Harper Pechota

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Nov, 2023

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“Cherry Chapstick” by Harper Pechota

Submitted to Contest #230

My fingers are raw from trying to find the floorboard. I silently curse my fifteen-year-old self for not being smart enough to make some sort of indication on which floorboard I hid the box under. I finally am able to lift the jiggly one with the help of my car keys. I lift up the box, a wave of the past hits me with the force of running headfirst into a brick wall as I open it.  “Are you even going to remember this box, Winnie?” Andrew laughs, kissing me on the cheek.  “You know, if you keep calling me Winnie, I’m gonna have to ...

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“Mary's Children” by Harper Pechota

Submitted to Contest #224

"I can't sleep." Third time tonight I have heard that phrase whispered. Tiny hands grab at my bedsheets, tiny fingers wandering towards the little holes. Something to pick at I assume. "I can't sleep." Fourth time. A pair of bright green eyes and skin so fair that you can see the toddler's face in the dark of a winter's night. A little voice so pleading that I cannot say no. It would be so cold of me to turn this voice away. "Jeg kan ikke sove." Another wondering voice whispers. This voice is shy. Wondering. Timid and tentative....

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Author bio

I love to write stories that feel real, not stories that create fake expressions of the world that we live in. I like to create humanity in my writing. But when I am not being a writer, I love to write music, sing, act, and dance.