Ruined Cities

By James Tallett

An empty city street, overgrown as Nature reclaims what once belonged to it. Rubble peeking out between blades of grass, its original purpose long since forgotten. Great towers of rusting machinery, now scavenged for the metal it holds. All are iconic takes on cities after the fall, after the civilization they are part of has crumbled to the ground.But these are by no means the only possible visions of what a city can be. A city is in the mind of the beholder as much as anywhere else. Today, we have sixteen visions of a life gone wrong, of lands that have seen their glory days collapse into the distant past, of decrepit space stations, lost islands, and failed countries.At the core of each of these stories is the human element, that singular character who brings to the surface all of the trials and travails their civilization has suffered. Some are kind, working for the betterment of those around them. Others are cruel, cowardly, and greedy, out for themselves and no one else. But each has a story to tell.And here, within Ruined Cities, those once great civilizations and the creatures who inhabit them reveal themselves for the pleasure of the reader, each tale a new vista into mankind, what it can do so well, and what has gone so wrong.Ruined Cities is a 110,000 word post-apocalyptic science fiction anthology edited by James Tallett. The sixteen authors appearing in the anthology, in order of their stories, are Jennifer Povey, John Biggs, Steve Rodgers, Jay Litwicki, Tom Howard, Simon Kewin, Dale Carothers, D.L. Young, Daniel Kason, Brent Knowles, Robin Wyatt Dunn, J.S. Bangs, George Walker, Daryl Wayne, Joel V. Kela, and Elizabeth Macdonald.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521242615
• ISBN13: 9781521242612
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 429 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"