Tag Archives: surreal

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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The Bride

Posted on February 16, 2023 by John Biscello

Behind-the-scenes sneak-peek at our short film THE BRIDE, in this week’s edition of Tempo.

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The Bride

Posted on January 17, 2023 by John Biscello

A series of experimental stills from our short film, THE BRIDE, which we plan to shoot in February. I wrote the script to The Bride, based on a story concept by Jaylan Salman, which was inspired by her poem, “You … Continue reading →

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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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