Gerard DiLeo

Joined July 2021

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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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301 Dei Verbum: Part 2
At first, the societal upheavals were tumultuous. evoking the many theories. Why had the aliens landed so ostentatiously in a place synonymous with Christianity? Was it a scout ship for a planned invasion? Was it a calling card, an introduction for more to come? Was it sent by God? Were the unseen visitors dimensionally aphasic and we simply missed each other due to some myopic existential blindness?
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
300 Dei Verbum: Part 1
A peculiar monstrosity: it floated so gracefully to the ground, implying an otherworldly sophistication that went beyond mere arrival. Yet, it was obvious that Earth was its destination and Earth's people assumed to be the reason.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
299 — Terraforming Mars, Part 5
DIARY ENTRY SOL 27,202 The ṺberCollider is, officially, the Upside Prisn Collider, “upside” because of the flavor—or spin—of the "Prisn" used in the collider collisions. There are two ṺberColliders.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
298 Fools Like Me
Boots on Earth 2.0's ground. I took a deep breath of this new world; all seemed well. I missed green. Hardwired into our DNA, green's electromagnetic frequency soothes the mind. I felt peace. As long as there was green, I'd be OK.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
297 Mein Kampf, Part 2
Adolf Hitler (né Schicklgruber) Führerbunker Reich Chancellery Gardens, Mitte Borough, Berlin, Germany Herr Hitler: Thank you for submitting your sequel, "Mein Kampf, Part 2: This Time It's Personal."
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
296 Wake-up Call
I made bullet lists. The first was one of physical characteristics—age, weight, height, shoe size, and a dozen other aspects that make me unique.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
295 Sunbathing
Kal-El, son of the late Jor-El and Lara, had been brought to visit family in Kandor. The Kents' friend, Lex Luthor, still with a head full of hair, had arranged it using his LEX'ER reducto-beam.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
Abundance of Caution
My abundance of caution Is out of proportion My embarrassment of riches Soils my britches . At the end of the day There's a price to pay
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Poets
I Must Have Blinked
How did I miss it? Something flew past my window. Must draw the curtains.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Poets
294 The Road Less Traveled
The proverbial fork in the road—a signpost pointing out two directions. One sign: "THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED"; the other, standard issue from the Department of Public Works: "KEEP RIGHT."
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
293 Life's Pageant and Those Watching
She had everything, if only skin deep. Glorious on stage, she was the designated beauty from her state. Her buttocks were firm, tenting the bikini bottom just that way. Her breasts were just so...healthy! Hanging perfectly, attentive. Her flat waist perfectly see-sawed above with below.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
292 Terraforming Mars Part 4
DIARY ENTRY SOL 22,102 It’s pretty amazing that these ferropods, simple as they were, ushered in such a cultural upheaval: there was life elsewhere in the universe! The fact that it was just next door on Mars implied that it was probably everywhere in the universe.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction