Noted for hisforesight as both a writer and publisher, Adam Parfrey's Apocalypse Culture (1987)was hailed by J.G. Ballard as "the terminal documents of the TwentiethCentury." Cult Rapture (1995), subject of a notorious art exhibitionat Seattle's Center on Contemporary Art, included among its dozen pop cultureinvestigations, Parfrey's Village Voice cover story which was the firstpublished article on militias and domestic terrorism. Apocalypse Culture II (2000),Parfrey's lauded sequel, anticipated anthrax terror with a disturbing articleon Biological Warfare. Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism (2001),"a frightening primer on radical Muslim thought" ( New York Press ), reveals theways in which East Jerusalem has become Ground Zero for a coming World War. In 2012, withco-author Craig Heimbichner, Adam wrote the seminal book on American secretsocieties, Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence onAmerican Society . But writing isnot Parfrey's sole forte.

According to the Disinfo.com website, "Adam Parfreyis probably the most influential 'underground' publisher in post-millennialAmerica." In an L.A. Weekly feature, writer Doug Harvey celebrated"Adam Parfrey's notorious, perpetually ahead-of-the-curve company, Feral House,whose encyclopedic interest in taboo (and conveniently forgotten) culturalphenomena helped define independent media through the '90s." Tim Burton 's bio-pic onthe B-movie director Ed Wood was based upon the Feral Housebook, Nightmare of Ecstasy . The 2018 Jonas Akerlund film Lords ofChaos was based on the Feral House title of the same name. Feral House'scollections of bizarre conspiracy theories, such as Secret and Suppressed:Banned Ideas and Hidden History , were noted influences on Chris Carter's X-Files .

Parfrey himself appeared in and co-wrote Crispin Glover 'scontroversial What Is It? a 2005 Sundance Film Festival selection. Adam passedaway in May 2018. The impact he made, friends empowered, enemies enraged,is at the very heart of Feral House, and we will embrace that for as long as weare able.