diff --git a/events.c b/events.c
index 36fc738..48c18a4 100644
--- a/events.c
+++ b/events.c
@@ -1,49 +1,26 @@
 #include "events.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 
-// internal callback callback
-struct ecallback {
-    void (*cb)(void*);
-    void *data;
-};
-
-static void ecallback_dispatch(void *p) {
-    struct ecallback *e = (struct ecallback*)p;
-    e->cb(e->data);
-}
-
-// equeue functions
-static inline struct event *equeue_event(struct equeue *q, unsigned i) {
-    return (struct event*)((char*)q->buffer + i*q->size);
-}
-
-static inline unsigned equeue_size(unsigned size) {
-    if (size < sizeof(struct ecallback)) {
-        size = sizeof(struct ecallback);
-    }
-
-    unsigned alignment = offsetof(struct { char c; struct event e; }, e);
-    size += sizeof(struct event);
-    return (size + alignment-1) & ~(alignment-1);
-}
-
-int equeue_create(struct equeue *q, unsigned count, unsigned size) {
-    void *buffer = malloc(count * equeue_size(size));
+int equeue_create(struct equeue *q, unsigned size) {
+    void *buffer = malloc(size);
     if (!buffer) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    return equeue_create_inplace(q, count, size, buffer);
+    int err = equeue_create_inplace(q, size, buffer);
+    q->buffer = buffer;
+    return err;
 }
 
-int equeue_create_inplace(struct equeue *q,
-        unsigned count, unsigned size, void *buffer) {
-    q->size = equeue_size(size);
-    q->buffer = buffer;
-    q->free = (struct event*)buffer;
+int equeue_create_inplace(struct equeue *q, unsigned size, void *buffer) {
+    q->slab.size = size;
+    q->slab.data = buffer;
+    q->chunks = 0;
+    q->buffer = 0;
+
     q->queue = 0;
     q->next_id = 42;
     q->break_ = (struct event){
@@ -51,13 +28,6 @@ int equeue_create_inplace(struct equeue *q,
         .period = -1,
     };
 
-    if (q->free) {
-        for (unsigned i = 0; i < count-1; i++) {
-            equeue_event(q, i)->next = equeue_event(q, i+1);
-        }
-        equeue_event(q, count-1)->next = 0;
-    }
-
     int err;
     err = events_sema_create(&q->eventsema);
     if (err < 0) {
@@ -84,8 +54,67 @@ void equeue_destroy(struct equeue *q) {
     free(q->buffer);
 }
 
-// equeue mem functions
-static int equeue_next_id(struct equeue *q) {
+// equeue allocation functions
+static void *equeue_alloc(struct equeue *q, unsigned size) {
+    size = size + sizeof(unsigned);
+    size = (size + sizeof(unsigned)-1) & ~(sizeof(unsigned)-1);
+    if (size < sizeof(struct equeue_chunk)) {
+        size = sizeof(struct equeue_chunk);
+    }
+
+    events_mutex_lock(&q->freelock);
+
+    for (struct equeue_chunk **p = &q->chunks; *p; p = &(*p)->nchunk) {
+        if ((*p)->size >= size) {
+            struct equeue_chunk *c = *p;
+            if (c->next) {
+                *p = c->next;
+                (*p)->nchunk = c->nchunk;
+            } else {
+                *p = c->nchunk;
+            }
+            events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
+            return (unsigned *)c + 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (q->slab.size >= size) {
+        struct equeue_chunk *c = (struct equeue_chunk *)q->slab.data;
+        q->slab.data += size;
+        q->slab.size -= size;
+        c->size = size;
+        events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
+        return (unsigned *)c + 1;
+    }
+
+    events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void equeue_dealloc(struct equeue *q, void *e) {
+    struct equeue_chunk *c = (struct equeue_chunk *)((unsigned *)e - 1);
+
+    events_mutex_lock(&q->freelock);
+
+    struct equeue_chunk **p = &q->chunks;
+    while (*p && (*p)->size < c->size) {
+        p = &(*p)->nchunk;
+    }
+
+    if (*p && (*p)->size == c->size) {
+        c->next = *p;
+        c->nchunk = (*p)->nchunk;
+    } else {
+        c->next = 0;
+        c->nchunk = *p;
+    }
+    *p = c;
+    
+    events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
+}
+
+// event allocation functions
+static inline int event_next_id(struct equeue *q) {
     int id = q->next_id++;
     if (q->next_id < 0) {
         q->next_id = 42;
@@ -93,39 +122,32 @@ static int equeue_next_id(struct equeue *q) {
     return id;
 }
 
-static struct event *equeue_alloc(struct equeue *q) {
-    struct event *e = 0;
-
-    events_mutex_lock(&q->freelock);
-    if (!q->free) {
-        events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
+void *event_alloc(struct equeue *q, unsigned size) {
+    struct event *e = equeue_alloc(q, sizeof(struct event) + size);
+    if (!e) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    e = q->free;
-    q->free = e->next;
-    events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
-
-    e->id = equeue_next_id(q);
+    e->id = event_next_id(q);
     e->target = 0;
     e->period = -1;
     e->dtor = 0;
-    return e;
+
+    return e + 1;
 }
 
-static void equeue_dealloc(struct equeue *q, struct event *e) {
+void event_dealloc(struct equeue *q, void *p) {
+    struct event *e = (struct event*)p - 1;
+
     if (e->dtor) {
         e->dtor(e+1);
     }
 
-    events_mutex_lock(&q->freelock);
-    e->next = q->free;
-    q->free = e;
-    events_mutex_unlock(&q->freelock);
+    equeue_dealloc(q, e);
 }
 
 // equeue scheduling functions
-static inline int tickdiff(unsigned a, unsigned b) {
+static inline int equeue_tickdiff(unsigned a, unsigned b) {
     return (int)(a - b);
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +155,7 @@ static int equeue_enqueue(struct equeue *q, struct event *e, int ms) {
     e->target = events_tick() + (unsigned)ms;
 
     struct event **p = &q->queue;
-    while (*p && tickdiff((*p)->target, e->target) <= 0) {
+    while (*p && equeue_tickdiff((*p)->target, e->target) <= 0) {
         p = &(*p)->next;
     }
     
@@ -169,7 +191,7 @@ static void equeue_cancel(struct equeue *q, int id) {
     events_mutex_unlock(&q->queuelock);
 
     if (e) {
-        equeue_dealloc(q, e);
+        event_dealloc(q, e+1);
     }
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +216,7 @@ void equeue_dispatch(struct equeue *q, int ms) {
                 break;
             }
 
-            deadline = tickdiff(q->queue->target, events_tick());
+            deadline = equeue_tickdiff(q->queue->target, events_tick());
             if (deadline > 0) {
                 events_mutex_unlock(&q->queuelock);
                 break;
@@ -218,7 +240,7 @@ void equeue_dispatch(struct equeue *q, int ms) {
             e->cb(e + 1);
 
             if (e->period < 0) {
-                equeue_dealloc(q, e);
+                event_dealloc(q, e+1);
             }
         }
 
@@ -227,25 +249,6 @@ void equeue_dispatch(struct equeue *q, int ms) {
 }
 
 // event functions
-void *event_alloc(struct equeue *q, unsigned size) {
-    if (size > q->size - sizeof(struct event)) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    struct event *e = equeue_alloc(q);
-    if (!e) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return e + 1;
-}
-
-void event_dealloc(struct equeue *q, void *p) {
-    struct event *e = (struct event*)p - 1;
-    equeue_dealloc(q, e);
-}
-
-// configuring events
 void event_delay(void *p, int ms) {
     struct event *e = (struct event*)p - 1;
     e->target = ms;
@@ -273,7 +276,17 @@ void event_cancel(struct equeue *q, int id) {
     return equeue_cancel(q, id);
 }
 
-// event helper functions
+// simple callbacks 
+struct ecallback {
+    void (*cb)(void*);
+    void *data;
+};
+
+static void ecallback_dispatch(void *p) {
+    struct ecallback *e = (struct ecallback*)p;
+    e->cb(e->data);
+}
+
 int event_call(struct equeue *q, void (*cb)(void*), void *data) {
     struct ecallback *e = event_alloc(q, sizeof(struct ecallback));
     if (!e) {
diff --git a/events.h b/events.h
index dcf3130..606e8e6 100644
--- a/events.h
+++ b/events.h
@@ -27,12 +27,20 @@ struct event {
 };
 
 struct equeue {
-    unsigned size;
     struct event *queue;
-    struct event *free;
-    void *buffer;
     int next_id;
 
+    void *buffer;
+    struct equeue_chunk {
+        unsigned size;
+        struct equeue_chunk *next;
+        struct equeue_chunk *nchunk;
+    } *chunks;
+    struct equeue_slab {
+        unsigned size;
+        unsigned char *data;
+    } slab;
+
     struct event break_;
 
     events_sema_t eventsema;
@@ -43,9 +51,8 @@ struct equeue {
 // Queue operations
 //
 // Creation results in negative value on failure.
-int equeue_create(struct equeue*, unsigned count, unsigned size);
-int equeue_create_inplace(struct equeue*,
-        unsigned count, unsigned size, void *buffer);
+int equeue_create(struct equeue*, unsigned size);
+int equeue_create_inplace(struct equeue*, unsigned size, void *buffer);
 void equeue_destroy(struct equeue*);
 
 // Dispatch events