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On shift 11:40
A story in eight parts

Twelve Hours
in the Wrong Coat

He is four minutes late back on shift, and there are two identical navy coats on adjacent pegs, eleven inches apart. That is the whole of it. That is where this starts.

Written by me. The animation is built with AI assistance.

TimePart 
11:40 I’ll Be ThereA phone call heard from one side only. A car in the loading bay that is not wet. He looks at it for slightly too long. Read 13:10 Four Doors, All LockedNobody hits him. That is the part he will not be able to explain afterwards. Read 14:45 The Ordinary SolutionsHe tries every ordinary thing a person would try, in the right order. They close one at a time. Read 17:44 The DeviceHe was never followed. He has been carrying it since two o’clock, and so has everyone who has been near him. Read 18:41 The FallTwenty-two feet is not the fall from the film. It is the fall from a ladder, twice. Read 19:14 The Wrong Man on the PhoneOne word, in his own voice, and the man on the other end carries on talking. Read 20:40 He Keeps the MeetingNobody in that room has met the man he is pretending to be. Read 22:04 Four PagesNobody comes after him. He keeps waiting for it and it does not happen. Read

Written by Lanre Ajayi

Eight parts, one day. Best read in order, with sound.

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