Harmonious Pierce

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2023

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Ocean Horror” by Harmonious Pierce

Submitted to Contest #210

My terrifying debacle began and ended at sea. It was under my wife’s prompting that I agreed to dive with the rest of the cruise ship’s thrill-seekers, although I would have been just as satisfied to have remained on board and enjoy the pleasures of the deck. A certain fear of the sea had always plagued me—I say plagued because this fear was coupled with a morbid curiosity whose limits were just as boundless as those of its subject. It was with this mixture of fear and fascination, along with the innocent desire of a newlywed to please his s...

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“The Final Petition of the Beast” by Harmonious Pierce

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #208

I trust that your patience and historically-proven aptitude for distilling the truth of events from the muddled fog of contentious viewpoints will inhibit you from leaping to a firm and resolute condemnation of my actions until you hear me out to the full. Let us see if I cannot, in time, convince you of my benevolence by offering another perspective on the events which preceded my downfall and which led me to assume this sorrowful state in which you now observe me, a perspective which, I hasten to warn you, runs contrary on many points to t...

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Author bio

H. M. Pierce is a writer and therapist from Rochester, New York.

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #208

The Final Petition of the Beast – read story