Campfire Classics Podcast
A Literary Comedy podcast where we try to read those books that look good on your shelf...and laugh a lot along the way!
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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 Wendigo" was published 1910 in The Lost Valley and Other Short Stories.
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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 and Other Short Stories.
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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 Canadian but somehow sounds like Count Dracula doing an offensive cajun dialect.
"The Wendi...
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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 Edgar Allan Poe! And even done solo, he stops the story a couple of times to chuckle.
Te...
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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.
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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 you want to know this weeks Euphemistic Alliteration you'll have to listen.
Along the ...
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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 name Flora Annie Steel. She's the daughter of a wealthy English family during the hei...
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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.
To be clear, there is nothing racist about the story. It's just, sometimes an accen...
This week the story is from H.G. Wells.
"Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland" was published 1901 in The London Magazine.
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Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.
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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.
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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's by previous Campfire Classics author Clark Ashton Smith and it's called "The Demon...
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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 dialects wander, generally.
Also, this is the week of Aroused Amusements.
Oh, and your host...
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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 cliffhanger!
Who'd have thought the education part of an edutainment podcast could be a cliffh...
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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 ridiculous (but only because they made it so) story, chosen this week by Heather. Ke...
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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 to, but hey. Fair warning and all that.
Anyway!
How are you doing?
Life feeling ki...
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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 is a Poirot. So, for those of you who have been missing Heather's French accent, it's...
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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, spoilers for the movie Hunt for Red October, and spoilers for the movie Highlander.
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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 story about... Socks? Candy? Whipping out your precious in public?
Whatever it is, it...
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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 Aleksandr I. Kuprin. Ken is dubious from the beginning and by the end he's still unsure...
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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 Cuckoo"!
The story gets side tracked by discussion of Weird Harvard Majors, a Magical ...
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