The Unofficial CI5 Fairystories

Zine
Title:	The Unofficial CI5 Fairystories
Publisher:	Edwina Harvey
Editor:
Author(s):	Sisters Grinn
Cover Artist(s):
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Date(s):	1992 as a circuit story (or earlier)
Medium:	print
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Fandom:	The Professionals
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The Unofficial CI5 Fairystories is a gen 12 or 17-page Australian booklet written by the Sisters Grinn.

By the mid-1990s, copies of this fanzine began circulating as part of the US Pros Circuit Library.

About

From and ad in Backtrack #9: "...presents four treasured children's classics (or they were before this version at any rate) as penned by The Sisters Grinn. Tongue in cheek storytelling this is unlikely to offend even the most sensitive of sensibilities."

Contents

• The Wizard of Oz
• Cinderella
• The Frog Princes
• Bodie in Wonderland

Fan Comments

This is a group of 4 stories parodying well-known and -loved children's stories. The author's wicked sense of humour is a pretty good match for my own, so I loved them.

THE WIZARD OF OZ has Doyle being blown away by a gust of wind and ending up in the Land of Oz where he encounters Bodie as the Tin Man, Jax as the Scarecrow, and Murphy as the Cowardly Lion. Cowley, of course, is the Wonderful Wizard.

CINDERELLA has Murphy as a meek-and-mild Cinders, Bodie and Doyle as the not-so-ugly Step-brothers, Cowley as the Step-father, and a Hairy Godfather with a magic wand who turns Cowley's bottle of whisky into a flashy motorbike so that Murphy can go to the Ball and fall in love with Princess Holly.

THE FROG PRINCBtS) has Bodie and Doyle, having been turned into frogs by a KGB drug, working a wonderful scam to get themselves kissed by beautiful Princesses.

BODIE IN WONDERLAND has Bodie as Alice encountering a White Rabbit suspiciously similar to Cowley, Murphy as a hippy Caterpillar, Doyle as the Cheshire Cat, various other CI5 agents as other characters, and Cowley (again) as the King 6f Hearts growling "Off with his head!" » a Well worth a read, for the giggle-value alone!