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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…
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January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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/
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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!!!
Hits all our fav notes of nostalgia and childhood while also hinting at a deeper message. Hope you enjoy!!!
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/
poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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!!!
Hits all our fav notes of nostalgia and childhood while also hinting at a deeper message. Hope you enjoy!!!
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/
poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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/
poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/
“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 🔥🔥🔥
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Our managing editor @femmeintheory.bsky.social has an amazing piece up at @bulbregion.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
bulbregion.com/Booby-Traps-...
Booby Traps, by Ryan-Ashley Anderson — The Bulb Region
Booby Traps — Ryan-Ashley Anderson THE FIRST TIME I KISS A GIRL, I’m nine years...
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January 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
“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-...
Our managing editor @femmeintheory.bsky.social has an amazing piece up at @bulbregion.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥
bulbregion.com/Booby-Traps-...
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New publisher listing for: Pool Party Books @poolpartymag.com (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: Pool Party Books
New publisher listing for: Pool Party Books @poolpartymag.com (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity
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January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
New publisher listing for: Pool Party Books @poolpartymag.com (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity
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I have three poems over at @poolpartymag.com, all of which are in a manuscript currently going out. If you happen to run a press, really love them, and want to see the whole thing, hit me up! Then come to PDX for a reading in February! poolpartymag.com/three-poems/
Three Poems by Adam Deutsch
The sun has an extra weight,a hammer that falls like hurricane when we make the sky quakeat least once per year. But now
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January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I have three poems over at @poolpartymag.com, all of which are in a manuscript currently going out. If you happen to run a press, really love them, and want to see the whole thing, hit me up! Then come to PDX for a reading in February! poolpartymag.com/three-poems/
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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/
poolpartymag.com/three-poems/
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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! 🎤✨
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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/
poolpartymag.com/three-poems/
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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/
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/
poolpartymag.com/three-poems/
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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/
poolpartymag.com/three-poems/
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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!!! 🔥🔥🔥
January 6, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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!!! 🔥🔥🔥
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025
Cryptid Summer by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social in @poolpartymag.com
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Cryptid Summer by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social in @poolpartymag.com
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Cryptid Summer by Emily Costa
The Mystic Pigman is barely special. No clear eyewitness accounts, no police record. The story is he killed one woman while wearing a pig’s head and then escaped capture. We weren’t even sure if pig’s...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025
Cryptid Summer by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social in @poolpartymag.com
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Cryptid Summer by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social in @poolpartymag.com
poolpartymag.com/cryptid-summ...
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Thank you to @poolpartymag.com and @brianstephenellis.bsky.social for including my book on their Top 15 Books of 2025 list. 💙
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! 📚✨
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Pool Party Top 15 Books of 2025
Pool Party editors share their top five "best-of books" from 2025 as well as a few reco's for 2026!
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December 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thank you to @poolpartymag.com and @brianstephenellis.bsky.social for including my book on their Top 15 Books of 2025 list. 💙
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THANK YOU @poolpartymag.com for picking Y2K as a top book of 2025!!!
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
THANK YOU @poolpartymag.com for picking Y2K as a top book of 2025!!!
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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! 📚✨
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Pool Party Top 15 Books of 2025
Pool Party editors share their top five "best-of books" from 2025 as well as a few reco's for 2026!
poolpartymag.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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...
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Pool Party Top 15 Books of 2025
Pool Party editors share their top five "best-of books" from 2025 as well as a few reco's for 2026!
poolpartymag.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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! 📚✨
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poolpartymag.com/top-15-books...
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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
4142 SE 42nd Ave. Portland, OR 97214
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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
4142 SE 42nd Ave. Portland, OR 97214
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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 🩸
“After that, things escalated. We stole more. Little things at first, stupid things: a rubber bouncy ball, a packet of sugar from Denny’s, a chipped plastic ring from the church lost-and-found.”
Check out @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's AMAZING new story "The Hideaway" 🔥 (link in comments)
Check out @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's AMAZING new story "The Hideaway" 🔥 (link in comments)
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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 🩸
“After that, things escalated. We stole more. Little things at first, stupid things: a rubber bouncy ball, a packet of sugar from Denny’s, a chipped plastic ring from the church lost-and-found.”
Check out @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's AMAZING new story "The Hideaway" 🔥 (link in comments)
Check out @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's AMAZING new story "The Hideaway" 🔥 (link in comments)
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“After that, things escalated. We stole more. Little things at first, stupid things: a rubber bouncy ball, a packet of sugar from Denny’s, a chipped plastic ring from the church lost-and-found.”
Check out @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's AMAZING new story "The Hideaway" 🔥 (link in comments)
Check out @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's AMAZING new story "The Hideaway" 🔥 (link in comments)
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"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 ⚰️🤮✨
@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 ⚰️🤮✨
Everything's Okay, Nothing's Bad Here: Patrick Wensink in Conversation with Kevin Maloney and Ryan-Ashley Anderson Maloney
Unlike the dinosaurs, whose extinction was the result of a single cataclysmic event, humans are courting our own extinction with significantly less flair. While the results of our warming planet are c...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"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 ⚰️🤮✨
@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 ⚰️🤮✨
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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 ⚰️🤮✨
@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 ⚰️🤮✨
Everything's Okay, Nothing's Bad Here: Patrick Wensink in Conversation with Kevin Maloney and Ryan-Ashley Anderson Maloney
Unlike the dinosaurs, whose extinction was the result of a single cataclysmic event, humans are courting our own extinction with significantly less flair. While the results of our warming planet are c...
poolpartymag.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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 ⚰️🤮✨
@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 ⚰️🤮✨
Everything's Okay, Nothing's Bad Here: Patrick Wensink in Conversation with Kevin Maloney and Ryan-Ashley Anderson Maloney
Unlike the dinosaurs, whose extinction was the result of a single cataclysmic event, humans are courting our own extinction with significantly less flair. While the results of our warming planet are c...
poolpartymag.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"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 ⚰️🤮✨
@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 ⚰️🤮✨
We're thrilled to announce that @brianstephenellis.bsky.social has joined Pool Party as our poetry editor! We know Brian is going to bring their sharp eye & community spirit to Pool Party 🔥🔥🔥 Submit to them at [email protected] (after reading our subs page!)
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We're thrilled to announce that @brianstephenellis.bsky.social has joined Pool Party as our poetry editor! We know Brian is going to bring their sharp eye & community spirit to Pool Party 🔥🔥🔥 Submit to them at [email protected] (after reading our subs page!)