Write by the Water

BAD FAITH
by Linda Sands

PART ONE: THE GUY

RANDY
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My name is Randall Bob Haigh. Everyone knows me as Randy, lifeguard at Tower Five, wearer of red shorts, saver of kids and unicorn floats, colored flag raiser, blower of whistles, collector of glass bottles, the recipient of stares from every female on my half-mile of beach from March to September.
And now, everyone knows me as the guy who who let the richest man in Crystal Beach drown.

: “When I’m stuck, I pick up my guitar, or I watch old Oscar Peterson interviews on YouTube, or I read short essays on how to break through writing barriers. Almost anything I do outside of writing can be blamed as a waste of time one day, and praised the next as the reason I suddenly yearn to get back to work,” says Chris McCormick in . at.pw.org/WRMcCormick

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