Pool Party

"They found a finger with a gold signet ring on it a few feet away from the blood, also one dog collar, and an ax with a broken handle." Check out @thehagsoup.bsky.social's amazing story "Did You Know the People Who Lived Here Before?" 🔥🔥🔥

“…The plan is to stay inside a year. We feed the plants and flush the toilets with water we used to wash dishes. It filters through the soil and when it reaches the pond, we drink it again…” Check out this amazing poem, BIOSPHERE 2 by Carly Rae Zent 🌎🌱✨

ICYMI - I was permitted to the party, but as a newbie I had to enter slowly at the zero entry point. No cannonballs, no deep end quite yet, but love to all @poolpartymag.com !

"It is reminiscent of late-night Cinemax. It is a telenovela, juicy parts only." We looooooove this poem "Why Song of Songs Is No Longer Required Reading for Youth Group" from @thaddevassie.bsky.social. Pool Party vibes abound. Take a minute out of your day and dive in!!! 💦

When the Red-Headed Pilgrim & the band of lifeguards @poolpartymag.com welcome you to their inflatable, of course you say, HELL YASSS! Grateful that @kevinmaloney.net @femmeintheory.bsky.social & @brianstephenellis.bsky.social let this micro skinny-dip its way in. poolpartymag.com/why-song-of-...

“The characters are complex in the way that real people are: genuinely kind but also sort of scammy... well-intended(ish?) but also creepy af.” Check out Luke Goebel’s Top Films / Theorists / Artworks, with an intro by my amazing wife Ryan-Ashley Anderson 🔥

"Kinga is 13. She has her first beer and her first period, in that order. The beer looks like piss and the blood looks like chocolate pudding smeared in her underwear." Amazing new story "SOME DETAILS" by @dizzy.gay up at POOL PARTY!!! 🔥🔥🔥

"They continued putting the radio on for him even after he disappeared, until one evening it hit them." Amazing new poem from @ewenglass.bsky.social up at POOL PARTY!!! 🔥🔥🔥

"You never tried to shake off the legions of freeloaders blowing up your algorithm. It’s also hard to believe that Hulu hasn’t cracked down on you, on us, like so many other platforms have. Thank you, Hulu Kevin." Check out Dave McNamara's hilarious new story HULU KEVIN up today on Pool Party 🔥🔥🔥

Not saying that naming your story HULU KEVIN is an instant acceptance, but it doesn't hurt. Also helps when the story is funny as hell and so fucking good. Seriously... take a minute to check out Dave McNamara's new story on Pool Party. SOOOO GOOOOOD!!! 🔥

"You never tried to shake off the legions of freeloaders blowing up your algorithm. It’s also hard to believe that Hulu hasn’t cracked down on you, on us, like so many other platforms have. Thank you, Hulu Kevin." Check out Dave McNamara's hilarious new story HULU KEVIN up today on Pool Party 🔥🔥🔥

"John built an inflatable bridge. The hubris of it, the sheer audacity. I told him bad idea but telling John anything is like arguing with weather." New poem THE DEMOCRACY OF WATER by Spencer Eckart up on Pool Party! 🔥🔥🔥

A beautiful day to read THE GREATEST INTERVIEW OF ALL TIME! “D.T.: I don’t want to throw the interview off or anything, but is this the part where we kiss?”

“Can you talk more about how you owe all of your recent creative and personal successes entirely to Kevin and me?” Pool Party is extremely excited to present THE GREATEST INTERVIEW OF ALL TIME feat. @aaronburch.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, & @kevinmaloney.net (and special guest) 🔥🔥🔥

Happy first day of #AWP26 !!! Need something to read on your flight? How about THE GREATEST INTERVIEW OF ALL TIME featuring @aaronburch.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, & me (and special guest)!!! 🔥🔥🔥

“Can you talk more about how you owe all of your recent creative and personal successes entirely to Kevin and me?” Pool Party is extremely excited to present THE GREATEST INTERVIEW OF ALL TIME feat. @aaronburch.bsky.social, @dtrobbins.bsky.social, & @kevinmaloney.net (and special guest) 🔥🔥🔥

Cheerleading & Euphoria in one flash piece?!?! This one is pure 🔥 ...take a minute and give it a read.

"Aphrodite puts glitter under her eyes and imagines she’s with Nathan. Aphrodite bought Sydney Sweeney’s bathwater online. Aphrodite wants to be Sydney Sweeney." New 🔥 story by @pamavoledo.bsky.social up today at Pool Party!!! poolpartymag.com/i-didnt-know...

"Even the storm clouds that hover above grayscale despots & dumpster divers have cheery little smiles drawn around their gritty cherubic faces" New poetry from RJ Equality Ingram 🔥🔥🔥 poolpartymag.com/three-poems-2/

HEY LOOK WE'RE ON TV!!! @femmeintheory.bsky.social & I went on @koin6.bsky.social AM EXTRA to discuss Pool Party Publishing, our book deal with @mattknuts.bsky.social, and our upcoming PDX reading on Feb 10 / 6pm at @grandgesturebooks.bsky.social🔥🔥🔥 www.koin.com/news/portlan...

LOOK MA, WE MADE IT ON TV!!! Watch our little segment on AM EXTRA where we talk all things POOL PARTY, including our upcoming reading on Feb 10 / 6pm @ Grand Gesture Books feat: Chelsea Bieker Jon Raymond Luke Goebel Camille McDaniel Adam Deutsch & Lauren Lavín

HEY LOOK WE'RE ON TV!!! @femmeintheory.bsky.social & I went on @koin6.bsky.social AM EXTRA to discuss Pool Party Publishing, our book deal with @mattknuts.bsky.social, and our upcoming PDX reading on Feb 10 / 6pm at @grandgesturebooks.bsky.social🔥🔥🔥 www.koin.com/news/portlan...

Come see Luke Goebel read at our upcoming Pool Party event. Feb 10 at 6pm at Grand Gesture Books 🔥🔥🔥

When we first read “Cotton Candy,” we thought it was a story about a father sharing a nostalgic ritual of youth with his son. But there was something more, something in the child’s disdain for what he was told was a treat, but which actually was more of a bitter mess… poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/

This is a first for Pool Party!!! A new story "Cotton Candy" from acclaimed Hungarian author, Miklós Vámos, translated by Portland's own @agiborimottern.bsky.social 🍭🍭🍭 Hits all our fav notes of nostalgia and childhood while also hinting at a deeper message. Hope you enjoy!!!

“We spend the evening watching VH1 Pop-Up Videos and reading bible verses before turning on Ghost…” Our managing editor @femmeintheory.bsky.social has an amazing piece up at @bulbregion.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 bulbregion.com/Booby-Traps-...

New publisher listing for: Pool Party Books @poolpartymag.com (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity

Three new bangin' poems from @adamdeutsch.com over at Pool Party!!! 🔥 He also happens to be one of my fav people in the lit scene. Check out his new work, then come see him live on Feb 10 at our next reading in PDX! 🎤✨

Private property, accumulation, the death drive. Have you thought about them lately? You will want to read @adamdeutsch.com new poems over and over. Take a look at his poems then mark your calendar for Tues., Feb.10 for our next reading: Adam will be there! poolpartymag.com/three-poems/

Private property, accumulation, the death drive. Have you thought about them lately? You will want to read @adamdeutsch.com new poems over and over. Take a look at his poems then mark your calendar for Tues., Feb.10 for our next reading: Adam will be there! poolpartymag.com/three-poems/

This story collection is SOOOOO FUCKIN GOOD. Like Denis Johnson level writing. Best book I read last year period. I can't believe we're lucky enough to publish it via Pool Party Books. I can't wait for you all to read this one. It's gonna blow your minds. 🤯📚✨

We're soooooo excited to announce that the first book we'll be publishing via our new Pool Party Books division is @mattknuts.bsky.social's extremely well-crafted story collection SO FAR BEHIND I THOUGHT I WAS FIRST, to be released WINTER of 26/27. We're thrilled!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Thank you to @poolpartymag.com and @brianstephenellis.bsky.social for including my book on their Top 15 Books of 2025 list. 💙

THANK YOU @poolpartymag.com for picking Y2K as a top book of 2025!!!

Find out what my top five reads of the year were, along with Managing Editor @femmeintheory.bsky.social and Poetry Editor @brianstephenellis.bsky.social!!! 📚✨

It's that time of year!!! Our editors each picked our five top reads of the year! Titles from @gigilittle.bsky.social, @sophiegilbert.bsky.social, @coletteshade.bsky.social, @lailalalami.com, @clairedederer.bsky.social, and more! 📚✨ poolpartymag.com/top-15-books...

love this @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social short on @poolpartymag.com! poolpartymag.com/the-hideaway/

Hey Portland!!! This is tonight!!! Pool Party EOY BASH. Cash bar! Flash open mic! Goofy raffle! Refugee gift drive!!! Hope to see you! 7pm @ Coffee Beer 4142 SE 42nd Ave. Portland, OR 97214

"IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO THE DEAD" I love this. @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in @poolpartymag.com

Blood oaths, divorce, and not-so-secret drug deals. These childhood milestones and so much more to feel nostalgic over in Sozdinler’s new story 🩸

"For over a hundred years after the first people tried to settle the swamp, the swamp fought back." @femmeintheory.bsky.social and I (Kevin) interviewed Patrick Wensink about his new book THE GREAT BLACK SWAMP, where we discuss toxic green algae, Ohio pride, Kurt Cobain, and floating coffins ⚰️🤮✨

I love Patrick and I love this book and you should all buy it right now, and if nothing else, read our discussion for my incredible interview technique, i.e.: "As a Gen Xer, I feel like I need to ask the grunge question…"

"For over a hundred years after the first people tried to settle the swamp, the swamp fought back." @femmeintheory.bsky.social and I (Kevin) interviewed Patrick Wensink about his new book THE GREAT BLACK SWAMP, where we discuss toxic green algae, Ohio pride, Kurt Cobain, and floating coffins ⚰️🤮✨