Category Archives: Prose

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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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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Snaps

Posted on August 10, 2025 by John Biscello

Sneak-pique at some layout specs from my forthcoming novel, The Last Furies (Lost Telegram Press).

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