Title: Audition Tape
Author: fengirl88
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 750
Rating: G
Characters: Oliver Welles, Anna Conroy, mentions of others
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: pre-canon, set in 1981/2; there is a longer fic in the works about the production mentioned here. thanks to theicescholar for Canada-picking and to him, kalypso, owl_by_night and the dsc6d bigbang Discord for encouragement with this 'verse.

Summary: An aspiring director sends Oliver a videotape of his work, with unintended consequences.

( Audition Tape )

Title: Neighbours
Fandom: Slings & Arrows, Twitch City
Length: 1300
Rating: PG
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant, Hope Surdjic, Lucky
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: for theicescholar, who introduced me to Twitch City; this is in the same 'verse as Lodging and Boxes, and takes place between those two fics.
Summary: Geoffrey meets the neighbours.

( Neighbours )

Title: Boxes
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 400
Content notes: choose not to warn
Rating: G
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant, mentions of others
Author note: pre-series, possibly part of something longer; thanks to theicescholar for suggestions about containers ♥
Summary: Geoffrey sits and stares at the boxes on the floor of his childhood bedroom. Maybe there are words for this, but right now he can't think what they are.


( Boxes )

Title: The Belkovsky Exercise
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 250
Rating: PG
Content notes: choose not to warn
Characters: Darren Nichols, mentions of others
Author note: reflections on that scene in s2 ep6; also a fill for the Naked square on my bingo card
Summary: Darren is used to suppressing bodily hunger, of one sort or another.

( The Belkovsky Exercise )

Title: Masterclass
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 400
Rating: G
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant; a Famous Director
Content notes: choose not to warn
Author note: part of the Remembrances of days foregone 'verse, this is another bit of Geoffrey's backstory; fill for the Kids square on my bingo card.
Summary: Geoffrey watches a theatrical legend at work.

( Masterclass )

Title: the baseless fabric of this vision
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 150
Rating: G
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant
Content notes: choose not to warn
Author notes: also a fill for the Transformation square on my bingo card.
Summary: Prospero's cave is a run-down warehouse.

( the baseless fabric of this vision )

Title: Darren's Folly
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 700
Rating: R
Pairing: Darren/Geoffrey
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: for lilliburlero, this is part of my Remembrances of days foregone series. Spoilers for the previous fic in the series, Geoffrey's Folly. Also a fill for the Fall square on my bingo card.
Summary: Darren reflects on the events of last fall.

( Darren's Folly )

Title: Amateur Dramatics
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Rating: G
Content notes: no warnings apply
Characters: young Geoffrey Tennant, OCs
Length: 500
Author note: this is a late birthday present for theicescholar, who wanted to know more about Geoffrey's great-aunt Edie.
Summary: Miss Edith Tennant writes a letter from the bar of the Albion Hotel.

( Amateur Dramatics )

Title: On The Knocking At The Gate In Macbeth
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Pairing: past Darren Nichols/Geoffrey Tennant
Length: 300
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: another part of the backstory 'verse, beginning with A Looker On
Summary: Darren maintains that the Porter scene is a waste of space

( Knock, knock )

Title: An Inexact Science
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 300
Characters: Darren Nichols, Geoffrey Tennant
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: a little S&A nonsense for ride_4ever
Summary: Geoffrey finds Darren Nichols predictable.

( An Inexact Science )

Title: Like A Sinking Ship
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 600
Content notes: no warnings apply
Pairings: Darren Nichols/OMC, past Darren Nichols/Geoffrey Tennant
Rating: PG
Author note: more backstory 'verse, following A Looker On and To beguile the time
Summary: “This song is figuratively incoherent,” Darren said, eyeing his radiocassette player accusingly.


( Like A Sinking Ship )

Title: Two Duels
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters: Darren Nichols, Geoffrey Tennant
Length: 100
Rating: G
Content notes: no warnings apply
Summary: "For a proper duel, it ought to be pistols at dawn," Darren said. 

( Two Duels )

Title: The Rivals
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant, Darren Nichols
Length: 200
Content notes: no warnings apply
Rating: PG
Summary: Everyone loves a feud, right?

( The Rivals )

Title: Untranslated Matter
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 100
Rating: PG
Content notes: no warnings apply
Characters: Darren Nichols, Geoffrey Tennant
Author note: based on a brief exchange from s2ep03
Summary: Geoffrey’s irritation is always gratifying; that’s half the point for Darren of expressing himself in German. But only half.

( Untranslated Matter )

Title: To beguile the time
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 900
Rating: PG
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: Same 'verse as A Looker On; title from Macbeth, Act I Scene vii.
Summary: Cast parties are hell for a student director.

( To beguile the time )

Title: A Looker On
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Characters: Darren Nichols, Geoffrey Tennant
Length: 800
Content notes: no warnings apply
Rating: PG-13
Author note: for mekare, with thanks for encouraging me to write it. Title from Measure for Measure, Act V.
Summary: That’s the thing about actors, though, isn’t it? They always want an audience.

( A Looker On )

Title: And go to't with delight
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 300
Characters: Richard Smith-Jones, mentions of others
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: title from Antony and Cleopatra, quoted in 25 Shakespeare quotations for fundraisers, a blogpost entry I feel Richard would approve of
Summary: If Geoffrey Tennant gives you a gift horse, you’d better look it in the mouth and everywhere else.

( And go to't with delight )

Title: What's to come is still unsure
Fandom: Slings & Arrows/Present Laughter crossover
Length: 1000
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant (Slings & Arrows), Morris Dixon (Present Laughter), mentions of others
Rating: PG
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: This is my entry for the intoabar challenge, set some years pre-canon for Slings & Arrows and some decades post-canon for Present Laughter. Title from Feste's song in Twelfth Night
Summary: Even the best actors may end up working behind a bar at some point in their early careers; Geoffrey Tennant is no exception.

( What's to come is still unsure )

Title: Places I'd Better Not Name
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Rating: PG-13
Length: 300
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: title from "Rosy and Grey"
Summary: "Oh look, someone made an album just for you."

( Places I'd Better Not Name )

Title: Every Height Has A Drop
Fandom: Slings & Arrows
Length: 100
Characters: Geoffrey Tennant; mentions of others; an unnamed actor
Rating: G
Content notes: no warnings apply
Author note: title from Stephen Sondheim, Follies
Summary: It’s hard to watch, this onstage breakdown.

( Every Height Has A Drop )