Elliot Ryan's Favorites
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The End

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…
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An Unreasonable Request II

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-...
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The Confrontation

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…
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A Very Special Pie

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…
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Surrendering the Pie

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

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

“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 …
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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…