About
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 was as passionate about love, sex, and murder, as they are—a way to share the work of people who write to inspire both sacral rumblings and gripping fear—and so Pool Party was born.
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Ryan-Ashley Anderson – Co-Creator – Non-Fiction & Poetry Editor
Ryan-Ashley Anderson is a queer, neurodivergent sex worker, writer, and multidisciplinary artist who recently left a too-long advertising career writing interior design copy to pursue writing, art-making, and orgasm faking, full time. Anderson earned a BFA in Creative Writing from UNC-A, and is currently enrolled in a dual-degree masters program at PNCA, studying Critical Theory and Art. She has published with Icebreakers, X-R-A-Y, and others, and has work forthcoming in Rejection Letters, Vlad Mag, and Farewell Transmission. You can find her at ryanashleyanderson.com or on Bluesky and Substack at @FemmeInTheory
Kevin Maloney – Co-Creator – Fiction Editor
Kevin Maloney is the author of Horse Girl Fever, The Red-Headed Pilgrim, and Cult of Loretta. At times a TJ Maxx associate, grocery clerk, outdoor school instructor, organic farmer, electrician, high school English teacher, and teddy bear salesman, Kevin currently works as a web developer and writer. His writing has appeared in Fence, HAD, Little Engines, Forever Magazine, and a number of other journals and anthologies. He lives in Portland, Oregon, five blocks from his very hot and talented partner Ryan-Ashley Anderson. You can find him at kevinmaloney.net or on Bluesky, Twitter (X), and Instagram at @kevinrmaloney.
