Campfire Classics Podcast

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Alright, we're swinging hard back into the realm of SciFi this week with a short story from one of the biggest names in the genre, Philip K. Dick.  He gave us Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report, and this week he's giving us "The Gun".

This is one of those stories that is mostly so engaging that your hosts forget to be funny, but don't worry, they still find time to discuss their end of the world time capsule items, talk in ridiculous voices, and speculate on praying mantis breasts.

"The Gun" was published in 1952. Thorough research has been unable to uncover a current copyright. 

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Ready for a story with a moral?  Nah, me neither.  How about this vague fairy tale by Scotsman Andrew Lang.  Ken has selected the story "The Fisherman and his Wife" from The Green Fairy Book.

Your hosts also play a new game that you can play along with at home!  Write in and let us know how you stack up.

Along the way, Ken and Emily discuss decorative metals, crown fashion, and filthy song lyrics!

"The Fisherman and his wife" was published in 1892.

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Here's a bit of tonal whiplash from last week.  Good lord, you really never know what you're going to get with this show, do you!?

So, Ken is reading a children's story this week called "The Book of Beasts"!  Written by Edith Nesbit, it is an early children's adventure story about a boy king and a dragon. Also, pay attention to this week's fun facts, because Nesbit's personal life was bananas!

Ken puts in a respectable effort at reading the story, but plenty of ridiculousness is still covered ranging from the slap heard round the world, our upcoming mile marker, and laughter is the root of all evil.

"The Book of Beasts" was published in the book The Book of Dragons in 1901.

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Oh no.  They are punchy this week.  The first twenty minutes is nothing but foolishness with no serious material covered.  It was almost like someone told our hosts that this podcast was supposed to be FUNNY.  But we all know that here at Campfire Classics we won't stand for frivolity in our literature.

Eventually, Ken and Emily buckle down to the solemn business of reading the great work selected for this week's episode, "The Shadows on the Wall" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.

Irksomely filled with utter nonsense, our conversation topics include the Big Bang, English funerary rites, and too much poo.

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"The Shadows on the Wall" was published in the book The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural in 1903.

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We're back with another ghost story, this one from Rudyard Kipling of The Jungle Book fame. It's a weird one given that the scariest thing that happens is a game of billiards, but manages to be spooky despite Ken's Reading of it.  Emily does give some fascinating Fun Facts about our author though, complete with a fake news death hoax.

This week, discussion topics include surprise manual labor, mustache grooming tips, and...do all old white people know each other?

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"My Own True Ghost Story" was first published in 1888.

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Okay, so, spoilers, but apparently the author doesn't care so why should we: this week's story is called "A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next Day after her Death: to one Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury. The 8th of September, 1705."  No, really, that is the title of the story, not the story in its entirety.  Written by Daniel Defoe of Robinson Crusoe and more commonly known by its shorter title "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal," this story is sometimes credited as the first modern ghost story.

You'll have to let us know if you agree.  Emily does a great read, and along the way your hosts discuss high school musicals, the Bechdel Test, and Emily's anime Fan Fiction.

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"The Apparition of Mrs. Veal" was first published in 1705.

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"Little Mummies" was the alternative title to this episode, but you know...shock value.  Throw some saucy language in the title and you get more listens. 

Anyway!  Welcome!  This week, Emily has dug up and old mummy's curse story for Ken to read.  It was written by Louisa May Alcott, and...wait...that can't be right.  I'm going to double check that.  Yes, that is correct.  Louisa May Alcott, the woman who brought us Little Women, is responsible for this disturbing tale about a curse coming from an Egyptian mummy.  Okay...

Ken does his best to read the story, and along the way your hosts:

"Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy's Curse" was first published in 1869

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The song "A Dark but Peaceful Place" is by Gabriel Richards and is used thanks to Creative Commons.

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Officially knighted by...well...us...Sir Johnny Bangs has returned!

That's right friends, our author from Episode 1 of this season is back! Back then we read "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall," which was an amusing or sad ride, depending on whose side you were on.  This week we're reading a Sherlock Holmes/A.J. Raffles mashup called "The Adventure of the Dorrington Ruby Seal".

Emily works her way through the story, but the usual distractions still exist:

"The Adventure of the Dorrington Ruby Seal" was published in 1906 in the book R. Holmes & Co.: Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman by Birth.

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Happy Big Game Week! We hope your team won.

Happy Valentine's Day!  We hope your day was fun.

And happy New Episode Day! Always our favorite one.

This week's story, read by Ken, is an uncommonly romantic story compared to our usual selections. Written by early feminist author Kate Chopin, the story "A Mental Suggestion" takes a few unexpected turns.  And even more very expected ones.  Why is it that characters are so terrible at seeing their own mistakes when it's so obvious to the rest of us.  Good thing that's not true about people, right?

This week's discussion topics include a new country song, whether or not this is in fact a history podcast, and kink that you may or may not need to google to understand.  I'm not judging either way.  I don't know your life.

"A Mental Suggestion" was written in 1896, and today can be found in The Complete Works of Kate Chopin.

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Also, the 2022 calendar featuring co-host Ken in Halloween animal ears is now available on our website!

And find Emily online using her social media handle @embosc

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Welcome to Campfire Classics, a Literary Comedy Podcast!!

This week in honor of the upcoming romantic holiday, we're reading a horrifying story by master of creepiness, H.P. Lovecraft, called "The Picture in the House".

Naturally, your hosts do their due diligence, being weird, playful, and totally dorky.  But eventually they get to the story and then, well...Trigger Warning.  Because this Trigger Warning contains slight spoilers, the Trigger in question will be listed at the end of this blurb.

Well, that's the important stuff out of the way.  Listen to audience members chime in on puzzle technique, Ken butcher a popular sea chanty, and Emily attempt a truly wild accent!

"The Picture in the House" was first published in the July 1921 issue of The National Amateur.

Remember to tell five friends to check out Campfire Classics.

Also, the 2022 calendar featuring co-host Ken in Halloween animal ears is now available on our website!

And find Emily online using her social media handle @embosc

Oh!  And that Trigger Warning for this week: cannibalism

Now sit back, light a fire (or even a candle), grab a drink, and enjoy.