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Audio narration of Game Shows Touch Our Lives by Mary Jane Elton. Micro-fiction about game shows and the fifty ways to leave your lover. Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe

Audio narration of Up in Smoke Part 2: The Facts of the Matter. The Almeda Fire and its Fallout. Part 2 in a series of Gonzo Journalism covering the Oregon wildfires in 2020. Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe

Audio narration of Internal Affairs by Mary Jane Elton. A short story about brains in jars and the future of internal affairs investigations TW: Police killings Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe

Audio narration of Up in Smoke Part 1: Tears on the Go-Bag by Mary Jane Elton. The Almeda Fire and its Fallout. Part 1 in a series of Gonzo Journalism covering the Oregon wildfires in 2020. Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe

Audio narration of Ghosting by Mary Jane Elton. A short story about ghosts, memories, trauma, and seance as therapy TW: Mention of child abuse and CSA Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe

The Almeda Fire and its Fallout. Audio narration of the introduction to my series on the wildfires and zeitgeist of Fall 2020. Correction: There was no body found near the origin of the fire. This is a rumor I heard through the grapevine. Three people did die in the initial blaze though, apparently unrelated to the “someone” who started it. Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.subst...

Audio narration of It Was Fishing by Mary Jane Elton. A short story about youth, queerness, trauma, fishing, and a murder-suicide TW: Child abuse, queerphobia, queer slurs, discussion of CSA Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe

Audio narration of Evangelical AM Stations by Mary Jane Elton Get full access to Mary Jane Elton at maryjaneelton.substack.com/subscribe