The People of the City

By drew4payne

Cities dominate modern life and have changed how many people live their lives. This collection features stories all set in a city, but that is all they have in common. These stories are as varied as the people who live in a city.

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A Cake A Day

By drew4payne on Wed, 15 Jan 2020

Brian was chatting to Charmaine on reception when Monica Page walked in carrying her large, bright blue cake tin. He hadn't so much been chatting...
Drama
Story
Certificate PG

A Family Christmas

By drew4payne on Sun, 06 Jan 2019

Jon walked along the street with his head down against the driving rain. The rain had started three days ago and hadn't stopped since then; it seemed...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12

Another One of Those Family Photographs

By drew4payne on Mon, 09 Nov 2009

The Green Eyed God of Envy will easily destroy all it touches. Graeme Meades dislikes his new colleague before the man has even started work for their company, but why?
Drama
Story
Certificate PG

Closing Doors

By drew4payne on Fri, 26 Oct 2012

Saying goodbye to someone at an airport has become such a stable of fiction as to almost be a cliché. Here is different take on that.
Drama
Story
Certificate U
Cherry

Dandelion Clock

By drew4payne on Mon, 05 Oct 2009

To wish upon a dandelion clock. Here, wife and mother, Alice does such with all her heart.
Drama
Story
Certificate U

Lisa’s Idea

By drew4payne on Thu, 22 Oct 2009

Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss, other times it can be a test of someone and other times it can be the worst thing you could do.
Drama
Story
Certificate 15

On the Night Tube Home

By drew4payne on Wed, 29 Jan 2020

Grace stood at the far end of the tube platform and waited for her train to arrive. As she had walked down the last flight of stairs and out onto the...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12
1 likes

Prince Charming

By drew4payne on Wed, 02 Jan 2019

Harriet stood in the stage’s wings, upstage right, and absent-mindedly fiddled with the “glass slipper” in her hand (it was actually a plastic sandal...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12

Taking Control

By drew4payne on Sun, 08 Mar 2020

I shut the cubicle door, locked it and sat down on the closed toilet seat. I took a moment to compose myself. This morning had been a nightmare and...
Drama
Story
Certificate 15

That One Big Role

By drew4payne on Sun, 24 Jun 2018

Jamie settled into his seat on the tube train. As always, he'd chosen the middle one of the bench seat. He plugged his MP3 player's headphones into...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12

Transatlantic Nylon

By drew4payne on Sun, 26 Apr 2020

The woman sitting next to him seemed to have fallen asleep, though her magazine was still open in her lap and her headphones were still on her head...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12
Cherry

Words to the Wise

By drew4payne on Fri, 10 Aug 2018

“The best advice I was ever given was by my mother, when I was a girl,” Julie said. “She told me that all I needed for a happy life was contained...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12
Cherry

I Can Never Say Sorry…

By drew4payne on Wed, 24 Jun 2020

I can never say sorry to Jeff because if I did I’d have to explain and he’d never believe me; even worse, he might think I’ve gone mad. So I keep...
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 12
Cherry

Letters from the Poet

By drew4payne on Sat, 11 May 2019

Eve felt the things that needed to be done after her mother's death were never-ending. Her father, as he always did when faced with something he didn...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12

In Days Like This to Be an Honest Person

By drew4payne on Thu, 11 Mar 2021

"This was my first stuffed fly diorama," he said as he placed the six-inch square of cardboard, with its strange decoration upon it, onto the...
Drama
Story
Certificate U
1 likes

Penance on a Wet Thursday Morning

By drew4payne on Tue, 06 Sep 2022

It was raining, a fine wet drizzle that slowly saturated their coats and seeped down through their hair to make their scalps cold and uncomfortable,...
Drama
Story
Certificate 12