A sorceress unravels a spell and gets a result she never expected; a young girl wins a contest and gets to speak with a god; a secret vampire fears she'll be blamed for the depredations of another of her kind; a minstrel travels with a witch who has a pair of very unusual cart horses - these are what the reader will find in this anthology of fantasy short stories. Although each story is different, they have one thing in common - they all feature female protagonists. This anthology includes "The Sow's Ear", which was originally published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress anthology series.