Author Archives: John Biscello

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About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; 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 plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.

Surface

Alchemy of fugue, shifting tides rent rising blues– surface lies in wait.

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The Little People

Just found out my story, “The Little People,” was nominated for Best of the Net. Audio-version of the story can be heard here, in Golden Walkman magazine.

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Nocturne

By intent of wraith, shadow capes fullest fathoms– Sentenced to dreaming.  

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Enigma

Modeling the glyphs of a soul’s swooning cursive– Who will transcribe me?

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Anais Nin

Portrait of a gaze, fixed to a remote star, caving– Form follows distance.

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Nin and Miller

Kindred spirit-play, by voice, a million worn pages– currency of love.

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Luna Park

Rigged trip to the moon, in a future long since gone– A round-trip mirage.

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Narcissus

Grounded by warm shock– Is that beautiful thing me? Drowning through live feed.

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Lullaby

Dreaming, a tactile lullaby by which to set course.

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Cherish

A woman’s worldview turned upside-down by cherish– As above, so below.

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