Transmissions from the Campfire

Transmissions from the Campfire

Warm your soul by the fire with short fiction of the dark, the odd and sometimes the outright disturbing, set in and around Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley. Stories are written by Patrick Kitson, with production and performance by Daniel Kelley.

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July 6, 2025 20 mins

Each Halloween, one of the most iconic hotels in the Roaring Fork Valley avenges an ancient injustice, one unwilling participant at a time.


This story originally debuted live on All Hallows Eve, October 31, 2024 during the show The Witching Hours on KDNK public radio in Carbondale, Colorado.


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Written and Performed by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Danie...

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Embers... extras, mini tales, bonus bits. Listen tonight as we bring you Patrick Kitson's interview with bestselling horror author Stephen Graham Jones, from the Colorado Festival of Horror 2024.

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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson
Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley
Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


The short st...

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October 6, 2024 26 mins

For the last 100 years, at the historic Hot Springs Pool and Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, an entity made up of something no one can see or hear has been feeding upon unsuspecting tourists.


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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


The shor...

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July 21, 2024 22 mins

The narrator recounts the legendary tale of The Confectioner, a serial killing candy salesman from Grand Junction, Colorado, a story which just might be a lot funnier than it sounds.


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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


Transmissions from the Campfire will be at the Carbondale Mountain Fair in ...

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March 25, 2024 33 mins

An old hunter protects the Telluride Bluegrass Festival from an unsavory predator, while enjoying some damn fine gyros.


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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


The short story collections that fuel this podcast are now available on Amazon!

NIGHT, by Patrick Quinn Kitson: ⁠ https://a.co/d/5kAqBG6

D...

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March 11, 2024 29 mins

Blake Bunford just wants to kick up his heels and sip a cold brew while fishing his favorite hole in the Colorado wilderness. Unfortunately, something below the water has other plans.


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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


The short story collections that fuel this podcast are now available on Am...

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February 3, 2024 20 mins

In Mountain City, Georgia, population 247, a young man works late at an extraterrestrial themed gas station while surprising visitors continue to show up.


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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


Transmissions from the Campfire will be at the Carbondale Mountain Fair in Carbondale, Colorado from Ju...

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January 26, 2024 20 mins

A young man must endlessly type to keep an evil at bay, if only he didn't have so much else to do.


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Written by Patrick Quinn Kitson

Performed and engineered by Daniel Kelley

Produced by Daniel Kelley and Patrick Kitson


The short story collections that fuel this podcast are now available on Amazon!

NIGHT, by Patrick Quinn Kitson: https://a.co/d/5kAqBG6

DAY, by Patrick Quinn Kits...

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