This collection of ten short stories is authored by Garth Nielsen, a writer and an artist, who has spent most of his life living in the deserts and the empty places of the southwest - First, a child in New Mexico; Then, as an adult in Nevada, California, in Utah, Colorado and Arizona. He has been blessed to know and listen to the wisdom of many traditional Native American elders. He walks on the hallowed ground of both the Red Road and the Jesus Road, and he has honored and respected both traditions his entire life. The stories within this book offer glimpses of his life experience, as he traveled across the country, meeting many unique people along the way. Some he knew well and some shared but a few hours of time with him. Yet these remembrances have become a part of him, triggering long hours of thought, shaping his mind, directing his life, and coming alive in the pages of this book. The front cover of Ravens When They Cry is a painting by the Author.