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Directions to a Person

Coffee Break1 min

A two-minute story about the year I gave everyone the same set of directions to her door.

I Kept Her Playlist

Confessions1 min

We broke up two years ago. I still have not skipped a single one of her songs.

The Reply-All That Ended Him

Corporate Tales1 min

He meant to forward it to one person. He sent it to the floor. By lunch it had reached the people it was about.

Light Don Come

Nigerian Stories1 min

In my mother's house, the return of electricity is an event with its own liturgy. I did not know I missed it until I lived somewhere it never leaves.

The Last Time I Called You Home

Love Stories2 min

We kept the lease six weeks longer than the marriage. I learned the flat by the sound of you not being in it.

Stories — IFENKILI