Swords, Sorcery, and Self-Rescuing Damsels

Name: Swords, Sorcery, and Self-Rescuing Damsels
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Lee French
ISBN: 9781982674120

Author: Lee French, Sarah Craft

Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir, Justine Eyre, Jamye Joseph, Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 04/16/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dragons, Collections & Anthologies

Synopsis

These ladies aren’t waiting.Twenty bestselling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determination make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds.Featuring stories by:Elmdea Adams, Sarah Bartsch, Robyn Bennis, Lou J. Berger & Ian Berger, Jeffrey Cook & Katherine Perkins, Katie Cross, Lee French, Fulvio Gatti, Connie J. Jasperson, Frog and Esther Jones, Edward J. Knight, Robert J. McCarter, Jody Lynn Nye, Raven Oak, Dawn Vogel, Matt Youngmark, Jeremy Zimmerman

About Lee French

Lee French is an author, an avid gamer, and active member of the Myth-Weavers online RPG community, where she is known for her fondness for Angry Ninja Squirrels of Doom. She is best known for her young-adult urban fantasy Spirit Knights series, which includes “War of the Rose Covens,” part of the USA Today bestselling collection Cursed Lands. She is an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Northwest Independent Writer’s Association and a municipal liaison for her NaNoWriMo region.

About Sarah Craft

Sarah Craft takes her last name seriously. Being a crafty gal, she writes, edits, works as a personal author assistant, and as a publicist for several small press organizations. She’s also a member of SFWA. When she has spare time, she also likes to knit, crochet, and bead wearable art. Currently she shares her office space with three cats and a husband.

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.

About Justine Eyre

Justine Eyre is a classically trained actress who has narrated many audiobooks, earning the prestigious Audie Award for best narration and numerous Earphones Awards. She is multilingual and known for her great facility with accents. She has appeared on stage, with leading roles in King Lear and The Crucible, and has had starring roles in four films on the indie circuit. Her television credits include Two and a Half Men and Mad Men.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and a multiaward-winning narrator, named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brittany

This anthology was a little out of my wheelhouse, but I was really intrigued by all of the stories having strong female leads. After finishing the book, I'm split in my opinion of it. Some of the stories fell really flat, while others like Alive, I really wished were novels. The characters came to l......more

Goodreads review by Joe

In short, this is good stuff. This is an epic gathering of authors for a collection of sword & sorcery short stories about women, and it is an absolute thrill. Editor Lee French's editor's note says everything, noting that the term "damsels in distress" reduces women to poorly-dimensioned plot point......more

Goodreads review by WS_BOOKCLUB

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. This will be available to buy on April 16th. This collection of short stories by several fantasy authors all feature strong female lead characters. It was so cool to see how varied the stories and settings were. Whi......more

Goodreads review by Wendy

How could I resist looking at a volume with a title like this one? The collection stays pretty true to its theme, showing a range of different styles and talents. The first story, “The Falconer’s Apprentice” by Jodi Lyn Nye, is a perfect little microcosm of what a good story should be. Marie-Jeanne i......more

Goodreads review by Chantal

I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This collection of short stories appealed to me because it has everything in it that I like in a story. Swords, magic (sorcery) and bad ass women who get shit done. As someone who normally doesn't read a lot of short stories (I'm more o......more