Category Archives: Press

Trip Hop

Posted on January 1, 2024 by John Biscello

Issue 2 of Dilate magazine has dropped, popped and rolled. An elixir of stimulating brew initiating the new-new. My piece “Trip Hop” is in the mindfizzy mix.

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Apocalyptic Bop

Posted on January 1, 2024 by John Biscello

Happy to be a creative contributor to the resurrected and phoenix rising incarnation of Dilate magazine. Issue 2 just dropped for the new year.

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Solitude

Posted on September 19, 2023 by John Biscello

From the series, Japan Poems. There is a danger in wondering too much, in giving due notice to the low burning fire that nightly dreams of arson– An entire block or city or world eviscerated in a vengeful nod or … Continue reading →

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Updated Bio

Posted on August 17, 2023 by John Biscello

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, author, poet, playwright, perfomer and screenwriter, John Biscello, is the author of four novels–Broken Land, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn–two volumes of poetry–Arclight, Moonglow on Mercy Street–a collection of stories, Freeze Tag–and an … Continue reading →

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Drama Notebook

Posted on May 15, 2023 by John Biscello

Seven of my original children’s plays–The Shadow of Peter Pan, The Little Prince in Egypt, The Myth of Demeter and Persephone Revisited, Mythology Mash-Up, the Nutcracker in a Flash, Aesop Remixed, and Benchmark–are now available through Drama Notebook. Drama Notebook is … Continue reading →

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Paris Lit Up

Posted on May 11, 2023 by John Biscello

Grateful to have had three excerpts from None So Distant published on Paris Lit Up. Story, All Fours, and Lore and Order can be read here.

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Daydream Believer

Posted on February 23, 2023 by John Biscello

In this fantastical tale for young people, and the eternally young at heart, enter the fractured world of eleven-year-old Pip. A chronic daydreamer, Pip discovers the enchanted realm of Pycopay, where he undertakes a quest for the mythical Kindness Trees. … Continue reading →

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Cinematic Matrimony

Posted on February 23, 2023 by John Biscello

THE BRIDE In the shadowy, obscure and mostly silent world world of The Bride, a woman, garbed in a wedding dress and veil, directly engages the mirror and “seeing eye” of the camera, as she confronts both codified ritual and internal pressures–rooted … Continue reading →

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The Bride

Posted on February 16, 2023 by John Biscello

Behind-the-scenes sneak-peek at our short film THE BRIDE, in this week’s edition of Tempo.

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Street Beat

Posted on January 25, 2023 by John Biscello

New edition of No Man’s Brooklyn. Signed copies available for pre-order directly through me (Paypal or Venmo). Digital copies are available for prospective reviewers. Can also be purchased through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other cyber-outlets soon. “Biscello succeeds in … Continue reading →

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