Tag Archives: John Biscello

Nocturne on the Horizon

Cover reveal for my new novel, Nocturne Variations (coming this November).  Designed by Heather Ross. NOCTURNE VARIATIONS: Dystopic Peter Pan meets surrealist noir in this cinemythical tale about love, loss and the illusions of shadow-play. Los Angeles, December, 1989, is when … Continue reading

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Lavender

The soft-slippered mist of lavender’s whispered crush– Seaside kisses, aired.

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Long Before Shakespeare

Sound and the Fury– The sea’s repeating dreamlife in white heat, storied.

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And the Band Played On

Soft mermaid halos held in the tears of a stone– Sea’s choral fable.

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Swell

This house on a hill, overlooking love, dreams us– Clouds, gently touched, swell.

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Terrace

Young girl on terrace, looking down upon the world– Where did mommy go?    

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Picasso Who?

No painter required, just a door, and running blues– Fuck museum walls.    

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Sea Change

There is only so long a mermaid can linger on land before some collector with a fetishistic bent, and sheer volumes of emptiness matching his compensatory cravings, renders her a mute and immobile object of worship, not only for his … Continue reading

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The Messenger

To conceive of Death, as an uninvited guest– His gift, your life, lived.

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Knock Knock

I came to a door, where once it was only wall– Dreams turn up in time.

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