"Scene: Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert. Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The few Black kids here seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of microaggressors to future neo-Nazis. Mixed-race and acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders...

Someone is helping themselves to funds at the Land and Cattleman's Bank, and senior teller Susan McDowell knows who. But shy report this to the police when weaving her web if simple extortion will yield a better return? Elsewhere, an unrelated suspicious death leads to a manhunt and the capture of confessed killer Bill Casey. When Oregon Lake County Sheriff Bud Blair reads the autopsy report, he begins to suspect that someone other than Casey...

This is the true story of a young white woman, Erica Elliott, who comes to the Navajo Reservation in 1971 as a newly minted schoolteacher, knowing nothing about her students or their culture. After several blunders and misunderstandings, and beset by loneliness and despair, Erica makes a determined effort to overcome the barriers of language and culture. From the moment she begins learning the Navajo language, the people open their hearts and homes...

In this special edition of Wayfarer Magazine our Founder L.M. Browning (they/them) sit down with Editor-at-Large, Frank Inzan Owen (he/him) to discuss some big shifts happening in Browning's life and indeed in our larger society. In late autumn of 2022, Browning hit the road and disappeared into the backcountry of Northern New Mexico. It was here they began sitting with some larger changes they felt brewing-changes around their pronouns, their gender...

In this carefully researched study, Ball shows that few southwestern sheriffs were genuine gunmen. Wielding firearms with nerve and determination in the line of duty, however, was expected of them by their constituents.

A story whose characters you'll fall in love with. Grab hold of your seat and, before you start reading, get ready to stay put a while. Go with this zany cast while they set out to right the wrongs of This World and rescue She from the Tyrant of Lakeland's evil clutches. Experience laughter, shock, and quirky twists while the human race learns to start over with nothing more than the remnants of a previous civilization.

Story of a six month hike along California's mountain backbone from the Mexican to the Oregon border.

Inspired by an article in the July 1964 edition of Desert Magazine, about a bigfoot-type creature they dubbed "The Abominable Sandman of Borrego," paranormal podcasters Derek Hayes and David Flora embark on a journey to the deserts of Southern California to discover what mysteries the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park has to offer. After collecting numerous reports of encounters with cryptids, ghosts, and UFOs in the area, the pair set out to visit...

This book provides a glimpse at twenty-one houses in and around Marfa, Texas to examine creative life and design.