Tag Archives: actress

It Girl

Posted on September 30, 2025 by John Biscello

“Evie laughed to herself. It was just acting. Then again, she often did have trouble determining where she ended and someone else began. She wasn’t sure if this was a side-effect to acting, or to existing. Or if there was … Continue reading →

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Edie, Interrupted

Posted on February 10, 2025 by John Biscello

Splitting images, resurrection on a loop– Stripping for heaven.

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The Menken

Posted on February 10, 2025 by John Biscello

She, the Menken, Byronic in flame and force, mastered the art of social media long before technology caught up, selling the illusion of a man/ woman bound naked to a horse; she, the salacious Mazeppa, incited a modern storm, long … Continue reading →

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Mae West

Posted on September 17, 2017 by John Biscello

No bodice to bind heaving glow and talon’s wit– she lit up the screen.

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Kiss

Posted on September 7, 2017 by John Biscello

The gaze, faraway, fastened to a winter moon– snow to lips, a kiss.

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Isabella Rossellini

Posted on September 7, 2017 by John Biscello

Listless gravity, the weight of a jaded vamp– Glaring, a black mass.

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