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Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks

Emily Pohl-Weary

First published 2004
Publisher Sumach Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Shary Boyle
Pages 358
Price C$26.95
ISBN 1894549333

  • US price $22.95.
  • Data from http://www.girlswhobiteback.com/contents.html and WorldCat and Archive.org copy.
  • 358 pages according to WorldCat, 360 according to Amazon, 312 according to http://www.girlswhobiteback.com/buy.html.
  • Not in Locus-1 for 2004 or 2005 as of 2009-07.
  • Month of publication from Amazon
  • "Cover image by Shary Boyle" on copyright page; acknowledgements on p. 11 thank "cover artist Shary Boyle".

Searching by ISBN: 1894549333

Page Title Author(s) Type
13 Introduction: The Mutant Generation: Shaping Stronger and Wiser Superheroines Emily Pohl-Weary Essay
25 Holy Butt-Kicking Babe, Batman!: The Comic-Book Origins of TV's Superheroines Nikki Stafford Essay
39 'Cuz the Black Chick Always Gets It First: Dynamics of Race in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Candra K. Gill Essay
56 Stinky Girl Hiromi Goto Short Story
77 How to Be Your Own Superhero: A Chronicle of Experimentation and Fascination Carly Stasko Essay
92 Her Eyes and Hair Repeat Paola Poletto Poem
96 Diary of a Broom Girl Mariko Tamaki Short Fiction
101 Everyday Superhero Rose Bianchini Short Fiction
119 Ready to Be Strong? Buffy, Angelina and Me Nancy Gobatto Essay
132 A Manifesto for the Bitten: The Cyborg, the Vampire, the Alien and Me Sophie Levy Essay
140 High Fashion and the Necromantic Arts Daniel Heath Justice Short Fiction
158 Faces of Gemini A. M. Dellamonica Short Story
179 Report on Five Case Studies of Females with Enhanced Characteristics: Molecular Basis and Treatment Strategies S. P. Bustos Essay
187 Madame Mouth's Little Get-Together: Female Video-Game Entities Talk Life, Love and Bloodshed Carma Livingstone Short Fiction
201 The Danger Room Girls Sherwin Tjia Short Fiction
209 Suffragettes, Vigilantes and Superheroes: One Girl's Guide to Chicks in Comics Elizabeth Walker Essay
227 Diamond Dame Emily Pohl-Weary Short Fiction
231 Act of Grace Judy MacDonald Short Fiction
236 Divine Secrets of the Yaga Sisterhood: The Journey from Supervirgin to Supermom to Supergoddess Sandra Kasturi Essay
254 The Smile on the Face Nalo Hopkinson Short Story
282 Myth Girls Kij Johnson Short Fiction
290 Red-Headed Orphans Rule: Why Girls of Shady Origin and Impure Breeding Kick Ass Catherine Stinson Essay
300 Raw Zoe Whittall Short Fiction
305 Cinematic Superbabes Are Breakin' My Heart: It's Hard to Go All the Way with the New Breed of Lady Killers When They Just Won't Let Go of That Man Lisa Rundle Essay
315 Bond, Jane Bond Halli Villegas Essay
327 When I Was a Girl, I Was a Boy: My Quest for a Female Action Hero Esther Vincent Essay
336 The Combing Larissa Lai Short Fiction