Gerard DiLeo
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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!
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Spontaneity
I wondered if I could generate heat by merely thinking. Thinking harmful, vengeful, and thermogenic thoughts? Could I put something malevolent into an earworm whose cycling 'round and 'round could accrue heat recursively? What exact thoughts could do that?
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
Let Sleeping Killers Lie
The Krell There was a 1956 movie called "Forbidden Planet," in which the Krell, an advanced civilization, eliminated all need by constructing a megalopolis of manufacturing underground, able to retrieve thought and render what was wished for.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Humans
Footprints in the Sand
My heart was heavy, but I trudged on. My weight was that of Atlas, but I put the next foot forward. My feet sunk deeper the harder I tried, in Sisyphisian torture. And when all was lost, I turned and looked behind me. There were two sets of footprints in the sand.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
The Magic Pen
Once upon a time there was a young author who loved to write. He was so wealthy from an inheritance that he could afford to do nothing but write. He made it a point to write every day. Write something. It became such a part of his life that he fantasized a dreadful, horror... that when his pen ran out of ink, his own blood would stop flowing.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
