Gerard DiLeo
Bio
Retired, not tired. In Life Phase II: Living and writing from a decommissioned church in Hull, MA. (Phase I was New Orleans and everything that entails. Hippocampus, behave!
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Stories (540/0)
Hansel and Gretel and Hansel and Gretel
PART THE FIRST, OF TWO PARTS Twice upon a time, a poor woodcutter's first of two wives had two sets of identical twins. First came Hansel and Hansel. One Hansel was named after the poor woodcutter's father, Hansel; the other Hansel was named after the poor woodcutter's grandfather, Hansel.
By Gerard DiLeo11 months ago in Fiction
Chemistry of Love
ACCORDION MUSIC The antique camera was only $12. It was love at first sight, and Malcolm couldn't pass it up. He loved old things, especially technological or mechanical. The week before he had scored a brass orrery. It was just the Sun, Earth, and the Moon, but he was thrilled when he wound it and it worked, the two orbs noisily circling the central Sun at their different speeds.
By Gerard DiLeo11 months ago in Fiction
Isola di San Michele
The casual tourist can "do" Venice in about a day and a half. The serious, artistic tourist can take months. And for the citizen, it takes a lifetime. One of the best-kept secrets about Venice is one of its cemeteries, the island of San Michele, viz., Isola di San Michele.
By Gerard DiLeo11 months ago in Journal