WRITING

MISC PIECES

Musica Obscura (exclusive to this site; music articles from 2014 - 2017)

747 Missteps (exclusive to this site; 2012)

Death Has Never Looked So Beautiful (from Paraphilia #12; 2011)

Bitchin' Bibliography on Banned Books (from collection of articles, Some Words; 2008)

ENCYCLOPEDIA OBSCURUM

I've wrapped up the Know-It-All Asshole Jerk book, Encyclopedia Obscurum. If you're a fan of my blog, but are tired of reading it all online, then you'll definitely dig it. Over 260 pages, with around 300 entries of bizarre true stories covering art, music, literature, hoaxes, religion, lifestyles, and random weirdoes. With a cover designed by Iron Forge Press' Chuck Loose!

The book is $25 with postage paid. You can contact me directly, or visit my Etsy shop to order.

THIS HIDDEN CITY

My other book, This Hidden City, is still available for purchase.

Are you visiting New York City any time soon? If so, you will certainly want to carry this book with you. Sixty-three entries, covering all five boroughs (plus two islands), mentioning over 200 sights and sites you have to see in the city that never sleeps - complete with photos, and maps. Weird art, odd locations, bizarre history, and morbid landmarks very few visit, or even know about. This is a must for anyone who loves the uncanny, and New York City.
The book is $25 with postage paid. You can contact me directly, or visit my Etsy shop to order.

MUSICA OBSCURA / ENIGMATIC AUDIO

My previous fanzine, titled Musica Obscura, sold out pretty quick due to good reviews.

Limited to 100 hand-numbered copies, it collected over 15 different in depth articles on bizarre and rare music from around the world. The zine came with a free disc of 130+ mp3s covered within.
However, seeing as my Know-It-All Asshole Jerk fanzine is now out of print, I wanted to keep one zine always fully available, so I've decided to repress Musica Obscura, as a new edition, titled Enigmatic Audio.

It still collects over 15 different in depth articles on bizarre and rare music from around the world. Topics include the hatred against the early punk scene, the co-optation of underground ideas, postmodernist thought in contemporary music, plus brief histories to the Luk Thung music of Thailand, Cambodia's 60s scene, the transgendered in music, and sex records. Unlike Musica Obscura, this fanzine will not come with a free disc of mp3s, but with a downloadable ZIP file containing every song, so you can listen as you read.
Enigmatic Audio is now available for $10 with postage paid in North America, and will remain in print as long as possible. Make contact for copies, or hit up my Etsy.

KNOW-IT-ALL ASSHOLE JERK

The Know-It-All Asshole Jerk fanzine -based on my blog- is now out of print, as the full book is available.

The zine gathered over 50 wild, wonderful and weird stories from around the world covering literature, hoaxes, art, religion and history.
However, the new book, Encyclopedia Obscurum, contains over 250, so why sweat it?

THE LEAST SILENT OF MEN

My previously sold-out book, The Least Silent of Men, is available again in a limited edition 2nd print. The original was limited to 10 hardcover copies (with DVDr), and 333 hand-numbered trade paperbacks, and this new printing is limited to only 100 paperback copies. This chapbook on the subject of silence is a detail of experiences during a 30-day vow of silence, and contains a foreword by artist George Petros, a lengthy article on my experience, as well as a transcript of the communication book I carried for that month.
The cover is a play on Barbara Kruger's "Your Comfort Is My Silence", redesigned by the author.

THRONE OUT: AN ATTEMPT TO DEPOSE PROSE

My poetry chapbook, Throne Out, which collects some of my favorite "throwaways", has been re-released in a 2nd edition.

Now available, just like the 1st edition (2015), the 2nd contains 56 unedited, stream-of-consciousness doggerels filled with emotional wordplay, and indifferent pleasantries. Released in a limited quantity of hand-numbered copies, and entirely produced to recreate the spirit of the original "throwaways project". Each comes with 55 printed poems, and one unique, handwritten throwaway written especially for that particular copy.
The book is $10 postage paid within the U.S., with another $10 anywhere else.

EXSCIND

Limited edition zine, titled Exscind, is sold out (100 signed and numbered copies).

It contained all new, tantalizing material, including writing, art, and photography - 36 pages collecting a lot of my writing from the last five years, a full color cover and photos within, plus art and poetry, all protected by an acetate sleeve. You can read a review of it here.
I'm already working on issue #2 for 2024, so check back soon.

DO ME DADA STYLE

An edited version of my article, titled Do Me Dada Style, is available in issue three of Abraxas: International Journal of Esoteric Studies.
The issue is now only available in the standard magazine edition, as the limited edition hardcover is sold out.

Read more about the original here.

OCCULT INFLUENCES IN PHOTOGRAPHY

I gave a lecture for the class Projects in Photography, at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development's Department of Art and Art Professions, on occult influences in photography, back in February.
You can download an mp3 of it, though with none of the images mentioned, here (22 Mb).
If you prefer a transcript, with images, check that out here.
A video, also with a few images, has been posted here.

SCHIZOTYPAL

Feast of Hate and Fear is sold out of Schizotypal.
It was a book containing two different writing experiments, and one performance piece / ritual of automatic drawing.

Schizotypal was limited to 93 copies: signed, numbered and each contained a unique sigil.

SOME WORDS

SOLD OUT!
SOME WORDS: The Best of Feast of Hate and Fear Fanzine (ISBN: 9780557415069)

THROWAWAY POEMS

13 Throwaways

A recording of experimental jazz freak Kenny Millions and Adel Souto performing a skronkin' poetry jam, recorded live in Brooklyn. The recording is of a 10 minute set, where Adel reads thirteen of his throwaway poems, as Millions experimentally free-forms in his musical sort of way. The release contains a cassette reel of said set, as well as all thirteen poems printed on parchment - both sealed for your protection.
A digital download of the set and text file of poems was available to purchasers only.
Limited to only 12 copies; this item is sold out.

200 Throwaways

A collaboration with artist Anthony Mangicapra has Adel photographing 200 of his throwaway poems on disposable cameras, for a project, fittingly titled, Disposable. More info here.

4 Throwaways

A short film capturing four throwaway poems, also aptly titled (four throwaways), can be found on YouTube.

2 Throwaways

Two of my throwaway poems have been published in the newest edition (issue #3) of the poetry / art journal Small Po[r]tions.

Other poets / artists in this issue include Jeanne Heuving, Rebecca Brown, John McLaughlin, Sarah Hulyk Maxwell, Jonathan Harper, Nils Michals, Julia Laxer, Satoshi Iwai, Anne Royston, and Shinjini Bhattacharjee. The journal was edited and curated by Sarah Baker, Breka Blakeslee, Laura Burgher, Lynarra Featherly, Aimee Harrison, plus Travis Sharp, and is published by Letter [r] Press.
Single issues are $10, with their back issues gong for only $5, while many of the previously featured works are also freely shown on their website. Please visit the Small Po[r]tions website for further info.

What is a throwaway? Find out here.

HISTORY

Adel Souto began writing for his own 'zines in 1987 with his first fanzine Evolution (one issue), and later To the Left (1988 - 1990, four issues).
In 1990, he began publishing the fanzine-turned-magazine Feast of Hate and Fear, which, in 2001, became a website.
Since 1992, Adel has written for several magazines, and has also been published in the first volume of the Antibothis anthologies. He has published several books, and recently released his fourth out-of-print, The Least Silent of Men (based on an Oct 2010 month-long vow of silence) has been re-released. His most recent publication is a book titled Encyclopedia Obscurum, which collects over 300 true stories covering bizarre art, music, literature, hoaxes, religion, and lifestyles. He has had poems published in several journals, and has tranlated the works of Spanish poets.

Full bio here.