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Shipwreck SF

by Amy Stephenson and Casey Childers

Shipwreck is a San Francisco-based erotic fanfiction competition that pits six great writers against one great book each month. Fics are performed to a live audience by our resident thespian, that we might preserve author anonymity till the votes are tallied. Hosted by Amy Stephenson and Casey Childers.

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Episodes

  1. Book 67 > Mary Poppins

    Dick Van Dyke's British Accent invites you to experience the reunion episode of Shipwreck in the comfort of your earholes. We invite seven formerly dignified writers to take on adult characters from P.L. Travers's series of novels about haunted nannies and talented *ahem* chimney sweeps. Does…

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  2. NY > Book 7 > The Kingmaker: Stephen King's Greatest Hits

    It's BYO cocaine to the very last New York Comic Con Shipwreck. We Cujoled six hilarious people to compete On Writing so that one might emerge The Shining winner of Shipwreck. Whose story will Carrie them to victory, and who will leave in Misery? Join us to learn the answers to It. Stories by…

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  3. Book 66 > The Kingmaker: Stephen King's Greatest Hits

    It's BYO cocaine to endure the Misery of the very last monthly Shipwreck show. We Cujoled seven of San Francisco's best writers to compete On Writing so that one might emerge The Shining winner of Shipwreck. Whose story will Carrie them to victory, and who will stay in The Dead Zone? Join us to...

  4. Book 65 > The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

    Break out the Cutty Sark and jump in the nearest well: it's time for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. We take four humans and two animals from Murakami's most iconic book and assign them to six writers tasked with the impossible: creating even weirder sex scenes than the ones in the book. Is naming...

  5. Book 64 > Moby Dick

    Hey Whalers, and welcome back aboard The Good Ship Wreck, where we take on possibly the only book with more penis jokes than an episode of this show. We'll talk whale facts, take that smarmy Captain Ahab down a peg, and confess our sincere, unabashed love for this truly unhinged tale of whale...

  6. Book 63 > Winnie-the-Pooh

    Hey hunnys. If Disney can make Christopher Robin look like a horror film, we can make the Pooh Forest universe into an orgy. After all, as Pooh himself famously said, "You don't spell [love]...you feel it." So let's feel it together, with thanks to Meg Elison, Lauren Parker, Maia Jannele, Joe...

  7. Book 62 > A Streetcar Named Desire

    Sexual tension, heavy drinking, sensitive characters, intolerable heat, and it all ends in madness? Yep, sounds like Shipwreck. Thanks to Anand Vedawala, Spencer Tierney, Mel Burke, Alan Leggitt, Kelly Anneken, and Joe Wadlington for helping us take ol' Tennessee "Best Play Ever" Williams down a...

  8. Book 61 > Call Me By Your Name

    [TK] Featuring the writing of Jared Schwartz, Joe Wadlington, Chris Philpot, Stephanie Smith, Adriana Vazquez, and Stephanie Lacy-Price. Stories performed by Baruch Porras-Hernandez.

  9. Book 60 > The Sun Also Rises

    The main thing that Shipwreck and The Sun Also Rises have in common is that they render sex thoroughly unappetizing and deeply frightening for all parties involved. We hope Sebastian Sangervasi, Adriana Vazquez, Kirstie Haruta, Vivienne Pustell, and Corin Chellberg are enjoying their hangovers…

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  10. Book 59 > A Wrinkle in Time

    You would think that removing the children from A Wrinkle in Time would improve it considerably, but unfortunately that means you're left with religious overtones, a bunch of witches who think they're better than you, and a general sense of being disappointed by your parents. With thanks to…

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  11. Book 58 > Ready Player One

    [Extreme movie trailer narrator voice] Imagine a world that revolves around the specific basic mainstream garbage entertainment that one white dude likes. Shipwreck reams up with Komedio SF to present Ready Player Fun! just in time for the movie release. Jump in the DeLorean with Kristee Ono,...

  12. Book 57 > Jane Eyre

    We here at Shipwreck can't resist a faux-rogueish manchild. Sneak off to the garden with Tina LeCount Myers, Zoe Young, Carson Beker, Sarah Lyn Rogers, Tessa Gregory, and Alan Leggitt as we make out with Jane Eyre at long last, just in time for Valentine's Day. Stories performed by Baruch...

  13. Book 56 > Watchmen

    Are you tired of Earth? These people? Are you tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives? Join us on Mars to mope sexily about Watchmen, with the help of Charlie Jane Anders, Sarah Elizabeth Blake, Nick Baker, Claire Rice, Alan Leggitt, and Annie. Stories performed by Baruch...

  14. Book 55 > A Tale of Two Cities

    Let's oversimplify the French Revolution! Shipwreck goes #DeepDickens with A Tale of Two Cities, because Fanfic recognizes Fanfic. This month's fellow revolutionaries include Lily Miller, Mel Burke, Moon Choe, Diane Glazman, Claire Rice, and Meg Elison. Stories performed by Baruch Porras-Hernandez.

  15. Book 53 > Poe's Greatest Hits

    Still the beating of your hideous heart: October was Shipwreck at it's Goth-est, as we presented a buffet of Edgar Allan Poe's poems and short stories for your consumption. (See what we did there?) Forever sitting on the pallid busts of Pallas in our hearts are Sarah Elizabeth Blake, Meghan...

  16. NY > Book 6 > Jurassic Park

    Life found a way to Brooklyn for NYCC with the help of Rakesh Satyal, Ryan C. Britt, Nate "Littlest Uncle" Waggoner, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Alisha Rai, Arianna Rebolini, and Katie Heaney. Stories performed by Dylan Marron.

  17. Book 52 > It

    This year's Stephen King extravaganza came one month early, to celebrate the 2017 movie adaptation of It. Get ready to ingest an alarming concoction of small town faux-quaintness, childhood horrors, and, most importantly, cocaine jokes. Featuring: Lily Miller, Jamie Leigh Real, India Sabater…

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  18. Book 51 > A Midsummer Night's Dream

    This month we teamed up with the Bay Area's premier sketch comedy group Killing My Lobster to get our Shakespeare on. Join us in Fairyland for A Midsummer Night's (Wet) Dream with Amanda Rosenberg, Rinee Shah, The Bardi Twins, Ken Grobe, Sean Owens, Margaux Poupard, and Sam Bertken. Stories...

  19. Book 50 > The Great Gatsby (revisited)

    Hello, old chaps! It's our 50th show, so join us as we get zozzled in the classiest, most glamorous locale we can imagine: Long Island. Pinch some hooch and get a wiggle on with these hotsy-totsy sarcasts as they razz the The Great Gatsby. This month's Real McCoy's: Andrea Grimes, Lauren Parker,...

  20. Book 49 > The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

    Greetings, Merry Pornsters! For the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, Shipwreck writes fanfiction about Tom Wolfe's Summer of Love fanfiction epic The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, with some generation-defining work by Lauren Parker, Kendra McPhee, Meg Elison, Julia Wilde, Chase Kamp, and…

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  21. Book 48 > Pygmalion

    It's Shipwreck versus George Bernard Shaw.

  22. Book 47 > 1984

    In April we got a little too on the nose with 1984. Sexy contraband care of India Sabater, Jared Schwartz, Kaeli Quick, Natalie Warner, Lily Miller, and Moon Choe. All fic read by notorious collaborator Baruch Porras-Hernandez

  23. Book 46 > Beauty and the Beast

    It's hard to believe we've all pretty much forgotten about Disney's horrifying Beauty and the Beast reboot, but back in March it was all anyone was talking about. Anyway, we did a show on the subject with gross takes by Joe Wadlington, Sarah Manolis, Kamala Puligandla, Persephone…

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  24. Book 45 > Wuthering Heights

    In February of 2017 we "wandered the moors," so to speak, with Lily Miller, Amanda Rosenberg, Ms. P, Ivan Hernandez and Leah Reich. Things got molderingly sexy, as you might imagine. Ghost sounds by Baruch Porras-Hernandez.

  25. Book 44 > Little House on the Prairie

    Back in January we set our sights on that testament of quality American living and animal husbandry that is Little House on the Prairie. Doling out glimpses of frontier romance were our guest writers Hope Waggoner, Tirumari Jothi, Tess Barry, Michael Howley, Meg Trowbridge, and Daphne Gottlieb....

  26. Book 43 > Les Misérables

    December, 2016 we saddled up with our buddy Victor Hugo and talk-sung our way through a life of crime. Stories by Meghann Hayes, Kelly Anneken, Pam Benjamin, Rebecca Rubenstein, Michael Howley, Danny Nguyen. All fic read by Baruch Porras-Hernandez.

  27. Book 42 > Pet Sematary

    Look out below, it's Shipwreck's fourth annual Stephen Kingtober...vember. This year we tackled Pet Sematary, a gross tale of grief and what have you. Stories by Amanda Rosenberg, Lauren Wheeler, Kathy Ames, Elaine Gavin, Jamie L. Real, and Nicole Love. All fic read by Baruch Porras-Hernandez.

  28. NY > Book 5 > The Princess Bride (NY Book Release)

    To celebrate the New York release of our anthology, Loose Lips, we invited Mara Wilson to read Princess Bride erotica to several hundred of our closest friends at NYCC. Featuring the writing of Michelle Hodkin, Daniel Jose Older, Arianna Rebolini & Katie Heaney, Seanan McGuire, Diana Pho, and…

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  29. Book 41 > The Princess Bride (SF Book Release)

    To celebrate the San Francisco release of our anthology, Loose Lips, we invited Cecil Baldwin to read Princess Bride erotica to a few hundred of our closest friends. Featuring the writing of Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Michelle Threadgould, Baruch Porras Hernandez, Jane Harrison and Muffin McCue. With...

  30. Book 40 > The Devil Wears Prada

    For our first tango with contemporary chick lit, we turned to one of the most successful and memorable titles we could think of and invited Molly Sanchez, Amanda Faye, Amanda Rosenberg, Joshua Redel, Ash Fisher, and Julia Wilde to do us proud by doing their worst. The results were worthy of any...

  31. Episode 39 > Fahrenheit 451

    Back in August of 2016, full of hope for the future, we undertook the pornification of that book burning book with our friends Ruby Gill, Michelle Threadgould, Mikah McCabe, Alan Leggitt, Kathy Ames, and Albert Lusting. Anyway, time makes fools of us all.

  32. Boat Crash Presents > Magic School for Wizard People

    Who could forget that time in late July of 2016 when our sister show Boat Crash gave a send up of our completely made up book about a magical school with our friends Erin Judge, Sarah Jeong, Anna Pulley, Kwan Booth, Samuel Rye, John William, and Joe Wadlington? Not us, that's who. Our special…

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  33. Book 38 > The DaVinci Code

    Oh man. It's been like six months since the last episode. Sorry. Consider this fantastic evening in earnest celebration of one of Literature's brightest works as a sign that we're back on track. All the way from last July, we unlocked history's most definitely smart and real code with help from...

  34. Book 37 > The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (in Berkeley)

    Welcome to, as far as we know, the only place on the internet to find erotic fanfiction based on the Sherlock Holmes canon. Special thanks to Bay Area Book Fest and the city of Berkeley for putting up with us. Featuring the writing of Deborah Kenmore, Lily Miller, Erin Spannan, Mike Ottum, and…

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  35. Book 36 > Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    In this episode, Shipwreck brings you Alice in Wonderland fanfiction without the annoying hassle of wanting to punch Johnny Depp in his smug fucking face for two hours. Down the rabbit hole we go. Featuring the writing of Amanda Rosenberg, George Chen, Sarah Stanton, Eden Temple, and Damian...

  36. Book 35 > A Song of Ice and Fire

    In the words of GRRM, "No one man should have all that power. #watchthethrone." Point being, we did A Song of Ice and Fire. Baruch read great work by Miss P, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Red Scott, Tomas Moniz, Alan Leggitt and Gabriel Cubbage. Many an #actually was bandied.

  37. Book 34 > Julius Caesar

    We finally got around to digging up Shakespeare, and how better to break him in than with his earlier digging up of a Roman dignitary? Brandishing the knives: Allison Page, Michael Howley, Rebecca Rubenstein, Jennifer Dronsky, OJ Patterson, and Ms. P. Life imitating art note: this took place in…

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  38. Book 33 > Pride and Prejudice

    We boned up on all the sweetest moves in Regency country dancing and threw a Pride and Prejudice ball to remember with SF's most graceful smut writers (Kelly Anneken, Lily Miller, Seanan McGuire, Ms. P, Margaret Dunlap and Jared Schwartz) in attendance. Anyway, sorry.

  39. Book 32 > Charlotte's Web

    Maybe you thought the 2006 live-action Charlotte's Web would be the most terrifying adaptation of this beloved childhood classic you would ever have to endure. Well, as always, we're here to disappoint. Thanks to Kamala Puligandla, Jared Schwartz, Sarah Stanton, Kitty Stryker, Irene Tu, and Joe...

  40. Book 31 > Great Expectations

    We've paid a shilling each to Sarah Jeong, Lauren Traetto, Joe Wadlington, Eh-BONE-ezer Splooge, and two anonymous donors, swaddled them in tatty lace, and asked them to write erotic fanfiction about the class-struggle classic Great Expectations. Fortunately, they didn't jilt us at the altar. Get...

  41. Book 30 > Slaughterhouse-Five

    Listen: we asked six fantastic writers to muck up Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five in the pursuit of cheap thrills, free will, and maybe even a little agency. It happened, more or less. Providing the words were Madeline Gobbo, Lauren Parker, Tara Marsden, Melissa Tan, Meg Elison, and so on....

  42. Book 29 > Carrie

    Just in time for Halloween, it's Shipwreck's third annual Stephen Kingtober. This year we tackled The Master's short story cum short novel about the rigors of adult onset puberty. Hurling sanitary napkins in the locker room: Virgie Tovar, Meg Elison, Spencer Bainbridge, Jessica Lachenal, Na'amen...

  43. NY > Book 4 > The Lord of the Rings

    In October of 2015 we made the arduous journey to Brooklyn's Bell House for New York Super Week and formed the fellowship of Lauren Beukes, Isaac Fitzgerald, Myke Cole, Sarah Griffin, Molly Templeton, and Ashley C Ford to take up arms against The Lord of the Rings (with Cecil Baldwin as the…

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  44. Book 28 > Frankenstein

    This time at Shipwreck, we examine the controversy surrounding GMOs, via the Mary Shelley classic about that monster whose name we're always forgetting. Panelists include Evan Burton, Lily Miller, Giselle Cheung, Joe Wadlington, Kitty Stryker, and Molly Sanchez. Brought to you by Monsanto.

  45. Book 27 > Jaws

    Sharks have two penises. Here is our Jaws podcast.

  46. Book 26 > Peter Pan

    Think happy thoughts, kids, and join us as we take flight for Never Land. On the hook (sorry) this month: Dusty Rose, Duffy Maher, Jared Schwartz, Nuala Sawyer, Camden Avery, and returning champ John William. Don't forget to pack your shadows.

  47. Book 25 > Jurassic Park

    We spliced everyone's favorite book about dinosaur mating and the woeful inadequacy of human foresight when balanced againced potential profitability with frog DNA and bing-bang-boom: hello dinosaur porn. Your guides to this island of earthly delights: Molly Rosen, Sean Kennedy, Christopher...

  48. Book 24 > Little Women

    This episode is a trifle, really, a pastoral meditation on the loveways of Civil War-era monied poor. Gather round the hearth, dear listeners, for the masterful prose of Pickwick Club members Lauren Parker, John William, Ferocity Prose, Louis Evans, and Kitty Stryker. Read by Baruch...

  49. Book 22 > The Picture of Dorian Gray

    This podcast is perfect. It's so perfect that we fear we will never be as perfect as this podcast is in this moment. It will go on forever, poised in its eternal youth, while we piss away our lives with yellow books and opium dens and gradually become twisted, unrecognizable grotesqueries of our...

  50. Book 21 > Twilight

    This episode of Shipwreck is so good it sparkles in the sunlight. That's right, the book that sparked the world's favorite proto-BDSM fanfic for the sexually repressed: Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. Joshua Redel, Rebecca Rubenstein, Joe Wadlington, Na'amen Tilahun, Lauren O'Neal, and an anonymous...

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Shipwreck is a San Francisco-based erotic fanfiction competition that pits six great writers against one great book each month. Fics are performed to a live audience by our resident thespian, that we might preserve author anonymity till the votes are tallied. Hosted by Amy Stephenson and Casey Childers.

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