Author Archives: John Biscello

About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.

In the Dark

Posted on August 31, 2025 by John Biscello

I was vacant when he entered me, a ghost in a long corridor. In the distance, I heard low hissing. As if the world were losing air through a slow leak. I silently sang myself a lullaby from my childhood, … Continue reading →

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Review of The Last Furies

Posted on August 29, 2025 by John Biscello

Thank you, Louis Greenstein, for the thoughtful advance review of my forthcoming novel, The Last Furies (Lost Telegram Press). Full review below: John Biscello’s astonishing work, The Last Furies, is a vaudeville routine wrapped around a radio drama, tucked into … Continue reading →

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Reviewers Wanted

Posted on August 27, 2025 by John Biscello

My new novel, The Last Furies, is slated for mid-September release (in print, digital and audio-book editions), and e-book ARCs (advance review copies) are available upon request to anyone interested in reviewing the book. SYNOPSISIn this lyrical and speculative mosaic … Continue reading →

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Final Cover

Posted on August 26, 2025 by John Biscello

Final cover for The Last Furies has been decided (thanks to all who voted), along with updates about the process of the novel and evolving audio-book version.

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Nocturne Variations (Screenplay)

Posted on August 26, 2025 by John Biscello

I am happy to share that my full-length screenplay, Nocturne Variations (based on my novel of the same name), has been published in the new issue of Open: A Journal of Arts & Letters, as part of their screenwiting series. … Continue reading →

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Postcard from the Edge

Posted on August 20, 2025 by John Biscello

On a chrome operating table, an umbrella and a sewing machine make love. Are about to make love. Have already made love. One or the other or the other. It is industrial burlesque in a vintage Parisian postcard bearing a … Continue reading →

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Red Wind

Posted on August 18, 2025 by John Biscello

The stilettos of red wind go on pecking at me, at us. We haven’t seen our mother in seven months. She was taken away. I could present evidence of my mother— kitchens tattooed onto her elbows and wrists, walking the … Continue reading →

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Cover Art

Posted on August 15, 2025 by John Biscello

You can vote now on one of seven possible covers (featuring the work of Heather Ross) for my forthcoming novel, The Last Furies.

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Ballad of the Cuckoos (publication)

Posted on August 14, 2025 by John Biscello

Publication of my screenplay, Ballad of the Cuckoos, in Issue 8 of For Page and Screen magazine, now live.

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Masks

Posted on August 13, 2025 by John Biscello

“Why so much fear of tears? Because the masks we use are made of salt. A stinging red salt which makes us beautiful and majestic but devours our skin.” – Luisa Valenzuela My new novel, The Last Furies, coming soon … Continue reading →

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