Elliot Ryan's Favorites

  • The End Inspired by a photo

    The end of the world was nigh and we all knew it. It wasn’t something we didn’t see coming. They foretold it for years – we’d…

  • An Unreasonable Request II Inspired by text

    I was stunned. She sat there, her smile fixed on her face, as if she had just announced that she wanted to go to the zoo. “K-...

  • The Confrontation Inspired by text

    He seized a stuffed animal from a sleeping toddler. “Give me the pie or the giraffe gets it.”

    I could feel the warmth of the…

  • A Very Special Pie Inspired by text

    The man was standing before I was, his toes curling on the cold train floor. There was a ferocity in his eyes that said he wa…

  • Surrendering the Pie Inspired by text

    Faster than you can say lemon meringue the box was off my carrying hand and running in the opposite direction with the sque…

  • An Unreasonable Request Prequel Inspired by text

    She flitted into the room, as they do; these Plychester girls. On tippie toes in coloured flats and knee socks; her black hai…

  • Goodbye, Pie Lover Inspired by text

    “WHAT?” I said.

    “Listen, I’ve been giving it alot of thought, these past few minutes, and I just don’t think I can be with …

  • Let Me Speak Your Name

    Let me speak your name.
    Let me feel the movement of my tongue within my mouth
    Of lips stretched and jaw pushed slightly forwa…