Feral House

Feral House
StatusActive
Founded1989
FounderAdam Parfrey
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationPort Townsend, Washington
DistributionConsortium Book Sales & Distribution (US, Canada)
Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)[1]
Key peopleJessica Parfrey, Christina Ward
Nonfiction topicsNon-fiction
ImprintsProcess Media
Official websiteferalhouse.com

Feral House is an American book publisher founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington.[1]

Following the death of the founder Adam Parfrey in 2018,[2] Feral House continues to be run by Parfrey's sister, Jessica Parfrey and Christina Ward.[3]

History

The company's first book was The Satanic Witch (1989; originally published in 1971 by Dodd, Mead & Company) by Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan.

Influence

Tim Burton's film Ed Wood was based upon the Feral House title, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr.[4] The Feral House title American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Blush has been made into a feature documentary of the same name, released by Sony Classics in the fall of 2006.[5]

Awards

Selected bibliography

  • Mudrian, Albert (2004). Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore. ISBN 978-1932595048.
  • Parfrey, Adam, and Kenn Thomas, eds. (2008). Secret and Suppressed II: Banned Ideas and Hidden History into the 21st Century. ISBN 978-1932595352. OCLC 216936953.
  • Patterson, Dayal (2013). Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult. ISBN 978-1-936239-75-7
  • Parfrey, Adam, and Cleetus Nelson. (2014). Citizen Keane: The Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes. ISBN 978-1936239955. OCLC 1193377936.

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Feral House. Archived from the original.
  2. ^ Roberts, Sam (2018-05-14). "Adam Parfrey, Publisher of the Provocative, Dies at 61". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  3. ^ Haber, Matt (2021-06-07). "Years After Its Founder's Death, Cult Publisher Feral House Is Still Celebrating the Bizarre". LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  4. ^ Umland, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN 9780810892019.
  5. ^ Guerrasio, Jason (September 22, 2006). "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control." Filmmaker. Archived from the original.
  6. ^ "List of Firecracker Award winners". librarything.com. LibraryThing. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
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