- Unknown. More SF Clerihews
- Unknown. Spell for a Nuclear Witch
- Unknown. The Fairies' Midwife
- Unknown. The Hobbyist
- Unknown. The Shield-Maiden's Honeymoon
- Unknown. The Sincere Symbiote
- Unknown. The Vampire of Gretna Green
- Unknown. Who Made the Stew on Betelgeuse II?
- Unknown. Yet More SF Clerihews
Reviews
- Unknown. Alien Pregnant by Elvis
- Unknown. Alien Pregnant By Elvis
- Unknown. Alien Pregnant by Elvis
- Unknown. Alien Pregnant By Elvis
- Unknown. Alien Pregnant By Elvis
- Unknown. Chicks in Chainmail
- Unknown. Chicks in Chainmail
- Unknown. Chicks in Chainmail
- Unknown. Child of the Eagle: A Myth of Rome
- Unknown. Demon Blues
- Unknown. Demon Blues
- Unknown. Did You Say Chicks?
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. Druid's Blood
- Unknown. Ecce Hominid
- Unknown. Ecce Hominid
- Unknown. Elf Defense
- Unknown. Elf Defense
- Unknown. Elf Defense
- Unknown. Elf Defense
- Unknown. Gnome Man's Land
- Unknown. Harlot's Ruse
- Unknown. Harlot's Ruse
- Unknown. Harlot's Ruse
- Unknown. Harlot's Ruse
- Unknown. Harlot's Ruse
- Unknown. Harpy High
- Unknown. Here Be Demons
- Unknown. Hooray for Hellywood
- Unknown. Johnny Beansprout
- Unknown. Majyk by Accident
- Unknown. Majyk by Accident
- Unknown. Mustapha and His Wise Dog
- Unknown. Mustapha and His Wise Dog
- Unknown. Mustapha and His Wise Dog
- Unknown. Mustapha and His Wise Dog
- Unknown. New York By Knight
- Unknown. New York By Knight
- Unknown. Spells of Mortal Weaving
- Unknown. Spells of Mortal Weaving
- Unknown. Spells of Mortal Weaving
- Unknown. Sphynxes Wild
- Unknown. Sphynxes Wild
- Unknown. Sphynxes Wild
- Unknown. Sphynxes Wild
- Unknown. Split Heirs
- Unknown. Split Heirs
- Unknown. Split Heirs
- Unknown. The Psalms of Herod
- Unknown. The Psalms of Herod
- Unknown. The Psalms of Herod
- Unknown. The Sherwood Game
- Unknown. The Sherwood Game
- Unknown. The Sword of Mary
- Unknown. The Sword of Mary
- Unknown. The Sword of Mary
- Unknown. The Water King's Laughter
- Unknown. The Witchwood Cradle
- Unknown. The Witchwood Cradle
- Unknown. To Storm Heaven
- Unknown. Turn the Other Chick
- Unknown. Wishing Season
- Unknown. Wishing Season
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
- Unknown. Yesterday We Saw Mermaids
Short Fiction
- Unknown. "White!" Said Fred
- Unknown. A Beltaine and Suspenders
- Unknown. A Big Hand for the Little Lady
- Unknown. A Birthday
- Unknown. A Few Good Menehune
- Unknown. A Friendly Game of Crola
- Unknown. A Hamster of No Importance
- Unknown. A Hora de Acordar
- Unknown. A Life in the Theatre
- Unknown. A Little Learning
- Unknown. A Matter of Taste
- Unknown. A New Chantey
- Unknown. A Pig's Tale
- Unknown. A Rosé for Emily
- Unknown. A Sacred Institution
- Unknown. A Winter's Night
- Unknown. All Vows
- Unknown. An Autumn Butterfly
- Unknown. An Eye for the Ladies
- Unknown. An Old Man's Summer
- Unknown. And Thereby Hangs
- Unknown. Articles of Faith
- Unknown. At These Prices
- Unknown. Au Purr
- Unknown. Auntie Elspeth's Halloween Story, or the Gourd, the Bad and the Ugly
- Unknown. B.U.M.P. in the Knight
- Unknown. Baby Face
- Unknown. Bargaining Chip
- Unknown. Benny Comes Home
- Unknown. Big Hair
- Unknown. Billingsgate Molly
- Unknown. Black Butterflies
- Unknown. Blunderbore
- Unknown. Brown Dust
- Unknown. But Wait! There's More!
- Unknown. Came the Dawn
- Unknown. Case #285B
- Unknown. Chance
- Unknown. Chanoyu
- Unknown. Chestnut Street
- Unknown. Child's Play
- Unknown. Claim-Jumpin' Woman, You Got a Stake in My Heart
- Unknown. Cook's Turing
- Unknown. Cora
- Unknown. Cora
- Unknown. Cross CHILDREN Walk
- Unknown. Crumbs
- Unknown. Cubby Grumbles Makes a Change
- Unknown. Dance with the Devil
- Unknown. Dead Ringer
- Unknown. Death and the Librarian
- Unknown. Death Swatch
- Unknown. Der Tod und die Bibliothekarin
- Unknown. Die Liebe uralt' Götterblut
- Unknown. Do I Dare to Ask Your Name?
- Unknown. Down by the Old Mainstream
- Unknown. Dragonet
- Unknown. Ecce Hominid
- Unknown. Fashion Victim
- Unknown. File Under 'B'
- Unknown. First, Catch Your Elephant
- Unknown. Five-Finger Exercise
- Unknown. Giants in the Earth
- Unknown. Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride
- Unknown. Go with the Flow
- Unknown. Godgifu and Aelfgifu
- Unknown. Goldie, Lox, and the Three Excalibearers
- Unknown. Grain
- Unknown. Grausputz
- Unknown. Gunsel and Gretel
- Unknown. Hallowmass
- Unknown. Helen Remembers The Stork Club
- Unknown. Her American Cousin
- Unknown. Home for the Holidays
- Unknown. Homework
- Unknown. Honeycomb
- Unknown. How It All Began
- Unknown. How to Make Unicorn Pie
- Unknown. I Killed Them in Vegas
- Unknown. If Looks Could Kill
- Unknown. Ilion
- Unknown. Imitare Poe
- Unknown. In a Dark Wood, Dreaming
- Unknown. In Days of Old
- Unknown. In the Can
- Unknown. In the Garden
- Unknown. In the Realm of Dragons
- Unknown. Isn't That Special
- Unknown. It's a Gift
- Unknown. Ivy
- Unknown. Jane's Fighting Ships
- Unknown. Jesus at the Bat
- Unknown. Johnny Beansprout
- Unknown. Jolene's Motel
- Unknown. Just Another Cowboy
- Unknown. Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own
- Unknown. King of the Cyber Trifles
- Unknown. L'amour est une indicible purulence
- Unknown. La fiancée du marin
- Unknown. La Mort et la bibliothécaire
- Unknown. Labor Relations
- Unknown. Last Man Standing
- Unknown. Le Roi S'amuse
- Unknown. Legends
- Unknown. Lonelyhearts
- Unknown. Long in the Tooth
- Unknown. Love's Eldritch Ichor
- Unknown. Love, Crystal and Stone
- Unknown. Lowlifes
- Unknown. Mad at the Academy
- Unknown. Marriage á la Modred
- Unknown. Men in the Rain
- Unknown. Miranda's Muse
- Unknown. Miss Thing
- Unknown. Moonlight in Vermont
- Unknown. Mortal Things
- Unknown. Mrs. Lurie and the Rapture
- Unknown. Mummy Knows Best
- Unknown. No Bigger Than My Thumb
- Unknown. One for the Record
- Unknown. One Quiet Day in the Suburbs
- Unknown. Oscar-Gekte
- Unknown. Patterns
- Unknown. Poe White Trash
- Unknown. Prey
- Unknown. Pride and Prescience
- Unknown. Primary
- Unknown. Puss
- Unknown. Repro Man
- Unknown. Roomies
- Unknown. Royal Tiff Yields Face of Jesus!
- Unknown. Rutger and Baby Do Jotenheim
- Unknown. Saint Willibald's Dragon
- Unknown. Sea-Section
- Unknown. Seeking the Master
- Unknown. Service du réveil
- Unknown. Shy and Retiring
- Unknown. Silent Love
- Unknown. Simpson's Lesser Sphynx
- Unknown. Soviel Schuld
- Unknown. Sparrow
- Unknown. Split Heirs (Excerpt)
- Unknown. Stocks and Bondage
- Unknown. Stone Cold
- Unknown. Such a Deal
- Unknown. Sugar Daddy
- Unknown. Sweet, Savage Sorcerer
- Unknown. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Unknown. Taverna
- Unknown. Tea
- Unknown. Tesla on the Grass Alas
- Unknown. That's Entertainment: Die Geschichte von Salacious Crumb
- Unknown. That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb
- Unknown. The Apothecary's Tale
- Unknown. The Beau and the Beast
- Unknown. The Blood-Ghoul of Scarsdale
- Unknown. The Bones of Mammoth Malone
- Unknown. The Broad in the Bronze Bra
- Unknown. The Cat Bell
- Unknown. The Curse of Psamlahkithotep
- Unknown. The Dead Don't Waddle
- Unknown. The Death of Nimuë
- Unknown. The Doo-Wop Never Dies: A Christmas Fable
- Unknown. The Fraud
- Unknown. The Godsman and the Goblin
- Unknown. The Grasshopper and My Aunts
- Unknown. The Houri's Mirror
- Unknown. The Jester's Tale
- Unknown. The Littlest Maenad
- Unknown. The Monk's Tale
- Unknown. The Old Club Tie
- Unknown. The One That Got Away
- Unknown. The Really Big Sleep
- Unknown. The Sailor's Bride
- Unknown. The Shoemaker and the Elves
- Unknown. The Shunned Trailer
- Unknown. The Strange Case of Ludwig the Unspeakable
- Unknown. The Stuff of Heroes
- Unknown. The Way to a Man's Heart
- Unknown. The Weavers
- Unknown. The Wedding of Wylda Serene
- Unknown. The Whiskaway Children and the Big Bang
- Unknown. The Wrong Badger
- Unknown. Three Queens
- Unknown. Thunderbolt
- Unknown. Titus!
- Unknown. To Storm Heaven (excerpt)
- Unknown. Told You So
- Unknown. Totally Camelot
- Unknown. Tous les vœux
- Unknown. Trois reines
- Unknown. Troll by Jury
- Unknown. True Believer
- Unknown. Tunnel Vision
- Unknown. Twelve-Steppe Program
- Unknown. Two Lovers, Two Gods, and a Fable
- Unknown. Un tour de cochon
- Unknown. Uncle Henry Passes
- Unknown. Up the Wall
- Unknown. Wahrer Glaube
- Unknown. Wake-Up Call
- Unknown. Warts and All
- Unknown. Werotica
- Unknown. Whammy
- Unknown. What a Girl Needs
- Unknown. What Really Killed the Dinosaurs
- Unknown. Why I Want to Come to Brewer College
- Unknown. Woman in the Reeds
- Unknown. Won't You Take Me Dancing?
- Unknown. Write When You Get Work
- Unknown. You Can't Make an Omelet
- Unknown. You Got Served
- Unknown. Zwei Liebende, zwei Götter und eine Fabel
- 1995. Una Giornata Tranquilla
- 1999. Aspetta Di Avere Figli Tuoi!
- 2000. Choses mortelles
- 2002. Chaton
- 2006. Une si bonne affaire
- 2006. Abductio Ad Absurdum
- 2007. Edra's Arrow
- 2008. How Thorvald the Bloody-Minded Saved Christmas
- 2008. The Face Is Familiar
- 2008. Gut Feeling
- 2009. Twice a Year
- 2010. No Children, No Pets
- 2013. Service Charge
- 2015. Roll Model
- 2015. Match Game
- 2016. Pompoms and Circumstance
- 2017. A Cuppa, Cuppa Burnin' Love
- 2017. From This She Makes a Living?
- 2017. The Diplomatic Thing
- 2018. Honors Among Thieves
- 2018. The Dragon, the Drudge, and the Drone
- 2019. This Way Out
- 2020. Sense and Sensitivity
- 2021. Seelie with a Kiss
- 2022. Outside the Box
- 2022. Chai Noon
- 2023. Tread Softly
- 2023. Slay
- 2023. Rachel Nussbaum Saves the World
- 2024. In Which We Encounter the Shadow Over Grandfather
Awards
- 0000. A Birthday - Nebula Award, Short Story (Win)
- 0000. Death and the Librarian - Nebula Award, Short Story (Win)
- 0000. The Shunned Trailer - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. Druid's Blood - Locus Poll Award, Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
- 0000. How to Make Unicorn Pie - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. Helen Remembers The Stork Club - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. Brown Dust - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. All Vows - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. Last Man Standing - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. A Birthday - Hugo Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. All Vows - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. Death and the Librarian - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. The Fraud - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. "White!" Said Fred - Asimov's Readers' Poll, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. A Birthday - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. All Vows - Nebula Award, Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. Jesus at the Bat - Nebula Award, Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. Chanoyu - HOMer Award, Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. How to Make Unicorn Pie - HOMer Award, Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. How to Make Unicorn Pie - Nebula Award, Novelette (Nomination)
- 0000. Helen Remembers The Stork Club - Nebula Award, Short Story (Nomination)
- 0000. All Vows - Hugo Award, Best Short Story (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. Death and the Librarian - Hugo Award, Best Short Story (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. In the Realm of Dragons - James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award, Gender-bending SF (Nomination below cutoff)
- 0000. How to Make Unicorn Pie - Hugo Award, Best Novelette (Nomination below cutoff)
Genres/Themes:
- young-adult fantasy (11 books)
- historical fantasy (10 books)
- original anthology (9 books)
- science fiction (6 books)
- fantasy (6 books)
- ghosts (2 books)
- alternate history (2 books)
- humorous fantasy (2 books)
- witches (2 books)
- abortion (1 book)
- feminist (1 book)
- angels (1 book)
- child protagonist (1 book)
- Judaism (1 book)
- vietnam (1 book)
- murder (1 book)
- twist ending (1 book)
- druids (1 book)
- children (1 book)
- stories (1 book)
- Books (1 book)
- grim reaper (1 book)
- death (1 book)
- horror (1 book)
- not science fiction (1 book)
- Victorian era (1 book)
- Shakespeare (1 book)
- epistolary (1 book)
- Christopher Columbus (1 book)
- Jews (1 book)
- aztecs (1 book)
- humorous horror (1 book)
- fantasy short story (1 book)
- humans (1 book)
- novelization (1 book)
- mistaken identity (1 book)
- professor (1 book)
- academia (1 book)
- Jabba the Hutt (1 book)
- star wars (1 book)
- Salacious Crumb (1 book)
- Terry Pratchett (1 book)
- young-adult historical (1 book)
- werewolf (1 book)
- urban fantasy (1 book)
- vampires (1 book)