Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We've reached the conclusion of this harrowing tale. Part 4 of 4. Will our heroes finally see the beast that has haunted them? Will our French Canadian guide be returned unharmed? Will Ken's accent work become magically less terrible? The answer to all these and other thrilling questions can…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! What is the collective noun for Wendigo? Pack? Herd? A Disturbance, perhaps? Welcome to part three of Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo". If you like the last couple weeks, this is tonally similar, although I'll tell you what, the tension is coming to a head! Or, at least a torso... "The Wen…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Is Wendigo the plural of Wendigo? Aaaah! It's part two of Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo". Still moody and atmospheric, but less with the accents this week. Though it's still that French Canadian so bad it isn't even offensive anymore. "The Wendigo" was published 1910 in The Lost Valley a…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week begins a four part mini-series, so trap in, y'all. That's right, for the next month, you're getting Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo". It's moody, it's atmospheric, and it's full of accents! Well, really one nearly indecipherable accent that I think was an attempt at French Canadi…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Heather's not been feeling great, send her some love! Ken is sending you some love, make him feel great! We're on to I this week in your Alliterative Euphemism. And we're looking for a new name for this bit, so if you've got ideas, please, make us better. Ken Reads a story from the great Edg…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's another Ken's Story Time? Why? Because he just loves you that much. We're on to H this week in your Alliterative Euphemism. And once that is settled, Ken reads an HP Lovecraft story. "The Nameless City" was published 1921 in The Wolverine. Email us at [email protected]. Remem…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Why do parents do weird things with their kids' names? This week, Ken is reading a story by long time podcast favorite and vampire we hope knows we support and would be happy to help ease back into society should he choose to return, Ambrose Bierce Heather makes a lot of G--- G---s, and if y…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! After three weeks away, Heather is back! Which means all of those euphemistic jokes (alliterative or otherwise) that you've been missing are back. With a vengeance. Like, a big one... Ken picked the story for Heather to read. It's by previous a new author in the Campfire Classics catalogue n…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Have you ever been halfway through an entertaining piece of media, whether a movie, or a story, or say...a podcast episode... and suddenly found yourself thinking, "Gee, is this a little culturally insensitive?" Well, that's how I felt listening to Ken's accent work during this week's story.…

This week the story is from H.G. Wells. "Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland" was published 1901 in The London Magazine. Email us at [email protected]. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Short blurb this week. Your hosts got overwhelmed by life and are dropping this late, solo outing. You know how life goes. Check back next week for more regular frivolity. But for now enjoy this spooky mystery By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Sealed Room" was published 1898 in The Strand. Emai…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! You ever join a cult? Not a cute one like a bookclub, or pilates, or Taylor Swift fans, but one of the scary ones, like Heaven's Gate, or Scientology, or Dave Matthews fans (just kidding Dave, love you!). This week's story give strong culty vibes. Ken picked the story for Heather to read. It…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This one goes some places. The story, yes, but also your hosts. Tangent alert. Heather picks a story by Frank Stockton, an author we've not heard from since his appearance 4 years ago with the story "The Lady or the Tiger." Ken can't finish a sentence, Heather makes up a new word, and dialec…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Good morning Campers! We're taking on a bug name in American Literature this week. Kurt Vonnegut! So, many of our listeners already know whether they are in or out right there. Ken has chosen the story "The Big Trip Up Yonder." He also does the Fun Facts session and leaves it on a cliffhange…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Good morning Campers! It's another beautiful day here at Campfire Classics, even if your hosts don't know what day it is. But, in fairness, neither of them has even claimed to be overly good at keeping track of such things. Time. Life. Sanity... But, they are here! For you! Reading another r…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's a very rare episode that gets a content warning here, but this one does get it. This isn't a language thing it's just that the story takes on some issues that some may find difficult to digest. There's a warning in the episode and you get plenty of heads up to stop it should you decide …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome to 2025! A New Year! New Stories! Hopefully not the end times... Here we are, campers, bringing love, literature, bad jokes to the world. After a recap of what's new in the Public Domain this year, Ken selects a story for Heather to read by podcast muse, Dame Agatha Christie. And it …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's Christmas! You know what that means!? Ghost stories... That's right, holiday spooky stories are back. Heather reads a tale by long time favorite author M.R. James called "A School Story". Love a good tradition. Along the way your hosts accidentally leak spoilers for the movie The Ring, …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Did that title get your attention? Really? I think there might be something seriously wrong with you! But that makes you our kind of people, I guess. This week Heather is reading a story Ken picked out for her by Susan Coolidge called "Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?" It's a cute little holiday …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Do you like terrible accent choices from actors? Do you appreciate a euphemism about at sausage so long you have to wind it around itself? Do you love the upbeat and chipper works of 19th century Russian literature? Then this episode is for you! Heather has chosen the story "Black Fog" by Al…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Let's get ready to rumble!!! It's the battle of the Franceses...the Francees? The Franci? And what do you call a group of people called Frances? Anyway, this week's story is from Irish Poet Frances Browne. Ken talks all about her before turning things over to Heather to read "The Christmas C…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week's story is one of those OLD stories that is surprisingly current feeling. It is called "The Stranger Woman," and it was selected by Heather, who despite not being the one reading today still manages to trip over her tongue. Written by G.B. Stern, the story takes nearly as many turn…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! You've been gifted, this week, with possibly the kinkiest story (at least in your hosts minds) yet read on this podcast. But what do you expect out of a story called "The Mummy's Foot"? Ken has chosen the story for Heather to read based solely on the fact that the author, Pierre Jules Théoph…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Well, your hosts might have played last week...poorly... But, no one has ever accused them of TOO MUCH tact. Ah well, life goes on. We hope. This week will be better. Probably. Not. Heather has picked a story called "The Dream Snake" for Ken to read. It's by previous Campfire Classics author…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Heather's back! And we're really hoping that not the best news you're getting today. Ken has selected a story for Heather to read called "The Mysterious Case". It's by a previous Campfire Classics author named Anna Katherine Green. And frankly, you can tell your hosts have been chomping at t…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome to the final Special of October 2024. Ken is going to be reading the book The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. At five chapters long, you'll be getting one chapter per week! And this is the final chapter. The end of the story. We're finally at the end. This has been a wild trip. The Wi…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome to the second Special of October 2024. This month, Ken is going to be reading the book The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. At five chapters long, you'll be getting one chapter per week! This is, in essence, the meat of the story. If you've enjoyed the last couple weeks set up, strap i…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome to the second Special of October 2024. This month, Ken is going to be reading the book The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. At five chapters long, you'll be getting one chapter per week! The third chapter starts to hint at what the real trouble might be... The Willows was published in …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome to the second Special of October 2024. This month, Ken is going to be reading the book The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. At five chapters long, you'll be getting one chapter per week! This second chapter catapults us straight in to the first concrete evidence of something...not righ…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Welcome to the first Special of October 2024. This month, Ken is going to be reading the book The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. At five chapters long, you'll be getting one chapter per week! This first chapter very much sets the tone and leaves you anxious for what comes next. An amazing an…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This is an update and a VERY important story. Basically, Ken shows up and is like "oops we got busy, we'll be back soon" then he reads some story about a woman who becomes her own husband. It's actually pretty freaking wild. Give it a listen. The story is called "If I Were a Man". It was wri…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to solve the murder before the writer solves it for you. Honestly, I didn't, and I really felt I should have. Anyway, it's a solo mission from Ken, so if you listen it'll be good for his ego, and he's been feeling kinda down on himself lately,…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Stop me if you've heard this one. On second thought, don't stop me, just listen to the episode. It's easier that way. This week, Ken has chosen a story of historical significance from author Grant Allen called "A Deadly Dilemma". It is a cute story with a couple of characters who are really …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This episode is full of uncomfortable sounds. You've been warned. Heather has selected a story called "The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee" for Ken to read. It's by a guy named Dick. Dick Connell. Jr. She's also collected facts for a really frightening Creep Corner. You've been warned twice. Ken…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We're back in form, like it or not! This week's author is Alfred Bester, a new author to the show who's life was basically Leave it to Beaver. Ken has selected the story called "The Unseen Blushers". Heather gives a good read, but only after the most unsettling Creep Corner this podcast has …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Long time listeners will take one look at the run time of this episode and think "ah crap, another episode of just Ken reading to us." And you're right. He reads an H. P. Lovecraft story called "The Moon-Bog" after making some whiney apology about "life is busy and we couldn't record a regul…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! If you like Creep Corner but find yourself thinking "I wish they talked about things that should scare me in real life," then this is the episode for you! Once we get through that little amuse bouche, the episode starts in earnest. Heather has picked a story for Ken to read by a new author n…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Clown corner has taken a turn for the creepy, technical difficulties have led a strange release day, and Heather is reading two weeks in a row. What is happening to this podcast!?!? Actually, I can't lie, this is a good one. I mean, you know I think this show is ridiculous and pointless, but…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's like welcoming back and old friend who you've missed and as soon as they are back you remember that you actually hate them. That's right, it's the return of Clown Corner. I'm sorry. Once you get through that nonsense the episode get so much...longer. But, at least Ken has picked an inte…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! You know what, I'm not even going to complain about this episode. Your hosts do their job, the story is fun, so screw it. Just enjoy this one! Heather's got a story for Ken to read from a new author named Jean Ingelow called "The Prince's Dream." It's a charming little parable. Really. As us…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Well, you asked for it...literally...and now you're gonna get it. Heather's back, and she's reading, and it's chaos, and somehow Ken has decided he's just going to say intentionally stupid things... I don't know what's going on anymore, but I don't think I like it. Whatever. Ken has selected…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Bahahahaha! No, sorry, that laughter was not for how funny the episode was. I'm laughing at Ken for how sad and lonely he sounds. Teehee. What a sucker... Anyway, this week, Ken reads a story by a mysterious author, asks us no questions, demands no talking points and basically just gives us …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We're back! Sorry, that sounded kind of like a threat, didn't it? No, just, like, "Hello! We're here! It's story time!" Ken has selected a story by an author new to the show. Born Alice Mary Norton, she legally changed her name to her primary pseudonym, Andre Norton. The Story is called "All…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! I'm going to get straight to the point, something your hosts seem completely incapable of doing this week. This story is actually fairly divisive. Like, Ken and Heather don't agree what the message was. So, listen to the end and let us know who you agree with! That out of the way, the story …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! I'm not even gonna pretend this one isn't cool. It starts with a bizarre little song from Heather and really just keeps going from there! Okay, so, Ken has chosen a story for Heather to read by H.G. Wells, which is always a good time. It's called "The Stolen Body," and yes, it is every bit a…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Cue music. And... SING! I wanna know what love is! I want you to show me! I wanna feel what love is! I know you can show me! And... CUT! Oh, hello, you're here for the podcast? Right, come on in. You're in the right place. What are we doing? Oh, yes! This week, Heather found a story for Ken …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Remind me, was this one a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse, or an apocalypse. I always get those confused. It probably doesn't matter. Though that earthquake was suspicious... A podcast!!! This week, Ken has picked out a story for Heather. Who wants to try to guess how many words she pronounce…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! How was your week? Mmmhmm..., that's interesting. Yes, mine was fine, but now we're back to work! This week, Heather has selected a story for Ken to read by Ambrose Bierce, who has made two previous appearances on the podcast both to rave reviews from people who give reviews to such things. …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Aaahhhh... All is right with the world again. Ken and Heather are back to doing what they do best. Butchering great works of literature for your passing amusement. This week Ken has a story for Heather called "The Compleat Criminal." Yes, it's really spelled that way. Yes, I think it's dumb,…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! The regular hiatus continues, so this special just gives you a taste. An edu-taining appetizer to hold you until the next episode. "Is There a Santa Claus" was first publish in 1897 in the New York paper The Sun. Email us at [email protected]. Remember to tell five friends to chec…