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Posted on February 21, 2026 by John Biscello

Audio excerpt from No One Dreams in Color (coming April 14):

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Gray Matter

Posted on February 5, 2026 by John Biscello

Thank you to Dianne Reeves Angel for her advance review of No One Dreams in Color. The full review will be published in an upcoming edition of The Literary Yard. Excerpt below: “This is not a novel driven by plot … Continue reading →

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Review in the Compulsive Reader

Posted on October 20, 2025 by John Biscello

Louis Greenstein’s review of The Last Furies appearing in the Compulsive Reader. Excerpt:“The Last Furies inhabits a shamanic, liminal world where fantasies, yearnings, and radio waves merge to reveal secrets of the universe and mysteries of the human consciousness. From … Continue reading →

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Cover Reveal

Posted on October 20, 2025 by John Biscello

Cover reveal for my sixth novel, No One Dreams in Color, which will be published by Unsolicited Press in April 2026. I am thrilled that the cover features the artwork of Linda Stojak, one of my favorite contemporary artists who creates … 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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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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Trailer: The Last Furies

Posted on July 11, 2025 by John Biscello

Trailer for my novel, The Last Furies. Coming this fall from Lost Telegram press.

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Metamorphosis Variations

Posted on February 24, 2025 by John Biscello

My fiction piece, “Metamorphosis Variations” (inspired by the first sentence of Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”) now appearing in 3:AM magazine. Excerpt below: As I awoke one morning, from a night of discarded syringes and cough syrup, I found myself transformed … Continue reading →

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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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