Tag Archives: surreal

Nine Lives Minus One

Posted on May 6, 2019 by John Biscello

For its last supper the cat asked for a cupcake– Christ, look at that flame! (Artwork by Conrad Cooper)

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Metamorphosis Variations

Posted on June 19, 2018 by John Biscello

I. As I awoke one morning, from a blue-dark night of drinking and uneasy dreams, I found myself transformed into a cockroach. Figures it’d be a cockroach, skidded a deadpan between a head full of swollen thoughts. With newfound prehistoric … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn in Taos

Posted on May 3, 2018 by John Biscello

In anticipation of Unsolicited Press’s summer re-release of my first novel, Broken Land, A Brooklyn Tale, a reading from the archives.

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Trailer for Nocturne Variations

Posted on April 15, 2018 by John Biscello

This is the first literary trailer for Nocturne Variations, my new novel, which will be released this November (Unsolicited Press). Watch here. ABOUT: Dystopic Peter Pan meets surrealist noir in this cinemythical tale about love, loss and the illusions of shadow-play. Los … Continue reading →

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Winged

Posted on March 27, 2018 by John Biscello

How little they know, of her flights beyond reason– Her world, winged, widens. (Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

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Free Range

Posted on March 27, 2018 by John Biscello

Nesting, she brooded on the future of free range– No claims to hold her. (Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

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Sitcom

Posted on March 19, 2018 by John Biscello

In Episode 12 of Epic Distortions, the dog begs, canned applause. (Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)

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Nursery

Posted on March 19, 2018 by John Biscello

The nursery burned, as the children kept playing– Parents worlds away. (Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)

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Candles

Posted on March 16, 2018 by John Biscello

One for each of us, happy born-day, dear sister– Beyond human reach. (Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)

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Phantom Itch

Posted on March 11, 2018 by John Biscello

Hand, to buy or rent, if phantom props are your thing– Body optional. (Photo by Man Ray)

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