Pool Party | A Reading Series & Literary Journal

Pool Party is the brainchild of writers/artists/lovers Ryan-Ashley Anderson and Kevin Maloney. They wanted to create a reading series and online mag that evoked the nostalgia of 70s horror and gothic fiction—pool parties gone wrong; suburban drugs, sex, and murder; and the weird shit kids do when their parents aren’t looking. Pool Party is the place to come if you want to feel a lot nostalgic, a little bit bad, and a fair amount of heart-wrenching passion and regret.

Diaries

by Brian Stephen Ellis/May 15, 2025/| Fiction

Sam was older than me and one of her nipples was pierced and I did whatever she said. I was barely a person, more of an ill-fit together explosion of hair, limbs and teeth spilling all over, my body a gangly nest of messiness. We had met through friends of friends, she found me clinging…

A Ghost Like You

by Katelyn Convery
April 30, 2025 | Essays

I knew Paula was lying about the way Bruce had died. She claimed he’d become so depressed that he retreated to his bed and did not eat or drink for many days. When his friends’ calls went unanswered, one of them went to check on him and found him barely conscious, lying in urine-soaked sheets. As we spoke, I heard the line crackle.

The People’s Champ

by Kyle Kouri
April 16, 2025 | Fiction

We called Kofi the People’s Champ because he was the only manager at the Vide Hotel that didn’t care about us drinking on the job and, in fact, would sometimes hit joints with us in the bell closet.

The Bee Charmer

by Lauren Mantis
April 2, 2025 | Poems

There’s a woman in town who performs healing with a net. I…

THE ORGANIZATION IS HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, a Review from The Deep End

by Ryan-Ashley Anderson
March 20, 2025 | The Deep End

I was drinking coffee and reading The Organization is Here to…

Upcoming Events

POOL PARTY PRESENTS: Teenage Makeout Spots

by admin
March 20, 2025 | Events

Join us for our second reading at Grand Gesture Books on Wednesday, May 14, at 7pm. GGB is located at 814 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205 and will have titles available for purchase from our very talented readers. Featured readers include Frayn Masters, Genevieve Hudson, Margaret Malone, Lauren Mantis, and Lauren Lavín.

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