Gerard DiLeo

Joined July 2021

867 stories

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Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

Make me rich! https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/

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Rap CD in Blue
A failed rapper assumed the polite were his fans and would help him finance his CD. They weren't that polite. He had worked odd jobs to support his career, but still had nothing to show. This time, he vowed, things would be different.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Corinthian Bouquet
On the corner I waited for the lighted green man to say walk. A five-way light meant a long wait for crisscrossing traffic to take their turns.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
The Cure
"I know what the problem is!" the doctor told him. "Please," the defeated man begged--a man resigned to hopelessness. "It's not all in your head."
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
The Ring
I dig. It is well after midnight but only hours after the funeral and burial. My younger sister was a spiteful, hateful creature. And now she was dead. In a manner of speaking, looks like I won, sister.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Double Vision
Those red, piercing eyes, following me. See them? They're hungry. They burn! You can see them. Why don't you admit it? They don't like company. They're closer...closer... My God! They're here. Right now! They stare, just waiting.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Credibility
"Mr. and Mrs. Cassan, the results are back." "And?" asked Mr. Cassan. "You know we had to do all these tests because a shared delusion is rare."
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Carousel
Each child had a favorite carousel horse. The volunteer fire department call gave few details--just that it was burning. I was soon there with my fellow firefighters, but the conflagration seemed hopeless.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Synæsthesia
I could smell her loveliness Her fragrance stands beautifully in my way Her voice can caress my flesh Or cut the bone away
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Dear Survivor,
Dear Survivor, I encompassed all three germ lines Revolution I engendered, but your gender was irrelevant Evolution I contended, but 'tender was impertinent
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Damned Dan
Dirty Dan did dirty deeds-- Detestable, despicable, degenerate deeds-- Despite daunting difficulties. Daily, Dan declared decisions, dealing defeat dastardly.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Poets
Bodies in Motion
It was one of those rare and magical times for me when I had felt the lift-off, halfway between sleep and wakefulness, that had signaled the beginning of an out-of-body experience. This experience had been a long time coming, and I grew exhilarated at the prospect of spotting my real Abby again, even if just to see her in a very terrible parallel world.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction
Have-nauts
The International Space Station now sported elbows and wings and warts of nearly twenty nations, afloat a gravity wave that kept it falling forward on that thin line between smashing into or forever escaping its planet.
By Gerard DiLeo3 years ago in Fiction