Gerard DiLeo

Joined July 2021

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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

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343 Make the North Pole Great Again
"Sir?" asked an elf. "Yes, Pippy?" answered Santa. "Sir, about the NICE list. Last month someone from the NAUGHTY list was transferred over to it." Pippy held a tightly rolled-up scroll. Santa waved his fingers, indicating Pippy should let it spill out onto the floor, which it did.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
342 Night of Infamy
"Men," the severe, sunglasses-wearing man began, "ours is a special vocation. We are the elite force assigned to protect the most important man in the world."
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
341 — Terraforming Mars: Part 11
In Dr. Renée Niemann’s present, Mars “as is” was a quasi-water world with chilly, but not unpleasant 50º-72º F temperatures along its peri-equatorial bands of latitude. A very respectably sized moon graced the view above its 84% Oxygen/15% Nitrogen skies. Moon Ancile, during Phases I and II, wobbled the new center of gravity between it and its planet enough to ratchet Mars’ orbit in closer to the sun, adding more warmth, as well as rounding its orbit to make it less elliptical. The Martian year was still just shy twice that of Earth’s, but the perihelion-aphelion variation narrowed to almost negligible.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
340 Unnatural Causes
Rick "Ricochet" O'Shea was the kingpin of East Jesus, Missouri, but Jesus had nothing to do with it. And West Jesus, just across the bridge, had nothing to do with him.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
339 Natural Causes
"People we know, people we won't miss, people who just get in our way," explained Rick "Rick-o-chet" O'Shea, "die all the time."
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
338 CREEPY CRISPR
The human genome, like any scientific advance, relied upon remaining in the right hands. But "right hands" are in the minds of the beholders.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
337 Goes Without Saying
Nights have matured, from repairs of wear-and-tear, toward a respite that supersedes maintenance. Each sleep’s pause—and paws—portend limited days left for both of us, my old, best friend.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
336 Time for Our Annual Christmas Newsletter
Well, how fast another year has passed! As we enter the Christmas month, it's time, once again, for everyone to "Catch up with the Punctilios!"
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
335 — The 2024 Story-a-Day: Terms of Service
TERMS OF SERVICE By continuing to read each story of this 2024 Story-a-Day Challenge, you agree to the following: 1. You agree that each story you read is the best frickin' thing you've ever seen, in any medium, in any genre, of any time in history.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
334 Terraforming Mars: Part 10
Phase II, not to be outdone, involved lassoing and nudging three well-aimed comets to the deep Hellas, Valles Marineris, and Acidalia Planitia depressions. Automated pulverization of the central equatorial bands of latitude released more oxygen and deposited topsoil that would be so necessary for the Phase III to come—actual colonization.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction
Winter Waltz
Blue is the Hue of cold Few are too True to fold . White as the Bright o'day Light as the Flight o'spray . Play is the
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Poets
333 — No Thanks
Peach and Blossom, the 2024 national turkeys, sat on Death Row in the White House basement. The official Presidential priest, Father Francis, entered.
By Gerard DiLeoabout a year ago in Fiction