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 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends to chec…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Ken is back this week with a fantasy epic form Mr. Baum!! This Oz flavored Holiday Happening should fill you with cheer, and repentance, and envy...wait, that doesn't sound right, does it? "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" was first publish in 1904 and has been called "one of Baum's most beautiful s…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Ken is back this week, working all by his onesome, and bringing you some classic sci-fi from Ray Bradbury. Your host reads, and I don't have the patience to go into it more than that, so just listen to it! It's a good story! "A Little Journey" was published in the August 1951 edition of Gala…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week is more literary than usual. More in the sense of Ken reads a longer than usual story. He's flying solo again this week (lord help us) so he's decided, in his infinite "wisdom", to read us an extra long story. In fairness, it's a pretty good one. Coming to you directly...no, that's…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Happy Thanksgiving! The Christmas Creep begins next week, but for now we celebrate the birth of pie and mashed potatoes, or something like that. Whatever. Ken is going it alone this week, and he's got a holiday story ready for you from the always (sometimes) hilarious O. Henry! The story is …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Whoa! What happened! I had two whole weeks of feeling like life made sense, and now... Oh, the show's back, that's what... Ah well. This week your hosts cover a new author with...cute hairy buns...? That can't be right. No! His name is Henry Cuyler Bunner. Heather has selected his story "The…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Our hosts are going old school this week. A REAL campfire. A familiar author. A creepy story. And NO editing. That's right folks. This week is raw and unedited. Ken gives Heather "The Tell-Tale Heart" by E. A. Poe. While she reads, your hosts discuss signs that you might be a serial killer, …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! How much could you learn about a person based on their most quoted movie or song? What if that person were secretly a vampire? These and many other questions have nothing to do with this week's story! The story Heather picked for Ken this week is by a vampire... I mean author... who called h…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's 1993! And Scotch season. And that's as much intro as you need. Ken has selected a story this week by Arthur C. Clarke. The story is called The Pacifist, and that title is surprisingly spoiler free! Heather reads well, which is, let's face it, kind of a prerequisite for being part of thi…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! It's October! Time for a Fest of some kind. With food maybe? And something to drink? Some kind of...October...Fest... Nah. That's silly. Heather has selected this week's story, and it comes to us from E.F. Benson, author of "The Room in the Tower", from Campfire Classics episode number 24 Dr…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! What do you think of when you think of Italy? For many the answer is the Mario Brothers! Probably. Anyway, I'm gonna say it is so that I can segue into this weeks author Luigi (like the video game plumber) Capuana! Ken selected the story, which means you are going to be treated to Heather's …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Back to the regular schedule! Heather has selected a story by an author we've somehow avoided for YEARS: Isaac Asimov. So let's dive into some foundational science fiction. Ken reads with...we'll call it...enthusiasm. And it's a wild story. Conversation topics include Quigsand [sic], feature…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Have you ever felt like you just need to get outside and soak up some sun? That's basically what this week's story is about. "The Outsider" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Class…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week we're having a psychotic break! Please try not to laugh as Ken changes his pronunciation of the title character's name every time he says it. "The Wise Princess" was written by Mary de Morgan and published in the book The Necklace of Princess Fiormonde in 1886. Email us at 5050arts…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week we're having a psychotic break! Please try not to laugh as Ken changes his pronunciation of the title character's name every time he says it. "Nyarlathotep" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1920. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We've got a new lady writing for us this week. I mean, she didn't write just for us, and she's been dead for a hundred and fifteen years...but you get the point. Mary de Morgan, who had interesting relationships with both Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw (you'll have to listen for mor…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This episode might be as far from last week's as it is possible to be. The story is not WTF-ish at all! Well, that's not quite true. Actually it is very WTF-ish, just in a completely different way! Like, it's not confusing. No, that's wrong too. It is confusing, but like it's supposed to be.…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Warning: This episode was very nearly titled "WTF". Yeah, it's that kind of episode. But here's the wild bit. It's because of the story!!! Ken has selected a bizarre f-ing story called "Dragon-Child and Sun-Child" by a guy called A.G. Seklemian and it is just an absolutely unhinged little ta…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Someone's in the Kitchen!! Get out of the kitchen, you weirdo! Why are you in my kitchen? Heather has picked a story for Ken to read this week by new to Campfire Classics author Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. It's a ghost story, so strap in kiddos! As they read, your hosts discuss ejaculatory evi…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Well... This one gets weird. Ken picks a story by a guy named Fritz. Heather reads is. Accents abound, and it's all your very usual quirky nonsense. But, your talking points include TikTok Cannibals, a drive by pantsing, and the invention of the Scotch beer float. Ugh... Just... Ugh... "Lite…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Please "enjoy" this brief psychotic break! "The Cats of Ulthar" was written by H.P. Lovecraft and published in 1920. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, subscribe, leave a review. Now sit back, light a fire (or even a …

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! The breaks are over! The team is back! And...well, you read the title and your here anyway... Heather picked a witchy little Nathaniel Hawthorne ditty (can you use that word as a story?) for Ken to read. Which he does. Eventually. First your hosts chat about life, the universe, and...you kno…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! The Pooh Breaks are over! It's a new era, now! "Dagon" was published in 1917. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. 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!! Enjoy it while you can. Our next Pooh is over half a year away. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. 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), gra…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! You look like you need a Pooh Break. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. 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!! Oooo...Ken is sneaky this week. He does a thing with the fun facts you might not be expecting. Then Heather reads the Story, and you know it's gonna be good, because the week we've got "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe. Talking points include a busy week, a ball mask, and a gimp chimp. "Hop-Frog…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Always smell things that smell. I think that's the moral of this episode. Please email me to tell me if I'm wrong at thisisntarealemailaddress@idontcare.com. This week Heather has a story for Ken to read, and somehow they just seem to magically agree that it was written by a fictional charac…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! This week, we are down with the Flipper Dipper Dip. Apparently... Whatever that means... Okay, that's the niceties out of the way. Today, Ken has chosen a story for Heather by pulp author Randall Garrett. It is called "The Time Snatcher". And for some reason Heather has chosen this week to s…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! WARNING Skip the 40 seconds from 1:20-2:00. It nothing but two crass jokes that you will not be a better person for listening to. They were left in because the podcast is contractually obligated to meow out a couple words every few episodes and we were behind on our quota. Now that you've be…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We Saved a Puppy! And we celebrate with this Pooh Break. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. 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 dri…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! We're back at the grindstone. Cranking out those high quality low brow jokes you expect and...love? Tolerate? Fast forward through? Whatever. We're back to our two host witless banter format after a few weeks off. This week heather is reading a story by a woman named Anna Katharine Green. It…

Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!! Let's keep these relaxing vibes going, huh? Listen to some more Pooh Bear! Go ahead, play this one while you fall asleep. It's super chill. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was published in 1926. Email us at 5050artsproduction@gmail.com. Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics. Like, s…