Jera Brown is a hiker, freelance writer, and columnist for Rebellious Magazine. Based in Chicago, they can be found most days at Lake Michigan with their Alaskan Malamute named Winston Churchill. The ...

There’s a voice beaming over the Mojave, coming from a small radio station in Joshua Tree, California, that once a week offers some insight into the weirdness and mystery that characterize American ...

A coyote yip and howl and the soft crunch of gravel under feet herald each new episode of “Desert Oracle Radio.” And as creator and host Ken Layne quietly announces, “Night has fallen over the desert, ...

One thing can lead to another, and such was the case when a recommended link came my way to a long, enjoyable profile of Ken Layne, publisher of a new-to-me Mojave Desert journal, Desert Oracle. A ...

IF YOU'RE A CITY PERSON... with an abiding affection for distant mountains and ocotillo blooms and century-old railroad tracks and coffee-hued boulders and mining towns from decades ago, you can find ...

MYSTERY WIRE — Throughout history, seers and mystics have sought refuge in the desert for solitude, wisdom, and sometimes, madness. But one man seems to have found his groove in the barren wilderness.

In 1983, teenaged San Diegan Ken Layne had a revelation in Death Valley. “The teenage boys in my crowd would take whoever’s car that was working that weekend” — often, it was restaurateur Sam ...

Ken Layne is driving past Wonder Valley — an unincorporated community he calls the “weird cousin” of Joshua Tree. He is uneasy. Years ago he got a speeding ticket on this road and it cost him $600.

One thing can lead to another, and such was the case when a recommended link came my way to a long, enjoyable profile of Ken Layne, publisher of a new-to-me Mojave Desert journal, Desert Oracle. A ...

IF YOU'RE A CITY PERSON... with an abiding affection for distant mountains and ocotillo blooms and century-old railroad tracks and coffee-hued boulders and mining towns from decades ago, you can find ...