The Beatles Fan Fiction Directory Newsletter

January 2006Now with 279 Stories!
Directory News

Happy New Year and Welcome to the January BFFD Newsletter!

Not much to report this month, except at the BFFD Community forum, we have been discussing Fabble (the Beatles fan fiction version of the Drabble - a 100 word piece of composition) challenges/competition, and I thought we could trial it this month. The Fabble challenge will be centered around this months BFFD top page picture, so head to the forum for more info and to join in!

Also, this month sees the return of the Story Of The Month feature, so make sure you check that out, and get your SOTM nominations in now!

-----------------------------------------------

New Stories and Updates

New stories added this month. As usual the links can be found on the 'New Stories' Page at the Directory.

Our Love May Soon Be Gone by Penny McLane
This story is about a girl named Michelle who starts to work as Pauls housekeeper. A year after her start he makes a move. How can she handle that? And then he hurts her.
What will happen?
Genre: Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is in progress.

Kaleidoscope Eyes by Dace
Levi is a Beatles fan in 2046, a time where her favorite band is just about forgotten. When her father invents a time machine, she goes back to the 1960s, maybe for good.
Genre:Fantasy or Sci-Fi
Starring: All Four Beatles
This story is complete.

It Takes Time by Schmoo
When Jess is catapulted back 40 odd years, she is desperate to meet one man and one man only, will their paths cross or will something or someone get in their way...
Genre: Romance
Starring: All Four Beatles
Warnings: Sexual content
This story is in progress.

The Purple 1965 Mustang (Or Isn't Fate Horrible?) by Fab and Ate
Genre: Comedy
Starring: George
This story is complete.

The Gift by Sharon Richards
From Rooftop Sessions. When Laura got that postcard from the Dakota, she never imagined the possibilities...
Genre:Romance
Starring: John
This story is complete.

The Rooftop Session by James Ryan
From Rooftop Sessions. This was one concert no one wanted to miss, no matter when they came from…
Genre: Sci-Fi
Starring: All Four Beatles
This story is complete.

Stand By Me by Beatleluver79
Genre:Romance
Starring: ?
Warnings: Sexual content
This story is in progress

Sound Of Silence by Tara Nichol Corkery
December 8th, 1980: James Paul McCartney, ex-Beatle awakes to the familiar sound of former bandmate, John Lennon's, voice. He looks wildly around, finding himself in a strange bedroom, most likely far from his home where he had fallen asleep 10 hours earlier. Unaware of the date and time, Paul begins to get dressed and ready for any old day when the image in the mirror catches his eye. He had gone to bed a 58 year old man, and had awaken 20 years before. Threre, on the nightstand, was the answer to his questions.
Genre:Adventure
Starring: Paul
Warnings: MDC themes
This story is complete

Love Hate And Mousies by Fab and Ate
Paul and George fight over a girl to the point where it gets physical!
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Paul and George
This story is complete(?)

Angel Feathers by Ashley Calvert
Short musing on John
Genre:Actuality
Starring: John
This story is complete

Dear Friend, The Love Of My Life by Lissa Michelle Supler
Lynne Lewis is a young American writer-actress-model bound for England's Oxford College. She is a Beatles fan and somehow knows that she will meet the man she has wanted to the most—Paul McCartney. She wants to "establish deep mutual trust and confidence" between them in the best David Copperfield-Agnes Wickfield tradition. But that close friendship was from the start a little different; something was in it that made it more than a friendship, more than friends' love and gives both Lynne and Paul something they were looking for but weren't expecting…
Genre: Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is in progress

Goldigger by Juliano Da Silveira
Her name was Yolanda, Yolanda Fairchild. I remember she told me her birthday was on 7/12. She was born in 1968 and I told her it was a nice year to be born, it was the year of the White Album.
And she laughed...
She told me that her father knew it better than she did, after all he was inside the studio of Abbey Road in those days. I asked if her father worked at Abbey Road, and she told me: "my father was playing in that album, my friend." I asked in which track. She laughed softly, and told me that if I knew about her story, I would never believe. But she told me. Her story pleased my ears - she never met her "real" father. He was one affair of her mother, Ophelia, and he never knew that she existed. She didn't care about that fact - and called "father" the man that Ophelia married after her birth. All she knew was that her father was called...James Paul.
Genre: Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is in progress

In Our Own Write by The Bagists of Bagism
Each person who contributed to the story added as much or as little as they wanted, slowly building on what others wrote before them. Because it was a world-wide group project, no major theme dominates the story, but rather several minor themes come and go at will.
Genre: ?
Starring: John
This story is complete

May Your Song Always Be Sung by Anna Carolina Fagundes
Eleanor torn the newspaper apart. All of a sudden the waves were crashing down over her head. After a quick stop into the troubles, they were coming after her again. But there wasn't no more James or Winston Harrison to back her up. To lean on to. She held her hands together and started to pray.
Genre:Supernatural
Starring: All Four Beatles

Pink Rabbit Blues by Agent Newbeau
Genre:?
Starring:Paul

Revenge by Naomi Miller
This tale concerns Paul, a car, 5 AM Wednesday morning, and a certian rumor... can you guess yet?
Genre:Alternate History
Starring: Paul
This story is complete

All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle by Lindsey Hagston
It's Christmas Eve and all Ringo wants to do is get home. But somewhere in between here and there is a little girl waiting for Santa Claus to bring her what she's asked for.
Genre:Comedy
Starring: Ringo
This story is complete

A Man, Imagined by Anna Carolina Fagundes
From Rooftop Sessions.Jonathan Brown, a talented young musician, is linked through a tabloid invention to George Harrison. Jonathan knows there is no way such a foolish story could be true - but the Beatle himself is not exactly sure about it...
Genre:Angst or Melodrama
Starring: George
This story is complete

This Must Be Home by Anna Carolina Fagundes
From Rooftop Sessions. In the sequel to "A Man, Imagined," two years have passed since George Harrison met Jonathan Brown and his family, but the relationship between them is still a bit distant and cold. What can happen to their friendship when George falls ill - and looks for help?
Genre:Angst or Melodrama
Starring: George
This story is complete

How To Follow Your Heart And Still Loose A Beatle by Echo Tara DellaFranzia
From Rooftop Sessions. Erin finds herself torn between Paul and a charming jazz musician.
Genre:Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is complete

A Scottish Romance by Jessica Haigood
One day a young handsome man comes into the shop where Kathleen works. From that moment on Kathleen can't seem to get him out of her mind. What she doesn't know is he isn't who he seems to be. How will Kathleen find out his secret and what will she do when she does? You'll have to read on to find out.
Genre:Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is in progress

Misty Rain by Jessica Haigood
A down and out girl living in London finds salvation in the form of a stranger and a grey and white sheepdog named Martha.
Genre:Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is complete

I'm Down by Sofia
From the host webmistress: "It is kind of a rule that a host/hostess of fan fiction, poetry, etc, becomes the editor of the fan fiction. The value of this fan fiction kind of touched me in a way that the little mistakes and the way it it put together were left almost completely unedited. I want to thank Sofia for reminding me of how I used to write fan fictions with my best friend, Alayne."
Genre:?
Starring: ?
This story is complete

I'm Down by Sofia
From the host webmistress: "It is kind of a rule that a host/hostess of fan fiction, poetry, etc, becomes the editor of the fan fiction. The value of this fan fiction kind of touched me in a way that the little mistakes and the way it it put together were left almost completely unedited. I want to thank Sofia for reminding me of how I used to write fan fictions with my best friend, Alayne."
Genre:?
Starring: ?
This story is complete

Sweet Emotion by Chezzle
First person account of a best friends scenario that takes a turn to romance one lazy summer.
Genre:Romance
Starring: John and Paul
This story is in progress

Unrighteous by Chezzle
Miss Macnamara was the music teacher and I was the student. Guess I'm lucky I need glasses, 'cause that line got really fuzzy
Genre:Romance
Starring: John
This story is complete

India, George Harrison And Western Pop Culture by Mae
This is a report I wrote for school freshman year.  We had to do something involving Greece, Japan, Israel, or India.  Well, I knew what I would write about!  Not only did I get an "A" on my presentation, but I played a recording of "Within You Without You" for my class (not everyone appreciated it, though).  My English teacher was like, "Wow!  This brings back memories!" (she was a first generation Beatles fan).
Genre:Essays
Starring: George
This story is complete

Angel, May I Hold You Tight by Penny McLane
Marilyn meets the beatles on night at a club. She helps them escape some fans, and they wanna thank her in some way. On night when Marilyn & Paul are alone at the hotel, things starts to happen. They can't deny it any longer. But Paul will always be Paul.
Genre:Romance
Starring: Paul
This story is in progress

Change My World by Sarah Henley
Paul is killed in a car accident, and a young policeman named William Campbell must take his place.
Genre:Alternate History, Supernatural
Starring: Paul
This story is complete

Nothing Is Real by Sarah Henley
A handwriting expert must evaluate a highly unusual autograph.
Genre: Supernatural
Starring: John
This story is complete

War Is Over If You Want It by Sarah Henley
John contemplates his relationship with Paul in December of 1972.
Genre: Angst
Starring: John
This story is complete

Story of the Month
This month's featured story is a personal favourite of mine, Change My World by Sarah Henley. As usual the main article can be read here, and features an interview with the author.

Change My World is a supernatural, science fiction, alternate universe story, starring Paul (or Will, if you like!) and answers the question, what if Paul McCartney really had died and been replaced? Dealing with the 'Paul Is Dead' hoax, and making it disturbingly realistic, Change My World begins at the end, and then travels back to tell the story of how Will Campbell came to replace Beatle Paul after his sad and secret death - not that the other Beatles are entirely happy with this, least of all the real Paul McCartney!

Here's a quick taster:

The pearl jewelry set proved to be the perfect gift, for Jane squealed with delight when she saw it and insisted Will put them on her at that moment. As they danced later, to the hotel's club singer doing an old Frank Sinatra tune, she put her lips near his ear and whispered, "Everything has been amazing, Paul."

"I'm glad ye liked it," he replied, feeling dreadful.

"And now that you're not touring anymore, I hope we can spent a lot more time together in the future." She gave a deep sigh. "Think of all the things we can do this summer."

"Yeah, I know," Will said. After a brief hesitation, he added, "I've been lookin' forward to it."

He felt her smile, and she kissed his cheek. "I love you, Paul."

Oh Christ. I can't say it. Don't make me lie to her.

"I love you too, Jane."

I'm Waiting In The Queue...


Radio Station

Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!