Essays and Nonfiction SHOWCASE
You’ll find a little bit of everything here to read online: personal essays, humor, travel, and other nonfiction writings. These short works by our writers inform us and make us think or laugh about life. We hope you find them inspiring and entertaining.
An Evening of Elegance | Read More…
by Ann Miner
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Impact | Read More…
by Ann Miner
Book Treasures | Read More…
by Viviana Hall
You Know You’ve Been in the Desert Too Long | Read More…
by Ann Miner
How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs | Read More…
by Billl Helmer
Dance From Your Soul | Read More…
by fumi-tome ohta
Desert Petroglyphs: Ikons to the Ancient Ones | Read More…
by Brad Karelius
My Connection to The Mob | Read More…
by Michael Raff
Smiling Happy – Smiling Proud | Read More…
by fumi-tome ohta
Ina Coolbrith: Poetry Reborn, Part II | Read More…
by Mick Storm
Ina Coolbrith: Poetry Reborn, Part I | Read More…
by Mick Storm
Rope Trick | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Words| Read More…
by Gerry Wisdom
Graduation and the ‘V’ Formation | Read More…
by fumi-tome ohta
Hope and Giddiness | Read More…
by fumi-tome ohta
#29,038 | Read More…
by Daniel Stallings
Celebrating American Cheese Month and Cheeseheads| Read More…
by Carole Wagener
My Grandfather’s Ten Commandments | Read More…
by Carole Wagener
Messy Drawers | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
Insights from the Cowboy Philosopher Will Rogers | Read More…
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Merging into the Solemn Procession | Read More…
by Patrick Strum
Haunted Southern California | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Whiling Away a Rainy Day in Paradise | Read More…
by Catherine Kitcho
A Snowstorm in the High Desert | Read More…
by Diane Duncan
Speaking of the Old West… | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
The Edge of Extinction | Read More…
by Kim Steinhardt
E-Cabulary for The New Age | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
To Dream, Perchance to Return to the Before Time | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
At My Best on Trains | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Jules Verne – Part II | Read More…
by Michael Raff
Jules Verne – Part I| Read More…
by Michael Raff
Learning When You Write | Read More…
by Jenny Margotta
Overcoming COVID’s Subtler Effects | Read More…
by Mike Apodaca
Driving in Mexico | Read More…
by Casey Wilson
Back in the Groove of Things | Read More…
by Daniel Stallings
Considering Sarcasm | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Star Trek Connection | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
A Big Bus Named Desire | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Obit for an International Man of Distinction | Read More…
by Sue Andrews
Riffs on Covid | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
My Mask Wardrobe: Covid-19 Pandemic Protocols | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
Alabama Hills, California – Desert Night Sky | Read More…
by Brad Karelius
Canceling Thursdays | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
Crossing Over into the Twilight Zone | Read More…
by John E Anderson
The Thrill of Running | Read More…
by John E Anderson
Valentine’s $$$ | Read More…
by Herby Williams
Miracle, Mystery, and Authority | Read More…
by Frederick R. Andresen
“Buzz” Covington – When He Talks, G.I. Joe Listens | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Party (or Club Meeting) Games for Writers | Read More…
by Showcase
Driving in Mexico | Read More…
by Casey Wilson
Roads Not Taken | Read More…
by Diane Neil
The Sky’s No Limit | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Sail On! | Read More…
by Daniel Stallings
Escorting a Soviet Nuclear Missile Sub | Read More…
by Fredrick Gary Hareland
Native American Route 66| Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Mojave Desert Skies: “My God. It’s Full of Stars!” | Read More…
by Fredrick Gary Hareland
Elbert Leander “Burt” Rutan | Read More…
by Fredrick Gary Hareland
Dr. William R. Haseltine | Read More…
by Elizabeth Babcock
Growing Pains | Read More…
by Daniel Stallings
Messy Drawers | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
Clutter | Read More…
by Kathryn Atkins
Olivia’s Age Six Memory| Read More…
by Linda Saholt
A Small Tragedy| Read More…
by Diane Neil
Taps and Tears| Read More…
by John Anderson
Step Back into Long Ago with Petroglyphs| Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
You Can Always Put A Piano On The Roof| Read More…
by Daniel Stallings
Not Quite Alone: Haunted Sites of Death Valley| Read More…
by Daniel Stallings
A Halloween Horror Story | Read More…
by Diane Neil
Danger Lurks Within My Reference Books Or ‘How to Become Lost Down the Rabbit Hole with Plenty of Tome on Your Hands’| Read More…
by Rusty LaGrange
Some Solicitations Are Not Scams| Read More…
by Casey Wilson
A Walk in the Sun: A True Tale of Survival| Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night| Read More…
by Anita I. Holmes
Hanging with Authors at Phoenix Comicon | Read More…
by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Blue Ain’t My Color | Read More…
by Diane Neil
Reading Improves Brain Health | Read More…
by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal