I write for the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ONLY, with occasional forays into Angel: the Series (which I consider to be basically the same thing).

The works I’ve archived here fall into two categories: the Backstage Series — stories carefully linked to canon and to each other, to form an internally consistent rendering of the Buffy/Angel universe — and the Independent Stories, unlinked either to the Backstage stories or to each other. The Drabbles don’t really fit in either category; I just did them as a passing thought anyhow.

Anyone wanting to follow stories in progress, with attendant commentary, can check me at www.livejournal.com/~aadler_.

ATTENTION:

Lately the FFN posting interface has gotten more finicky than I can handle. I could work around small things (for instance, the automatic deletion of asterisks and hard spaces), but now it’s substituting its return policy for mine, and the result looks — not to put it gently— like crap. I’ll keep checking back to see if things have become more workable, but as long as it keeps refusing me choice, I won’t post any new stories or update any old ones.

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1. Backstage 14: Tip of My Tongue » reviews

Is the proper term “absent father” … or “missing in action”?

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: T - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 10,381 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-3-08 - Published: 12-8-03

2. Backstage 13: Notes on an Opera Program » reviews

Sometimes you can't see the trees for the forest.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,701 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-2-08 - Published: 12-8-03

3. Backstage 12: Than Meets the Eye » reviews

An unexpected farewell. An unplanned beginning. Life and death on the mean streets of Sunnydale.

Complete - Buffy X-overs - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 14,974 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-2-08 - Published: 12-8-03

4. Backstage 11: Whisper of a Moment » reviews

Kerouac never said anything about this ...

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: M - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 38,005 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 6-1-08 - Published: 12-8-03

5. Backstage 10: None So Blind » reviews

Everyone has secrets ... but sometimes even those keeping them don't know what they are. Previously titled On Deeper Reflection

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: M - English - Supernatural/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 14,153 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 6-1-08 - Published: 2-24-02

6. Backstage 09: Hell Hath No Fury » reviews

If the road to perdition is paved with good intentions, then what about the road out?

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 13,352 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 6-1-08 - Published: 12-9-01

7. Backstage 08: In Ev’ry Angle Greet » reviews

Someone has woven a tangled web indeed, and now the threads are unraveling. [Winner of Winter 2002 Halo Award for Best Action]

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 25,203 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 5-31-08 - Published: 12-9-01

8. Backstage 07: Solitaire Till Dawn » reviews

What do you do when you’re trapped in a nightmare beyond your imagining?

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 10,883 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 5-31-08 - Published: 12-9-01

9. Backstage 06: Morning’s Echo » reviews

And now we know the rest of the story ...

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,856 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 5-31-08 - Published: 12-9-01

10. Backstage 05: Twilight’s Last Gleaming » reviews

Almost twenty years before the Slayer’s arrival, two Sunnydale residents must fight their own battle against the darkness.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 4 - Words: 20,570 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-29-08 - Published: 12-9-01

11. Backstage 04: Shadow and Substance » reviews

In beautiful Sunnydale, death isn't always the end. Sometimes, it just starts a whole new program.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Adventure - Chapters: 6 - Words: 18,692 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-28-08 - Published: 12-9-01

12. Backstage 01: Point of Focus » reviews

A time outside time. A different champion. A world gone wrong. A single hope ...

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Adventure - Chapters: 6 - Words: 13,039 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 5-28-08 - Published: 12-9-01

13. Backstage 03: All Ye Who Enter » reviews

We can’t always know where our passions will take us ...

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Horror - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,846 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 5-28-08 - Published: 12-9-01

14. Backstage 02: Come to My Window » reviews

Some relationships are unconventional ... and some go a step beyond.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,895 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 5-28-08 - Published: 12-16-01

15. Backstage 20: Dusk Over Pompeii reviews

Some battles can’t be won. Some can’t even be fought.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,434 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-11-05 - Published: 12-11-05

16. Independent 04: Seeking the Woman

When fate grants a new life, it opens the possibility of a new death .

Complete - Buffy X-overs - Fiction Rated: K - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,282 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 12-8-03

17. Independent 03: Perish the Thought reviews

The bitter end can be bitter indeed.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - Adventure/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,161 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 12-8-03

18. Independent 02: Critical Review reviews

What if your life made a mark on the world, and the world STILL didn't notice?

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,315 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 8-15-02

19. Independent 01: Voices in the Dark » reviews

Multipleviewpoint introspection, with a surprise or two.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 7,485 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 12-9-01

20. Backstage 19: Phase Shift reviews

One dies, the next is called. Sound familiar?

Complete - Angel - Fiction Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,472 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 10-3-05

21. Backstage 18: the Still, Small Voice »

There's a lot to be learned from the sins of the father.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Spiritual - Chapters: 5 - Words: 17,658 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 9-10-05

22. Drabble 03: Soulless reviews

A drabble: Spike. 911.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 172 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 5-17-05

23. Drabble 02: Adversary reviews

A drabble: Faith. The First.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 112 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 1-29-05

24. Drabble 01: Memory reviews

A drabble: Wesley. Chocolate.

Complete - Angel - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 1-29-05

25. Backstage 17: Ex Post Facto

Hindsight is supposed to be 2020. Doesn't always work that way.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,040 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 4-25-04

26. Backstage 16: the Human Touch » reviews

You really CAN'T judge a book by its cover.

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 11,101 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 12-27-03

27. Backstage 15: Each Proud Division » reviews

Quadruple your fun, and then try to sort it out …

Complete - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 21,778 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-9-05 - Published: 12-8-03