# Hans Pietro Shanahan — Poetry character guide

> Hans Pietro Shanahan in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

Hans Pietro Shanahan, a name as mongrel as his fortunes, threading through Bierce's satiric landscape with comic resilience.

## In the story

### [The Fountain Refilled](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/the-fountain-refilled)

A most ingenious man with an unnatural thirst for blood, who resorts to corrupt means to satisfy his addiction.

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