| "Leg Irons, the Bitch and the Wardrobe" | |
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| Author | Laura Frankos |
| First Appearance | Chicks 'n' Chained Males |
| Publisher | Baen |
| Collected | No |
| Illustrator | Larry Elmore |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, Comedy |
| Publication date | 1999 |
"Leg Irons, the Bitch and the Wardrobe" is a short fantasy story by Laura Frankos, published in Chicks 'n' Chained Males (Baen, 1999). It draws heavily from Frankos' knowledge of Broadway history, and the editorial note claims that it contains twenty theatrical allusions.
In the Kingdom of Leffing, theatre director Cammek (the POV) faces a seemingly impossible task: turning King Pennilvath's daughter Princess Louizza into a starring actress in time for the Combined Kingdoms' Dramatic Festival. Louizza's beautiful, strong bodyguard Tip-lea-pon proves to be the joker in the proverbial deck.
Although the title is an obvious pun on C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the story and its character treatments bear no resemblance to anything Lewis wrote.
The story is unusual (but not unique) among the Chicks series for having a man as the POV character.
See also[]
- "Myth Manners' Guide to Greek Missology", Harry Turtledove's contribution to Chicks 'n' Chained Males.
- "The Catcher in the Rhine," another Turtledove story for Chicks, atypically featuring a man ("Hagen Kriemheld") as the POV.
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