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Feral House

Feral House

American publishing house


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

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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]

Early 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.

Cultural references

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.

See also


References

  1. "About Us". Feral House. Archived from the original.
  2. 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.
  3. Guerrasio, Jason (September 22, 2006). "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control." Filmmaker. Archived from the original.
  4. "List of Firecracker Award winners". librarything.com. LibraryThing. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

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