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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.

Trailer: The Last Furies

Posted on July 11, 2025 by John Biscello

Trailer for my novel, The Last Furies. Coming this fall from Lost Telegram press.

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Ephemera

Posted on July 3, 2025 by John Biscello

“A photograph is a secret about a secret”— Diane Arbus Two snaps from a series of Polaroid experiments related to my novel, The Last Furies, forthcoming from Lost Telegram Press.

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Company

Posted on June 22, 2025 by John Biscello

I have always depended on the kindness of solitude to acquaint me favorably with the company of words.

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Glare

Posted on June 22, 2025 by John Biscello

We are dreamwalkers punctuated by reveries and long listless spells of want. Conjugal in our misgiven symmetries, our lives readily become us by frayed skeins of intimacy and sensual haunt.

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Lost Telegram

Posted on June 11, 2025 by John Biscello

I am happy to announce that I have signed on with Lost Telegram Press, a Canadian publisher, for the publication of my novel, The Last Furies. It is encouraging to have found a supportive home for what is an experimental, multi-form … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Lift-Off Film Fest

Posted on May 5, 2025 by John Biscello

The Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival is now live on Vimeo, and will run through June 1st. If you are interested in checking out our film The Bride (along with the other indie shorts that are being screened), here is the … Continue reading →

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Company

Posted on April 17, 2025 by John Biscello

In the company of numinous graces and unremembered lots Infinity counts upon phenomenal breadth and bandwidth to maximize its local market value within the human plot.

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Intrigue

Posted on April 17, 2025 by John Biscello

Plots, in a mysterious ceremony, unending. Ephemera becomes us, if only briefly.

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Notation

Posted on April 17, 2025 by John Biscello

Ghosts, in lucid drag, bare to the drifts and unerring grace of realms unending— we, in human-rent shape, exercise particles in a quantum plot of recall and dramatic flair— these mortal coils, shed, in frets and arpeggios, scale by scale, … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Lift-Off

Posted on April 17, 2025 by John Biscello

I am excited to announce that our speculative and experimental film The Bride is an official selection of the Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2025. For those interested in tuning in, the festival will screen live on Vimeo (May 4th-June 1st), … Continue reading →

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