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!!!

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/

“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

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 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!!! 🔥🔥🔥

FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025 Cryptid Summer by @emilylauracosta.bsky.social in @poolpartymag.com poolpartymag.com/cryptid-summ...

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 🩸

“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)

"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 ⚰️🤮✨

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!)

"At twenty-four, I fucked wherever I could while my boyfriend did the same, an impossible competition." Love this new essay by Alicia Gee, "I MAY LEAVE," up today at Pool Party. 🔥

"Fucking is good cardio, I tell her. I have a soft spot for infidelity." Check out Alicia Gee's amazing essay "I May Leave," a meditation on family, fidelity, and desire, up now at POOL PARTY 🦋🔥

Metal albums? Childhood nostalgia? Christian/Satanic cult vibes? Guy Cramer's "The Pool Pit" checks ALL the boxes 🔥

"Inside were his Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and KISS albums. All the dudes on the album jackets looked like party guys" Get your Halloween vibe on (& pour one out for Ace Frehley) w/ this AMAZING story "The Pool Pit" by Guy Cramer 💀🔥💋

"Some creatures themselves are like large apartment buildings for the smaller ones to live in." Check out @jaimefountaine.bsky.social's amazing interview with artist Soso Capaldi where they discuss religious experience, their shared family, and David Lynch. 🎨✨

This one pretty much sums up the relationship I have with poetry and - who am I kidding? - with myself 😬😬. Thanks so much to @poolpartymag.com for publishing it recently; they’re doing really cool stuff 📱

"...mysterious like someone on an app inviting you to meet to drown in their self-regard." Check out this amazing poem "He’s as deep as The Mariana Trench (when it writes poetry)" from @ewenglass.bsky.social & come back tomorrow for another banger 🔥🔥🔥

Sometimes you read a first line and you're like... oh fuck this is going to be good. Casey Jo Graham Welmers' essay "Conjuring a Life" delivers and then some. Sooooooooo good. Up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥

"Maybe when kids like Jessie & John grew up they wanted to be firefighters or teachers or someone that excavates dinosaurs, but you never really knew what you wanted to be because you always had this inexplicable notion you’d be dead." Check out Casey Jo Graham Welmers's 🔥 essay "Conjuring a Life"

📚📚 WHY POOL PARTY BOOKS??? 📚📚 • Ryan-Ashley’s 15 yrs as a creative director w/ publicity experience = thoughtful & marketable promo materials, a strong promo plan & gorgeous art • Kevin’s experience as an author w/ 3 book pubs means you’re working w/ someone who understands the process soup-to-nuts

📚📚 ANNOUNCING: POOL PARTY BOOKS!!! 📚📚 Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥

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this story by @aubrirose.bsky.social is every bit as good as people are saying h/t to @dmartincampbell.bsky.social for sharing it and to @poolpartymag.com for publishing poolpartymag.com/megalohydrot...

Hey all! Pool Party #3 is TOMORROW! We still have a few tickets left!! Weather looks good! If you already have tickets, invite a friend. If you haven't bought your ticket yet, get on it now! www.eventbrite.com/e/pool-party...

Honestly, I kind of get it.

Um. Everybody... stop what you're doing and check out @mmkaufman.bsky.social's new banger "PLATEAUED"... up today at @poolpartymag.com 🔥🔥🔥

New @mmkaufman.bsky.social!!

"Her breath caught in her chest and wouldn’t release. She hadn’t taken an edible, but this felt like a terrible trip." We're soooooo excited to publish the story "Plateaued" by one of our favorite writers in the world, the carwash queen @mm_kaufman 🔥 poolpartymag.com/plateaued/