Gerard DiLeo
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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!
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Of Another Kind Altogether —PART 9 of 9 (CONCLUSION)
The next time Marilyn Mayer saw Missy was 68 years later, when the girl she knew at 18 was now 86. Marilyn, herself, was 90. They had each had long and complex lives, including five professions, three husbands, and four children between them. Strangely enough, it happened that both were sitting across from each other on a commuter train. It was late in the evening and they had the car to themselves.
By Gerard DiLeo8 months ago in Fiction
Of Another Kind Altogether—PART 5
Marilyn had a busy day planned. It was her “doctor” day, as she was scheduled to see her OBGYN, then the psychiatrist to whom she’d been referred, and after that, blood work. Although she realized none of that applied, she wanted to be a good sport in case someone wanted to commit her.
By Gerard DiLeo8 months ago in Fiction
Of Another Kind Altogether—Part 4
Marilyn sat in her OBGYN’s office for her first prenatal visit since being discharged from the hospital. The doctor was very late. She stood up in the crowded waiting room and approached the desk. There, a receptionist who couldn’t be any older than 18, looked up with a scripted smile.
By Gerard DiLeo9 months ago in Fiction
Of Another Kind Altogether—Part 3
Dr. Tilden didn’t know what to do now, if anything. As the radiologist reading Marilyn Mayer’s prenatal ultrasound, she couldn’t understand the patient’s non-plussed reaction to the results being “puzzling.” Nor could she understand what Marilyn had meant by “everyone else” being in danger instead of her pregnancy.
By Gerard DiLeo9 months ago in Fiction
Of Another Kind Altogether—Part 2. Top Story - May 2025.
Dr. Tilden was puzzled by Marilyn’s ultrasound. The uterus was a size compatible with a 12-week gestation, but it looked empty. Normally, this would be termed a failed pregnancy, a “blighted ovum,” or an “empty sac,” doomed as an inevitable miscarriage. Yet Marilyn’s serial blood tests demonstrated rising hCG hormones, indicating a healthy pregnancy.
By Gerard DiLeo9 months ago in Fiction
Or Another Kind Altogether—Part 1
Marilyn didn't want to stay. She felt fine. She understood everyone's concern—being missing a week—but she also knew she was unharmed. After three days of blood tests and psychiatric questionnaires, she was ready to storm out without permission. She was an adult, after all.
By Gerard DiLeo9 months ago in Fiction
Sinuous Pareidolia
Defocus and dodge the snakes.
By Gerard DiLeo9 months ago in Poets
A Maltopia
Alvin Toffler, in his book, "Future Shock," explored how the rapidly changing culture can pass some by. Those who cannot adjust or even grasp the changes around them can experience confusion and isolation. While his book hinted at the elderly being most prone to this "future" shock, the rapidity of change, seen now as logarithmic and not arithmetic, has been continually lowering the bar, that is, the age at which future shock seems to seep in.
By Gerard DiLeo10 months ago in Futurism
