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Dust and Delay

by Adunola

Nine years after her mother's death, Temi finally opens the drawer she's been avoiding — and finds forty-one unsent letters, one of them addressed to no one in particular. A slow, quiet novel about grief measured in postage that was never bought, and the conversations we keep having with people who are no longer there to answer.

12
Chapters
4.2k
Readers
16 min
Avg. Chapter
June 2025
Updated

Chapters

01

The Weight of Unsent Things

In which a drawer is opened for the first time in nine years.

March 2, 2025
12 min
02

Tuesday, Mostly

A week told sideways.

March 9, 2025
9 min
03

What the Neighbours Kept

manuscript in progress
04

Aunty Ronke's Version

manuscript in progress
05

The Stamp Drawer

manuscript in progress
06

Dele, Twice

manuscript in progress
07

A Smaller Kind of Quiet

manuscript in progress
08

Things With No Address

manuscript in progress
09

The Lawyer's Second Call

manuscript in progress
10

Nine Years, Counted Backwards

manuscript in progress
11

A House in the Middle of Rain

Eleven months later, the letters end where the house begins.

May 30, 2025
15 min
12

What the Window Knew

The last unsent letter, and what was written on the back of it.

June 14, 2025
18 min