CITYSCAPES: Anthology of Urban short stories and poems

The World Health Organization estimates that half of the world’s population is currently living in cities and will continue to climb. Cities are often vilified in many stories as ‘concrete jungles, slums,’ or seem terrifying to many. Thomas Jefferson believed that the strength and future of America lay in its rural heritage, and that cities were anathema to this concept. Perhaps the truth is that they are a culmination and reflection of the best and worst in our society. Cities are by their...