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.

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

I was drinking coffee and reading The Organization is Here to Support You. It was the morning, which meant my patience for bullshit was still relatively high. I had been reading it since the night before—tearing through it, really—and had just gotten to page 87 where the book’s most loathsome character, Devin Brault, made a…

Ben Wiley Burns in Hell

by Jan Stinchcomb
| Fiction
When we were freshmen you told me all the cool kids take flowers…

Like a Tsunami Barreling Toward the Shore

by D.T. Robbins
| Fiction
The ultimatum that Will’s fiancé, Leslie, had given him wasn’t…

The Oldest King of the Coast

by Brian Allen Carr
| Fiction
The oldest of the King boys became a kind of murderer, but most…

Cante Jondo

by Lauren Lavín
| Essays
“I want something from her, but I don’t know what it is.…

Upcoming Events

POOL PARTY PRESENTS: Teenage Makeout Spots

by admin
| 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. Participants TBD.

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