Paul McCartney, Backstage In 1976

Hello! Bit late to ask this but what are your fave spooky beatles fic?

It's never too late! Here are some spooky Beatles fics I enjoyed:

Turn Me On Dead Man by @aquarianshift. Paul is different. John is sure. (Go read this amazing story!) Go Where You're Going To by @louiselux. 1965. John and George take acid and hold a séance to speak to Julia. A story about ghosts and triangles and seeing vs. believing.

To Nobody by @eveepe. John's ghost visits Paul and Linda.

archangel by endcoda. 1967. Paul thinks he is possessed by the Devil.

How Do We Sleep At Night? by @dailyhowl. "Paul is swallowed by a painting, John abandons ship." Two nightmares.

love like ghosts by @backbenttulips. Yoko, John, and the ghost of Paul. A Rebecca AU.

vide noir by @backbenttulips. "Under the influence of a dangerous new drug, John disappears - and Paul is the only one willing to go through the looking glass to find him."

Ask the Glass by @unchaineddaisychain. On the uses of a Ouija board. From the prank séance aboard the Royal Iris to Paul's bedroom, this spooky and hot story has to be experienced to be believed. Just read it. It's John and Paul at their quintessential best (no spoilers...')

Mourning Moon by @with-eyes-closed. Another beautiful take on the Ouija board incident: "George spells Paul's mother's name as a joke on a ouija board, and John and Paul connect in the aftermath." Read this before or after "Ask the Glass" and be amazed by how two very different but equally great writers can take the same idea very different places.

that gum you like is going to come back in style by (@stargiirl27). Spooky times during the Get Back Sessions. Twin Peaks crossover with George at the center; J/P/G/R.

I hope you find something here you enjoy, anon!

Getting ready for the autumn: how to style a sweater with Paul!

Some favorite fics about the Beatles' first US visit.

Feeling in a fic rec mood today, do not be alarmed. It's Eyes of the Storm season, and I thought I'd share some favorites set during that time...!

Hear Them Say (@boshemians). George is sick before the Ed Sullivan show and observes himself and his bandmates through a feverish lens...

the best of times, the worst of times (@crumblingcookies). The Beatles are treated badly at the British Embassy in Washington; Paul and John steal a moment.

Plant a Seed (@eveepe). If I had to choose one smut [with feelings!] story to read for the rest of my life, it would be this one. Prompt fill: "John fucks Paul in his gay little sailor outfit from these Miami pics." Yes, but it's so much more.

Sorry Girls, He's Married (@midchelle). "The morning after the Ed Sullivan Show, John is in a strange mood. Cyn is asleep. Paul makes a bad choice."

How You Were Diverted (candle_beck). Not sure this classic needs an introduction. Another excellent George POV during the band's first visit to NYC. Paul is handling John, John is handling intruders. Not a fluffy story.

A Little Distance (@fishfingerpies). In Miami, John and Paul finally don't have to share a bed anymore.

Miles Away (candle_beck). I'm cheating a bit with this one, since this is a story made up out of vignettes about Insomnia — the Beatles through the years, awake and asleep — but it's bookended by the year 1964 — and I love this writer, so...

I did a little concert for somebody in Hollywood. Paul McCartney was there. I've never met him before, but I'm a fucking fan of The Beatles. I'm in the back smoking, and they're like, "Sir Paul would like to meet you." I'm like, "For real? Hold on," and I put that blunt out. Cuh walk in the room like, "Don't put that down."

Snoop Dogg on meeting Paul McCartney

I think about this interview frequently.

John: [about his haircut] I've had it on and off for five years. Paul: Yeah. You should've seen it off.

okay i'm high as fuck right now and have been rewinding Paul saying "What's the matter John, love, Blue Meanies?" at the end of Yellow Submarine over and over. also right after the way they make direct eye contact and paul instantly breaks after seeing johns face...

John 😭

That's my favorite...

fuck offfff. nvm. fuck on

Paul: I think we thought it was ok - I think, looking back on it, I think we were quite pleased with it. Erm… at the time, it was alright, you know, it wasn’t the great thing we’d ever done… I defend it on the lines that, nowhere else do you see a performance of I Am The Walrus, that’s the only performance ever… so things like that I think are enough to make it an interesting film

John: And now we’re going to play a track from Magical Mystery Tour, which is one of my favourite albums, because it was so weird, and it’s I Am The Walrus, it’s also one of my favourite tracks cause I did it of course, but also cause it’s one of those that has enough little bitties going to keep you interested, even a hundred years later

Paul McCartney and John Lennon discuss the I Am The Walrus performance in Magical Mystery Tour, filmed 23rd September 1967. The Beatles Anthology (1995)