Correction:

Protesters never threw fireworks at the feds or their building on the 4th of July 2025. People set off fireworks in the street and the feds reacted by gassing the entire city block.

The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) was not there during the events of this piece. PPB is supposed to not aid DHS in any way because Oregon is a sanctuary state. Though PPB has helped with crowd control and directing traffic outside the ICE detention center on a handful of occasions.

Audionarration of Doobie Lost in the Pastries by Mary Jane Elton. A series of gonzo journalism on the anti-ICE protests in Portland, Oregon.

Correction:

Protesters never threw fireworks at the feds or their building on the 4th of July 2025. People set off fireworks in the street and the feds reacted by gassing the entire city block.

Audio narration of First Timer by Mary Jane Elton. A series of gonzo journalism on the anti-ICE protests in Portland, Oregon.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Audio narration of Evangelical AM Stations by Mary Jane Elton