Greenspell

In this collection of fantasy short stories all featuring female protagonists, you'll find diverse, imaginative tales, including:

A sorceress unravels a spell and gets a result she could never have expected...

A young girl wins a contest--her prize: to speak with a god...

A vampire in hiding fears she'll be blamed for the reckless depredations of another of her kind...

A minstrel travels with a witch who has a pair of very unusual cart horses...

As a bonus, this anthology includes The Sow's Ear, originally published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's acclaimed Sword and Sorceress series.