Of twenty-one stories, I liked five:
Cat Rambo's "The Bumblety's Marble." Two youngsters retrace their steps to find a magic marble. I actually believed in the city, and the characters.
Jay Lake's "Promises; a Tale of the City Imperishable." A girl gives up her name, her infant, her breasts--all to become one of the city's protectors. But there is one more test before she becomes a Grey Lady, and it may be too much for her.
Greg van Eekhout's "Ghost Market." A man goes to buy the memories of a murdered boy. Short, but with a punch to it.
Darin C Bradley's "They Would Only Be Roads." One down on his luck cyber-mage begs the help of another. I liked the world construction: charms powered by email chain letters, rumors, yarn...
Anna Tambour's "The Age of Fish, Post-Flowers." A group of dysfunctional city-dwellers builds themselves into a team in order to survive in a closed-off city. Little food, no sun, and constant invasion by orms, which can eat through anything. Taut, believable.

Catherynne M Valente's piece was well written but too surreal for my tastes.

Two stories stood out as particularly unreadable: Hal Duncan's "The Tower of Morning's Bones" was a confused mess. No sentence connected to the next. Paul Meloy's "Alex and the Toyceivers" was astonishingly bad. ( )

I am not always a great reader of short stories, but the idea of cities and fantasy coming together enticed me. I did like Forrest Aguirre's "Andretto Walks the King's Way". The story weaves around four closely related locales but divergent characters. Richard Parks', "Courting the Lady Scythe" has a rather gruesome twist at the end, but was sustained by the 'love' quest of Jassa. Cat Rambo's "The Bumbelty's Marble" is a quest tale into the wild deep hidden in the city. The "Ghost Market" by Greg van Eekhout Adds pathos to succss of a successful fraud seeker. Stephanie Campisi's "The Title of this Story"deals intriguingly with archives and lost languages in a fraught effort to give a name to an impenetrable manuscript. Darin Bradley has a rather unusual take on the Prester John story in his They Would Only Be Roads". A rather good collection of stories. ( )

Several quite memorable stories but, unfortunately, even more that were weak or turgid. Also a number that were more sciencey than fantastic. As a collection of stories that the compiler likes, all well and good; but the definitions of both "urban" and "fantasy" must be stretched unduly to accommodate them all. Overall, a disappointment. ( )

This is a good collection of urban fantasy and steampunk. There are a couple of stories that I skimmed, but on the whole most are gripping. this is good for long-time lovers of the genre, or those who are completely new to it. ( )

The collection has quite a few gems, but a few disappointments from writers I've enjoyed in the past. When the stories work, they worked! The ones I didn't enjoy seem to have one thing in common--IMO, they seemed too "writerly" in the wrong places. ( )