John Biscello

Author, Playwright, Director and Screenwriter

Taos, New Mexico

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About John

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of four novels: Broken Land, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.

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Adventures of a Young Daydreamer Family ⋄ Adventure Eleven-year-old Pip, an incorrigible daydreamer, discovers the enchanted realm of Pycopay, where he undertakes a quest for the mythical Kindness Trees and comes to understand the true nature of imagination, compassion and friendship.
Nocturne Variations Film-noir ⋄ Fantasy Dystopic Peter Pan meets surrealist noir in this cinemythical tale about love, loss and the illusions of shadow-play.
The Best Medicine Romance ⋄ Comedy An urban vaudeville tragicomedy, in which four entangled characters navigate through fractured and unstable realities.
No Man's Brooklyn Family ⋄ Drama From the valentine boneyards of working-class Brooklyn, a tale of first love, lost innocence, tragedy, and healing.
Ballad of the Cuckoos Experimental ⋄ Drama Surreal torch song meets Laurel and Hardy in the Twilight Zone.
Nursery Bones Romance ⋄ Drama Existential burlesque in which layers are peeled, and the past/present/future converge in the name of love everlasting.
Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale Mystery ⋄ Film-noir Wanna-be detective, Salvatore Lunezzi, finds himself drawn into a world of metaphysical noir after receiving a phone call from a writer-friend claiming to be dead.
Wendigo Independent ⋄ Drama A man, lost in a snowstorm, flying a kite, wanders fugue-like into a dark and enigmatic winter of the soul.

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