As I explained in my recent blog post, Barney was originally supposed to be a four-chapter fic (intended chapters are indicated in the list below as O1 – O4) but it’s slowly turning into a whole universe of fics 😉 with its own spin-off series. (I know, how the F did that happen?)

As it is with most (?) good spin-offs, Wendell’s backstory (The Night I Met The Vampire) is a lot darker, more adult-themed, than the original Barney. None of the themes are anything that Ms Anne Rice herself wouldn’t (or didn’t) cover in her own stories, though. So if you’re fine with her work, you can handle my fics. 😉

You can read Barney without reading The Night I Met The Vampire, you won’t miss anything, if the latter is not to your taste. It also works the other way around.

You can read all chapters of Barney (once they’re completed and published) and then read all of The Night I Met The Vampire but you can also go by this suggested reading order which roughly puts them in chronological order.

Links will be updated as I finish the chapters. Some aren’t public yet.

Chapter descriptions might contain SPOILERS but I tried to keep it vague. It’s mainly so I remember what I meant to cover in each chapter. 😉

Since I’ve apparently became stupidly fond of Wendell, my brain child, he’ll return in First Times, another multi-chapter fic as well.

Overview & Chronological Order

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• Don’t Lose This One, Chapter 1 (15 June): It’s the day before Wendell’s bday at team practice
• Don’t Lose This One, Chapter 2 (16 June): It’s Wendell’s birthday, he celebrates with Josie & Remy

• Barney, Chapter 1: Lestat brings a little furry surprise back to the house on Rue Royale (O1)
• Barney, Chapter 2: Louis struggles with their new house mate
• Barney, Chapter 3: The trio’s first hunting trip
• Barney, Chapter 4: Louis meets Wendell

• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 1: Wendell turns 18 and meets a vampire
• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 2: Wendell & Remy
• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 3: Wendell spends some money

• Barney, Chapter 5: Louis receives advice from an unlikely source
• Barney, Chapter 6: Louis and Lestat share hunting stories
• Barney, Chapter 7: A decision is made
• Barney, Chapter 8: Barney has a little surprise for her house mates (O3)
• Barney, Chapter 9: Barney is the band’s mascot

• Barney, Interlude – Wendell

• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 4: Wendell meets the Vampire Lestat
• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 5: The arrangement

• September 23 – Almost (1): Rashid meets Richbert in New York City
• September 23 – Gone (2): Rashid receives a phone call and leaves for New Orleans
• September 23 – Close (3): Rashid arrives in New Orleans and starts his observation
• September 23 – Drawn (4): Rashid follows Wendell to the park
• September 23 – Still (5): Rashid views additional footage of the night of the attack
• September 23 – Unwritten (6): Rashid is back in London and he needs to make a decision

• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 6: The gift
• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 7: The concert

• Echoes in the Dark

• Barney, Chapter 10: Louis enjoys a hot summer’s night (O2)

• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 8: The job offer

• Le Vingt-Trois

• The Night I Met The Vampire, Chapter 9: Wendell meets his mystery man

• Unspoken

• The Night I Met The Vampire, Epilogue

• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (1): Rashid approaches Wendell at the Sazerac bar
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (2): Wendell spends his birthday at Josie’s
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (3): Big Mal has a surprise for Wendell
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (4): Wendell meets Daniel Molloy
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (5): Wendell and Rashid spend the night texting
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (6): Wendell gets ready for his date
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (7): Wendell & Rashid’s date at Rosalie’s
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (8): Wendell & Rashid go on a morning run
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (9): Proud Uncle Wendell
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (10): First romantic RashDell dates
• First Times – Sazerac & Beignets (11): Iconic first RashDell kiss

• First Times – Quinn (1): Wendell’s first time with a client
• First Times – Quinn (2): Wendell & Rashid spend their first night together
• First Times – Quinn (3): Rashid returns to New Orleans
• First Times – Quinn (4): Wendell has a surprise for Rashid
• First Times – Quinn (5): Wendell & Rashid make up
• First Times – Quinn (6): “I saw you at your worst and I still wanted to be with you”
• First Times – Quinn (7): Wendell receives a surprise and some unexpected news
• First Times – Quinn (8): Wendell’s childhood with his father
• First Times – Quinn (9): Wendell and Josie have a talk
• First Times – Quinn (10): Thanksgiving (Part 1)
• First Times – Quinn (11): Thanksgiving (Part 2)

• A Whiter Shade of Pale

• First Times – Sam (1) – Wendell receives a late night phonecall
• First Times – Sam (2) – Wendell & Rashid fight
• First Times – Sam (3) – Wendell regrets his behaviour
• First Times – Sam (4) – Wendell & Rashid talk
• First Times – Sam (5) – Wendell & Rashi reconnect
• First Times – Sam (6) – Wendell makes a vow

• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (1) – Wendell & Rashid spend the night at Josie’s
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (2) – The morning after Thanksgiving
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (3) – December: RashDell semi-anniversary
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (4) – NYE Party, dancing with Rafa
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (5) – Rashid reads a gay bedtime story
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (6) – January: Rashid returns to New Orleans
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (7) – Wendell & Rashid discuss working for Daniel Molloy
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (8) – Rashid reads Daniel Molloy’s books to Wendell
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (9) – Wendell is back at 1132 RR
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (10) – Wendell talks with Mari, starts working with Daniel, dreams about first time with Remy
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (11) – Wendell’s first time in London
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (12) – May: Josie is pregnant again, cancels wedding; Rashid is busy with a new case
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (13) – June: Rashid surprises Wendell for his birthday/their anniversary, they spend a week in Paris
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (14) – RashDell spend a last day in Paris, Moulin Arc-de-Ciel
• First Times – Madeleines & Healing (15) – Wendell’s memory returns, he starts seeing a therapist

• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (1) – Wendell confesses about Freddie
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (2) – RashDell visit Josie in Covington, Mirror Scene
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (3) – Mari tells Wendell about the attack
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (4) – Rashid’s photobook & love letter
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (5) – Wendell makes amends & breaks up with Rashid
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (6) – Wendell starts therapy (October)
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (7) – Wendell talks to Soso (finds notebook) (NOV) 14/09
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (8) – Wendell has a therapy session with Eli, comes back to meet Kai (NOV) 28/09
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (9) – Brady Wendell Turner is born; Josie offers Wendell talk or baby cuddles (DEC) 12/10
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (10) – Wendell visits Brandon’s Bridge (DEC) 26/10
• First Times – Ember Beads & Ashes (11) – Wendell spends NYE with Rashid in NYC (ONS) 02/11

• First Times – Phoenix (1) – Wendell in NYC (aftermath), talk with Sasha 16/11, adds daisy tattoo for Brady, Wendell visits 1132RR (Halloween), Wendell doesn’t need to know about Franklin
• First Times – Phoenix (2) – Conversation with baby Brady on front porch, phone call with Rashid 30/11
• First Times – Phoenix (3) – Rashid in NOLA, go for run/have coffee (APR) 14/12
• First Times – Phoenix (4) – Talk with Josie “follow your heart, do what’s best for you” (Baby Brady) 28/12
• First Times – Phoenix (5) – Hotel pool, Rashid’s b-day (MAY) 11/01
• First Times – Phoenix (6) – Reconciliation (JUNE) 25/01
• First Times – Phoenix (7) – Second Kai, the sub-custodian, scene; Phoenix tattoo; Wendell gets ready to fly to Europe (JUL) 08/02

• First Times – Isla (1)
• First Times – Isla (2)
• First Times – Isla (3)
• First Times – Isla (4)
• First Times – Isla (5)
• First Times – Isla (6)
• First Times – Isla (7)
• First Times – Isla (8)

• Planten en Bloemen – RashDell Amsterdam Years (incl. Josie’s breast cancer, moving Bruno to Amsterdam, Wendell works at Bij Ons)

• Pour La Deuxième Fois – Bared (1)
• Pour La Deuxième Fois – Bruised (2) – 2nd break-up
• Pour La Deuxième Fois – Blessed (3) – (2nd) proposal
• Pour La Deuxième Fois – Breathing – meets Frances Dubois
• Pour La Deuxième Fois – Becoming – Little Ishan

• Barney, Chapter 11: Louis and Barney go missing (O4)
• Barney, Epilogue