Tag Archives: mythology

Mama Said Knock You Out

Posted on October 2, 2026 by John Biscello
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Golgotha Revisited

Posted on October 2, 2026 by John Biscello

Let’s imagine it like this: The man on the cross is not Jesus. The man crucified was a stand-in. A strategic measure. Part of a grand design and plan coordinated by the Twelve Apostles and Jesus. It was an inside … Continue reading →

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Neverland Noir

Posted on September 24, 2026 by John Biscello

Hot off the press! Neverland Noir has been released and is represented by Heuer Publishing, serving the theater community since 1928. This play is available for licensing for schools and theater companies: hitplays.com NEVERLAND NOIRClassic noir meets Neverland mythology in … Continue reading →

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Wanderland

Posted on February 7, 2024 by John Biscello

There is no journey. Only myths in which we fit our lust to wander.

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Bluegrass

Posted on May 13, 2023 by John Biscello

Music plays a significant role in both the construction and tone of None So Distant, with one of the sections, titled Jukebox, functioning as a mythical and conceptual music catalog. Below is one of the “songs” from Jukebox. BLUEGRASSOffbeat lonesome … Continue reading →

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Lore and Order

Posted on October 13, 2022 by John Biscello

We recall fondly. We recollect. The good old days in which we titled windmills redolently and rode dusty clanging boxcars across the horizontal spread of america What a lay we said hitching our pants sticking our peckers into every gopher … Continue reading →

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Odysseus and You

Posted on November 23, 2020 by John Biscello

“This transformation is what all artists seek: to become like mythic heroes—Prometheus, Achilles, Odysseus, Aclestis, Athena—so that we mortals can see our fates reflected in their journeys as we do in the journeys described in ancient myths.” – Erica Jong … Continue reading →

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Living Mythology

Posted on November 19, 2020 by John Biscello

“Essentially, mythologies are enormous poems that are renditions of insights, giving some sense of the marvel, the miracle and wonder of life.” – Joseph Campbell Brokering the truest gold from the radiant core of melting mortal want, your life is … Continue reading →

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The Last Furies

Posted on July 17, 2020 by John Biscello

Completed draft of my fifth novel.

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Breathing Ground for Phoenixes

Posted on March 24, 2020 by John Biscello

There are baby phoenixes burning inside my lungs. They want to grow into their deaths and fiery unabated splendor, want to consume the ash-cake coronating their birth-days, which matches abolition to symmetry. I am being asked, no forced to open … Continue reading →

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