Calling Crows

by Grant J. Riley

Calling Crows is a collection of travellers' tales about life on the margins in the 80s, 90s, and into the new millennium. These accounts cover protests, reclaiming the streets, squatting, rioting, partying, and living on the road in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, and Holland.
We were kids who wanted to change the world into a better place, and sometimes paid a high price for trying.

225 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2024

About the author

Well-travelled, well-read, and well-tested. I have five distinctively different books published with Lulu.com. The 6th is a work in progress. 1) A Journal from the End of Times - A travelogue accompanied by discussion, research, and reflection. 2) Marginal - A series of auto-fictitious short stories based around pre-millennial tension, set in the UK, Ireland, and Holland. 3) Handroid - A near-future speculative fiction set in Hanoi, Vietnam, which spins the android clichés. My 6th book will be a sequel to this tale. 4) Lockdown Hanoi - A diary kept during the pandemic inside a country which stopped all flights and ways in and out for two years. 5) Calling Crows - A further collection of tales from the front line of rioters, travellers, and protesters: UK 80s/90s. 6) Thanh Thanh in Vietnam - Last of the Humans - a working title and yet to be finished project. Beyond fiction, I have written academic and reportorial pieces in various journals and publications, including The Ecologist, The Holistic Science Journal, VNExpress International, Chào Hanoi, and the Vietnam Economic Times. Grant J. Riley - sometimes The Glorious Rant, sometimes simply G.Rant. Follow the links and I hope you'll get the picture.