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Feral House is an American book publisher founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington. Feral House is known for its taboo and provocative publications, but has had significant influence in both underground circles and the mainstream.
Parfrey maintained that just because he published someone did not mean he agreed with their views, though he had friendly connections with neo-Nazis, including neo-Nazi James Mason. Early publications of Feral House expressed mostly far-right political views, though this expanded over time. The company's first book was a 1989 republication of The Satanic Witch by Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan. This was financially successful for Feral House. It published a variety of political extremist material. Mason intended to write a book about neo-Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell published by Feral House, intended to release in 1990, but this fell through.
Feral House was sued for publishing a 1998 book about the Oklahoma City bombing. The book accused an FBI official and argued the government had known the attack was going to happen. Parfrey was forced to destroy all copies of the book, apologize, and disavow the theories espoused. In 1996, they attempted to launch Feral House Audio, a release label. Only one recording was ever released, Varg Vikernes's Filosofem. Following the death of Parfrey in 2018, Feral House continues to be run by Parfrey's sister, Jessica Parfrey, and Christina Ward. In 2021, they put out a call for "writers who identify as Women, People of Color, LGBTQ, and others who have felt excluded from traditional publishing", in an effort to introduce more diverse authors into their lineup.
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