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Ollie Staples

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Dear Sammy

Submitted to Contest #294

March 14th, 2011 Dear Sammy, Lee suggested I write this letter to you, he said it would help me think. I think it’s a load of horse shit. I personally don’t think it’ll help me with anything. It can’t hurt though, can it? It’s not like you’ll ever write back to me. Yours, S April 4th, 2011 Dear Sammy, Here I am again. I at least found a nicer spot to write this time. I'm sitting on a bench, overlooking the pond. I suspect you might know the one I mean. It’s overcast today, which makes the sun’s reflection in the water look like...

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Black Leather, Blue Light

Submitted to Contest #292

“Do you want to swap shoes?” The boy said, his hair wet from the rain. He was taller than me, and he had broader shoulders and thicker arms. I recognised him. He was a year or two above me at school, though we had never spoken, and I did not know his name. I swung my head tentatively from right to left, looking for Jamal or Ryan. I did not see them. “Really?”, I asked cautiously. We were both wearing a pair of black leather shoes, though his was in better condition than mine, which were slowly turning white from scuff marks.&nb...

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