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Category Archives: Books
Lit Trailers
A series of trailers that were created for two of my novels: Broken Land and Nocturne Variations (Unsolicited Press). Videos and music by Anthony Distefano.
Posted in Audio, Books, Cinema, photography, Press, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged anthony distefano, Broken Land a Brooklyn Tale, John Biscello, nocturne variations, novels, trailers, unsolicited press, Video
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The Soldier
Excerpt from All the Last Furies. He swept me into the storage room of the inn. Baited me with the promise of candy. Something so simple, and yet candy might be the ultimate siren for children, its lure a golden … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged all the last furies, arthur rimbaud, John Biscello, memory of fiction, novel, play, Prose, radio tuning, the inn, the raping
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Moodscape
Down a lighted alley. From The Jackdaw and the Doll. Illustration by Izumi Yokoyama.
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged alley, ambient sitrrings, fable, izumi yokoyama, jackdaw and the doll, John Biscello, kafka, street scene
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Come Rain or Come Shine
Illustration from The Jackdaw and the Doll. A fable about love, compassion and the magic of storytelling, presently being illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama.
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged art inspires, come rain or come shine, fable, franz kafka, izumi yokoyama, jackdaw and the doll, love is real, storytelling
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City of Velvet Fog
Lamplit alley in the City of Velvet Fog. From The Jackdaw and the Doll.
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Artwork, fable, franz kafka, izumi yokoyama, jackdaw and the doll, John Biscello, storytelling
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The Shroud
K’s personal “Boogeyman”: The Shroud. From The Jackdaw and the Doll.
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Artwork, fable, franz kafka, izumi yokoyama, jackdaw and the doll, John Biscello, Prose, storytelling
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The Storyteller
Page from The Jackdaw and the Doll, a fable I wrote, which is being illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. Inspired by a story about Franz Kafka.
Posted in Artwork, Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged Artwork, fable, franz kafka, izumi yokoyama, jackdaw and the doll, John Biscello, Prose, storyteller
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Review of Virtuoso
“But I see my mind’s asleep. Were it to remain wide awake from this point on, we should quickly arrive at the truth, which may well be all around us now (its angels weeping)!” — Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Press, Prose, Publications, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, John Biscello, novel, Prose, riot material, two dollar radio, Yelena Moskovich
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Cuckoos in Toyland
When you’ve grown up, my dears, And are as old as I, You’ll often ponder on the years That roll so swiftly by, my dears, That roll so swiftly by. And all the many lands You will have journeyed through … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cinema, photography, Press, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged ballad of the cuckoos, childhood's land, film, island of misfit toys, John Biscello, laurel and hardy, scavenger hunt, toyland, toys
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Cuckoo Rising
Greetings, soul-folks, and much love as we groove into the creatively charged and spiritually Roaring 20s! I am thrilled to announce that our crowdsourcing campaign for Ballad of the Cuckoos has officially launched, beneath the gilded magic of tonight’s full moon … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Books, Cinema, photography, Press, Prose, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Brooklyn, Cinema, cinemagical adventure, cuckoo rising, flight of the cuckoo, indie film, John Biscello, New Mexico, Taos, what dreams may come, winging it
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