Heartworm Press is an independent publisher based in Philadelphia. It specializes in limited editions, mainly books by music-related artists.

Founded in 2003 by musician Wesley Eisold

Wesley Eisold

Wesley Eisold is a musician, poet and author. He records music under the name Cold Cave and runs the publishing house Heartworm Press.-Biography:...

, Heartworm started out with zine

Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

s and cassette

Compact Cassette

The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

s, before graduating to fine-art

Fine art

Fine art or the fine arts encompass art forms developed primarily for aesthetics and/or concept rather than practical application. Art is often a synonym for fine art, as employed in the term "art gallery"....

 book editions. It's output includes posters and even an LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 from Eisold's current group Cold Cave

Cold Cave

Cold Cave is the experimental musical project of Wesley Eisold based in New York City and originating in Philadelphia and is described as "a collage of darkwave, noise, and synth pop"...

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Artists/authors include Eric Paul

Eric Paul

Eric Paul is a noise rock singer. He is known for his disturbing vocals, lyrics and energetic stage presence. Eric Paul has played in many popular noise bands, such as Arab on Radar until their break up in 2003. His current project is a noise and experimental group called The Chinese Stars.Paul has...

, Chris Leo

The Van Pelt

The Van Pelt is an American Indie band, who formed in 1993 at New York University. The band released two albums, Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves and Sultans Of Sentiment, on Gern Blandsten Records in 1996 and 1997 respectively...

, Kid Congo Powers

Kid Congo Powers

Kid Congo Powers is the stage name of Brian Tristan , an American rock guitarist and singer, best known as a member of The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.-Biography:...

, Prurient

Prurient

Prurient is the performing name of Ian Dominick Fernow. He has released material on numerous independent record labels, such as American Tapes, Hanson Records, RRRecords, Load Records, Troubleman Unlimited, Chrondritic Sound, Kitty Play Records, and his own label Hospital Productions...

, Jonathan Shaw (tattooist)

Jonathan Shaw (tattooist)

Jonathan D. Shaw is a New York-born tattoo artist and writer, best known for his innovative tribal tattoos in the early nineties and his contributions as founder and managing editor of International Tattoo Art Magazine for several years...

, Joe Carducci

Joe Carducci

Joe Carducci is an American writer, record producer, and former A&R executive, formerly most closely associated with the influential record label SST Records....

, Howie Pyro

Howie Pyro

Howie Pyro on 28 June 1960 is a Queens, New York City based rock musician and bass player. He is a founding member of D Generation.-With D Generation:*No Way Out - Single - **Re-released in 1994 and 1996....

, and Boyd Rice

Boyd Rice

Boyd Blake Rice is an American experimental sound/noise musician using the name of NON since the mid-1970s, archivist, actor, photographer, author, member of the Partridge Family Temple religious group, co-founder of the UNPOP art movement and current staff writer for Modern Drunkard...

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In a fresh departure, Heartworm#37 was a one-off live event comprising spoken-word and musical performances at Santos Party House

Santos Party House

Santos Party House is a New York City nightclub, located at 96 Lafayette Street, in downtown Manhattan. Originally named the 'Lafayette Street Jungle Gym,' Santos Party House has been recognized as "Best New Nightclub" at Paper Magazine's Annual Nightlife Awards, and has also won awards for its...

in NYC on August 8, 2009.