Monthly Archives: May 2019

A Girl Goes Into the Forest

Posted on May 20, 2019 by John Biscello

Review of Pel Alford Pursell’s A Girl Goes Into the Forest. In the dream I was sitting with my mother in a restaurant lobby, waiting to be seated for dinner. The hostess came over, asked me my name, which I … Continue reading →

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Cuckoo for Cinema

Posted on May 13, 2019 by John Biscello

As a lifelong fan and lover of cinema, with movies of all kinds being a nourishing staple in my diet, I am excited to announce that I am going to be directing a short film I wrote, titled: Ballad of … Continue reading →

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The Source

Posted on May 12, 2019 by John Biscello

Their hearts, registered as infinite beacons, have gone gently and luminously into nights not so good and pitch-black, braving flytrap folds and god-awful rows to soothe, mend and restore the bruised vitals of daughters and sons; they go, infused with … Continue reading →

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Ray Bradbury Presents…

Posted on May 6, 2019 by John Biscello

Time and again inventing wings on the way down and in Ray lived according to Imagination’s standard and grinned while risking it all on the first and last word.

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Nine Lives Minus One

Posted on May 6, 2019 by John Biscello

For its last supper the cat asked for a cupcake– Christ, look at that flame! (Artwork by Conrad Cooper)

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Paradise Found

Posted on May 6, 2019 by John Biscello

Decisive moment, revised throughout melting years– Love can be stunning.

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Radiance Do Dance

Posted on May 6, 2019 by John Biscello

Sometimes it is a breakaway of color, a kaleidoscopic spray and rupture that does the trick in convincing the light to warm your veins and stay a little while longer. (Artwork by Jackson Pollock)