Esther M. Friesner
Friesner-Stutzman, Esther Mona
July 16, 1951 (age 74)
Birth place: New York City, New York, USA
177 works in English-language magazines
| Date | Page | Type | Title | Magazine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1982 | 89 | Short Fiction | The Stuff of Heroes | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1982 |
| March 1983 | 114 | Short Fiction | Write When You Get Work | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1983 |
| September 1984 | 40 | Poem | The Shield-Maiden's Honeymoon | Fantasy Book, September 1984 |
| November 1984 | 98 | Short Fiction | But Wait! There's More! | Amazing Stories, November 1984 |
| March 1985 | 32 | Short Fiction | The Jester's Tale | Fantasy Book, March 1985 |
| June 1985 | 59 | Short Fiction | The Death of Nimuë | Fantasy Book, June 1985 |
| June 1985 | 50 | Short Fiction | The Monk's Tale | Fantasy Book, June 1985 |
| September 1985 | 79 | Short Fiction | A Friendly Game of Crola | Amazing Stories, September 1985 |
| September 1985 | 48 | Poem | Chivalry | Fantasy Book, September 1985 |
| September 1985 | 18 | Review | Mustapha and His Wise Dog | Fantasy Review, September 1985 |
| November 1985 | 53 | Poem | A Gaming Son | Amazing Stories, November 1985 |
| November 1985 | 54 | Short Fiction | The Sailor's Bride | Amazing Stories, November 1985 |
| December 1985 | 2 | Short Fiction | Billingsgate Molly | Fantasy Book, December 1985 |
| December 1985 | 7 | Review | Mustapha and His Wise Dog | Fantasy Book, December 1985 |
| December 1985 | 61 | Poem | The Vampire of Gretna Green | Fantasy Book, December 1985 |
| January 1986 | 100 | Poem | A Short Slew of SF Clerihews | Amazing Stories, January 1986 |
| January 1986 | 101 | Short Fiction | Dragonet | Amazing Stories, January 1986 |
| January 1986 | 105 | Poem | More SF Clerihews | Amazing Stories, January 1986 |
| January 1986 | 12 | Review | Mustapha and His Wise Dog | Amazing Stories, January 1986 |
| January 1986 | 129 | Poem | Yet More SF Clerihews | Amazing Stories, January 1986 |
| February 1986 | 36|36.09 | Review | Mustapha and His Wise Dog | Science Fiction Chronicle, #77 February 1986 |
| May 1986 | 19 | Review | Harlot's Ruse | Fantasy Review, May 1986 |
| June 1986 | 39 | Short Fiction | Taverna | Fantasy Book, June 1986 |
| July 1986 | 72 | Short Fiction | File Under 'B' | Dragon Magazine, July 1986 |
| July 1986 | 25 | Review | Spells of Mortal Weaving | Fantasy Review, July-August 1986 |
| August 1986 | 6 | Essay | Letter to The SFWA Forum # 96, July-August 1986 | The SFWA Forum # 96, July-August 1986 |
| September 1986 | 35 | Short Fiction | The Old Club Tie | Fantasy Book, September 1986 |
| September 1986 | 127 | Poem | The Sincere Symbiote | Amazing Stories, September 1986 |
| October 1986 | 180 | Review | Harlot's Ruse | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1986 |
| October 1986 | 51|51.05 | Review | Harlot's Ruse | Science Fiction Chronicle, #85 October 1986 |
| October 1986 | Review | Spells of Mortal Weaving | Paperback Inferno, #62 | |
| October 1986 | 51|51.04 | Review | Spells of Mortal Weaving | Science Fiction Chronicle, #85 October 1986 |
| January 1987 | 40 | Review | New York By Knight | Science Fiction Chronicle, #88 January 1987 |
| May 1987 | 70 | Review | Harlot's Ruse | Amazing Stories, May 1987 |
| May 1987 | 41 | Review | The Witchwood Cradle | Fantasy Review, May 1987 |
| June 1987 | Review | The Witchwood Cradle | Paperback Inferno, #66 | |
| December 1987 | 102 | Essay | The Other Side: Now Revealed: Money-Making Secrets of the Shockmeisters | Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1987 |
| February 1988 | 15|15.5 | Review | Elf Defense | Locus, #325 February 1988 |
| February 1988 | Review | New York By Knight | Paperback Inferno, #70 | |
| March 1988 | 72 | Essay | Letter (Locus #326) | Locus, #326 March 1988 |
| May 1988 | 72 | Short Fiction | A New Chantey | Amazing Stories, May 1988 |
| May 1988 | 42|42.10 | Review | Elf Defense | Science Fiction Chronicle, #104 May 1988 |
| July 1988 | 21 | Review | Druid's Blood | Locus, #330 July 1988 |
| July 1988 | 157 | Poem | Spell for a Nuclear Witch | Amazing Stories, July 1988 |
| August 1988 | 66 | Essay | Letter (Locus #331) | Locus, #331 August 1988 |
| September 1988 | 47 | Review | Elf Defense | Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988 |
| September 1988 | 58 | Poem | Who Made the Stew on Betelgeuse II? | Aboriginal Science Fiction, September-October 1988 |
| November 1988 | 87 | Poem | Cat-Tech-Ism | Amazing Stories, November 1988 |
| November 1988 | 32 | Review | Druid's Blood | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1988 |
| November 1988 | 15 | Essay | Read This (NYRSF, November 1988) | The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1988 |
| December 1988 | 108 | Short Fiction | Wake-Up Call | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1988 |
| 1989 | 5 | Essay | Bulletin Symposium (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1989) | The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1989 |
| January 1989 | 178 | Review | Druid's Blood | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1989 |
| January 1989 | 44 | Essay | Flower of England, Fruit of Spain | Niekas Science Fiction and Fantasy, January 1989 |
| March 1989 | 145 | Short Fiction | Black Butterflies | Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Spring 1989 |
| April 1989 | 27 | Review | Demon Blues | Locus, #339 April 1989 |
| April 1989 | 25 | Review | Sphynxes Wild | Locus, #339 April 1989 |
| July 1989 | 58 | Poem | Food for Thought | Amazing Stories, July 1989 |
| September 1989 | 161 | Poem | Confessio | Amazing Stories, September 1989 |
| September 1989 | 53 | Review | Sphynxes Wild | 2 AM, Fall 1989 |
| October 1989 | 147 | Short Fiction | Do I Dare to Ask Your Name? | Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 5: Fall 1989 |
| October 1989 | 28|28.2 | Review | Druid's Blood | Fear, October 1989 |
| November 1989 | 65 | Review | Elf Defense | Interzone, November-December 1989 |
| November 1989 | 38 | Short Fiction | The Doo-Wop Never Dies: A Christmas Fable | Aboriginal Science Fiction, November-December 1989 |
| November 1989 | 26 | Poem | The Hobbyist | Amazing Stories, November 1989 |
| December 1989 | 67 | Short Fiction | Poe White Trash | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1989 |
| December 1989 | 184 | Review | Sphynxes Wild | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1989 |
| January 1990 | 102 | Short Fiction | Sweet, Savage Sorcerer | Amazing Stories, January 1990 |
| April 1990 | 7 | Review | Druid's Blood | Paperback Inferno, #83 |
| April 1990 | 13 | Review | The Water King's Laughter | Paperback Inferno, #83 |
| April 1990 | 20 | Short Fiction | Up the Wall | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1990 |
| May 1990 | 62|62.04 | Review | Druid's Blood | Interzone, May 1990 |
| May 1990 | 106 | Short Fiction | Saint Willibald's Dragon | Amazing Stories, May 1990 |
| May 1990 | 86 | Short Fiction | The Curse of Psamlahkithotep | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1990 |
| June 1990 | 37|37.95 | Review | Hooray for Hellywood | Science Fiction Chronicle, #129 June 1990 |
| July 1990 | 54 | Short Fiction | A Matter of Taste | Aboriginal Science Fiction, July-August 1990 |
| July 1990 | 71 | Short Fiction | Whammy | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1990 |
| July 1990 | 68 | Essay | Who Was That Alien I Saw You with Last Night? | Amazing Stories, July 1990 |
| August 1990 | 13 | Review | Here Be Demons | Paperback Inferno, #85 |
| September 1990 | 129 | Short Fiction | Blunderbore | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1990 |
| 1991 | 16 | Review | Ecce Hominid | Weird Tales, Summer 1991 |
| February 1991 | 31 | Review | Gnome Man's Land | Locus, #361 February 1991 |
| March 1991 | 64 | Review | Ecce Hominid | Locus, #362 March 1991 |
| March 1991 | 103 | Short Fiction | The Shoemaker and the Elves | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1991 |
| March 1991 | 177 | Short Fiction | The Whiskaway Children and the Big Bang | Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue Ten: Winter 1991 |
| June 1991 | 14 | Review | Demon Blues | Paperback Inferno, #90 |
| July 1991 | 91 | Short Fiction | Claim-Jumpin' Woman, You Got a Stake in My Heart | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1991 |
| September 1991 | 35 | Review | Harpy High | Locus, #368 September 1991 |
| October 1991 | 15 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, October 25, 1991) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, October 25, 1991 |
| November 1991 | 9 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, November 29, 1991) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, November 29, 1991 |
| December 1991 | 15 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, December 31, 1991) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, December 31, 1991 |
| January 1992 | 55 | Short Fiction | Such a Deal | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1992 |
| July 1992 | 54 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, July 1992) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, July 1992 |
| September 1992 | 67 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, September-October 1992) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, September-October 1992 |
| September 1992 | 33 | Review | Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | Locus, #380 September 1992 |
| November 1992 | 152 | Short Fiction | All Vows | Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1992 |
| November 1992 | 100 | Review | Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | Dragon Magazine, November 1992 |
| December 1992 | 60 | Review | Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | Aboriginal Science Fiction, Spring 1993 |
| 1993 | 45 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #15) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #15 |
| January 1993 | 60 | Short Fiction | Sugar Daddy | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1993 |
| January 1993 | 68 | Short Fiction | Three Queens | Asimov's Science Fiction, January 1993 |
| January 1993 | 66|66.1 | Review | Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | Interzone, January 1993 |
| March 1993 | 165 | Review | Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1993 |
| May 1993 | 90 | Short Fiction | Lowlifes | Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 122 | Short Fiction | One Quiet Day in the Suburbs | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 58 | Review | Split Heirs | Locus, #388 May 1993 |
| May 1993 | 59 | Review | Split Heirs | Locus, #388 May 1993 |
| June 1993 | 34 | Review | Split Heirs | Science Fiction Chronicle, #163 June 1993 |
| September 1993 | 72 | Review | Wishing Season | Locus, #392 September 1993 |
| October 1993 | 48 | Short Fiction | "White!" Said Fred | Asimov's Science Fiction, October 1993 |
| 1994 | 43 | Essay | Ask Auntie Esther (Pulphouse, Issue 17) | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, Issue 17 |
| January 1994 | 33|33.3 | Review | Wishing Season | Science Fiction Chronicle, #169 January 1994 |
| March 1994 | 72 | Short Fiction | Two Lovers, Two Gods, and a Fable | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1994 |
| April 1994 | 169 | Review | Majyk by Accident | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1994 |
| June 1994 | 47 | Review | Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | Vector 179 |
| July 1994 | 37 | Review | Alien Pregnant By Elvis | Locus, #402 July 1994 |
| July 1994 | 7 | Short Fiction | Jesus at the Bat | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1994 |
| August 1994 | 38|38.06 | Review | Alien Pregnant By Elvis | Science Fiction Chronicle, #175 August 1994 |
| October 1994 | 84 | Short Fiction | A Beltaine and Suspenders | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1994 |
| October 1994 | 166 | Review | Alien Pregnant by Elvis | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1994 |
| December 1994 | 90 | Short Fiction | Death and the Librarian | Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1994 |
| 1995 | 22 | Short Fiction | Down by the Old Mainstream | Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine, #19 |
| January 1995 | 35 | Review | The Sherwood Game | Locus, #408 January 1995 |
| July 1995 | 82 | Essay | One of the Good Guys | Science Fiction Age, July 1995 |
| July 1995 | 32 | Review | The Sherwood Game | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1995 |
| August 1995 | 121 | Short Fiction | A Birthday | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1995 |
| September 1995 | 27 | Review | The Psalms of Herod | Locus, #416 September 1995 |
| October 1995 | 35 | Review | Chicks in Chainmail | Locus, #417 October 1995 |
| November 1995 | 36 | Essay | There's nothing funny about mixing humor and SF | Science Fiction Age, November 1995 |
| December 1995 | 60|60.03 | Review | The Psalms of Herod | Science Fiction Chronicle, #187 December 1995-January 1996 |
| 1996 | 14 | Short Fiction | And Thereby Hangs | Pirate Writings, #9 1996 |
| 1996 | Review | Chicks in Chainmail | Absolute Magnitude, Fall 1996 | |
| March 1996 | 19 | Review | The Psalms of Herod | The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1996 |
| May 1996 | 61 | Review | Chicks in Chainmail | Science Fiction Chronicle, #189 May/June 1996 |
| July 1996 | 53 | Review | Alien Pregnant By Elvis | Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1996 |
| October 1996 | 41 | Interview | An Interview with Esther Friesner | Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy, Autumn 1996 |
| October 1996 | 66 | Review | Child of the Eagle: A Myth of Rome | Aboriginal Science Fiction, Fall 1996 |
| April 1997 | 109 | Short Fiction | King of the Cyber Trifles | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1997 |
| May 1997 | 72 | Short Fiction | Miss Thing | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1997 |
| May 1997 | 52 | Short Fiction | Prey | Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1997 |
| June 1997 | 145 | Review | The Sword of Mary | Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1997 |
| June 1997 | 42|42.03 | Review | The Sword of Mary | Science Fiction Chronicle, #192 June 1997 |
| September 1997 | 5 | Short Fiction | True Believer | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1997 |
| February 1998 | 44 | Short Fiction | In the Realm of Dragons | Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1998 |
| May 1998 | 46 | Review | Did You Say Chicks? | Science Fiction Chronicle, #197 May-June 1998 |
| July 1998 | 74 | Essay | But What I Really Want to Do Is Direct | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1998 |
| July 1998 | 6|6.2 | Short Fiction | Ivy | Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy, Summer 1998 |
| July 1998 | 44|44.02 | Review | To Storm Heaven | Science Fiction Chronicle, #198 July-August 1998 |
| August 1998 | 16 | Short Fiction | Chestnut Street | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1998 |
| August 1998 | 50 | Short Fiction | Totally Camelot | Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1998 |
| 1999 | 21 | Short Fiction | Love, Crystal and Stone | Albedo One, #19 |
| January 1999 | 4 | Short Fiction | How to Make Unicorn Pie | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1999 |
| March 1999 | 70 | Short Fiction | Chanoyu | Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1999 |
| July 1999 | 135 | Short Fiction | Sea-Section | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1999 |
| January 2000 | 4 | Short Fiction | Hallowmass | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2000 |
| February 2000 | 54 | Short Fiction | The Shunned Trailer | Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2000 |
| December 2000 | 135 | Short Fiction | The Godsman and the Goblin | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2000 |
| March 2001 | 132 | Short Fiction | Warts and All | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2001 |
| January 2002 | 68 | Short Fiction | Men in the Rain | Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2002 |
| April 2002 | 4 | Short Fiction | Just Another Cowboy | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2002 |
| September 2002 | 94 | Short Fiction | Why I Want to Come to Brewer College | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2002 |
| September 2003 | 48 | Short Fiction | I Killed Them in Vegas | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2003 |
| June 2004 | 60 | Review | Johnny Beansprout | Locus, #521 June 2004 |
| July 2004 | 119 | Short Fiction | Johnny Beansprout | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2004 |
| January 2005 | 135 | Short Fiction | Last Man Standing | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2005 |
| March 2005 | 144 | Short Fiction | The Beau and the Beast | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2005 |
| March 2005 | 12 | Short Fiction | The Fraud | Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2005 |
| October 2005 | 59 | Short Fiction | Helen Remembers the Stork Club | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2005 |
| 2007 | 34 | Essay | On "Helen Remembers the Stork Club" | The SFWA Bulletin, Spring 2007 |
| August 2007 | 6 | Short Fiction | At These Prices | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2007 |
| July 2008 | Interview | InterGalactic Interview with Esther Friesner | Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, #9, July 2008 | |
| July 2009 | 35 | Poem | For Sale: One Moonbase, Never Used | Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2009 |
| April 2011 | 134 | Short Fiction | The One That Got Away | Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2011 |
| September 2011 | 5 | Short Fiction | Rutger and Baby Do Jotenheim | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October 2011 |
| April 2016 | 140 | Short Fiction | Woman in the Reeds | Asimov's Science Fiction, April-May 2016 |
| November 2016 | 7 | Short Fiction | The Cat Bell | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November-December 2016 |
| August 2021 | 40 | Short Fiction | Tesla on the Grass Alas | ParSec, Autumn 2021 |
27 English-language books
- Battlestation 1
- Blood of Ten Chiefs 1
- Chicks ... 7
- Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms 4
- Cthulhu Mythos short fiction 1
- Demons (Esther Friesner) 3
- Gallery (Science Fiction Age) 1
- Gnome 3
- Helen of Troy 2
- Himiko 2
- Ithkar 1
- Maeve 2
- Majyk 3
- Men in Black 1
- Nefertiti 2
- New York 3
- Psalms of Herod 2
- Riverworld 1
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered 1
- Star Wars tales 1
- Supernatural Suburbia 3
- Winnie-the-Pooh / Cthulhu Mythos 1
- Witch World Universe 1
- Xena: Warrior Princess 1
- Zoli of the Brazen Shield 2