John Biscello
Taos, New Mexico
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, John is an award-winning novelist, poet, performer, playwright, and screenwriter. He has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of four novels; Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale; Raking the Dust; Nocturne Variations; and No Man’s Brooklyn.He has also authored a collection of stories called 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 fiction and poetry has appeared in 3:AM magazine, nthposition, the Tishman Review, Paris Lit Up, Kansas City Voices, Yuan Yang, and numerous other publications.
His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.
The Bride, a chamber film that he wrote and directed, debuted in May of 2024, and was an Official Selection of the Berlin Indie Film Festival and the Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival.
Peter J. Dellolio
Brooklyn, New York
Dellolio was born in NYC in 1956. He graduated from New York University in 1978.
He has had a variety of work published in over 110 literary magazines, journals, and anthologies, in print and online.
Since 2018, three of his poetry collections, a novel, and a novella have also been published. For poetry, the titles include: A Box Of Crazy Toys (Xenos Books); Bloodstream Is An Illusion Of Rubies Counting Fireplaces and Roller Coasters Made Of Dream Space (Cyberwit/Rochak Publishing). For novels & novella titles include: The Confession (Cyberwit/Rochak Publishing) and The Vigil (Type Eighteen Books). A short story
collection has been released called That’s Where You Go & Other Short Stories (Cyberwit/Rochak Publishing).
A collection of his one-act plays was published in 1983 by Dramatika Press.
Peter has taught language skills through art projects for LEAP in the NYC public school system. He lives in Brooklyn.
Taylor Thornburg
Chicago, Illinois
He is an author and essayist based in Chicago, Illinois. His fiction explores strange yet humane ways of being.
His fiction can be found in The Garfield Lake Review, L’Esprit Literary Review, Thirteenth Floor Magazine, Valley Voices, The Heartwood Literary Review, Disco Kitchen, and elsewhere.