Kevin Maloney
@kevinmaloney.net
Author of HORSE GIRL FEVER, THE RED-HEADED PILGRIM & CULT OF LORETTA. Co-founder & fiction editor: @poolpartymag.com. Married to @femmeintheory.bsky.social
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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!
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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! 🎤✨
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! 🎤✨
Something I’ve learned over the last decade or so:
I used to think I had to obsessively read every news article when some horrible event occurs (which lately is every day). I mistook obsessing for activism. I also thought activism had to look like: protesting in the streets or posting political…
I used to think I had to obsessively read every news article when some horrible event occurs (which lately is every day). I mistook obsessing for activism. I also thought activism had to look like: protesting in the streets or posting political…
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Something I’ve learned over the last decade or so:
I used to think I had to obsessively read every news article when some horrible event occurs (which lately is every day). I mistook obsessing for activism. I also thought activism had to look like: protesting in the streets or posting political…
I used to think I had to obsessively read every news article when some horrible event occurs (which lately is every day). I mistook obsessing for activism. I also thought activism had to look like: protesting in the streets or posting political…
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my most anticipated books of 2026 list:
![screenshot from Autofocus Books:
Our winter 2026 box features three brief books that engage the author’s sense of a younger self through distinct forms: autofiction, personal essay, and erasure essay.
Teen Queen Training — Kristine Langley Mahler // [essay collection]
Tacoma — Aaron Burch // [novella]
The Third Beat — Lauren Lavín // [essay collection]
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January 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
my most anticipated books of 2026 list:
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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. 🤯📚✨
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Winesburg, Ohio is not cozy small-town fiction.
It’s about repression passing as normal.
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It’s about repression passing as normal.
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Winesburg, Ohio is not cozy small-town fiction.
It’s about repression passing as normal.
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
It’s about repression passing as normal.
shop.maudlinhouse.net#winesburg-ohio
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. 🤯📚✨
My technique for writing novels involves writing random scenes out of order... fragments of dialogue, description of an open window, etc... totally disconnected from each other. I delete most of the fragments. The few left become the seeds that slowly expand outward until a book starts to form.
January 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
My technique for writing novels involves writing random scenes out of order... fragments of dialogue, description of an open window, etc... totally disconnected from each other. I delete most of the fragments. The few left become the seeds that slowly expand outward until a book starts to form.
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Today's sneak peek comes from Aaron Burch's (@aaronburch.bsky.social) "Big Things Small Town," a short prose detour through Casey, Illinois—home of the World’s Largest everything?
Make sure you don't miss this roadside wonder on The Bulb Region's opening day come January 13.
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Make sure you don't miss this roadside wonder on The Bulb Region's opening day come January 13.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Today's sneak peek comes from Aaron Burch's (@aaronburch.bsky.social) "Big Things Small Town," a short prose detour through Casey, Illinois—home of the World’s Largest everything?
Make sure you don't miss this roadside wonder on The Bulb Region's opening day come January 13.
bulbregion.com
Make sure you don't miss this roadside wonder on The Bulb Region's opening day come January 13.
bulbregion.com
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Excited for this new journal, The Bulb Region, edited by HAD & SSL fave, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, launching on the 13th! Excited to be included, excited to be among this list of writers!
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January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Excited for this new journal, The Bulb Region, edited by HAD & SSL fave, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social, launching on the 13th! Excited to be included, excited to be among this list of writers!
bulbregion.com
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I feel like humans have completely forgotten that we have a choice with A.I. As a culture, we don’t have to jump off this cliff just because we find ourselves at the edge of a cliff. We could pause and ask ourselves: “Will this make our lives better or worse?“
January 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I feel like humans have completely forgotten that we have a choice with A.I. As a culture, we don’t have to jump off this cliff just because we find ourselves at the edge of a cliff. We could pause and ask ourselves: “Will this make our lives better or worse?“
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December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that the most important, political, & revolutionary thing any of us can do in 2026 is retaking control of our own brains. Which, to me, means: unplugging from the algorithm as much as possible. Instead: read books, go to a museum, think for yourself, be still.
December 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that the most important, political, & revolutionary thing any of us can do in 2026 is retaking control of our own brains. Which, to me, means: unplugging from the algorithm as much as possible. Instead: read books, go to a museum, think for yourself, be still.
I’ve done a pretty good job recently of cutting my cell usage to bare minimum & spending more time taking walks, long baths, & reading. Saw a trick in the NYT today recommending switching your phone to grayscale since color causes dopamine reaction in the brain, so I’m livin in grayscale mode now 🔥
December 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’ve done a pretty good job recently of cutting my cell usage to bare minimum & spending more time taking walks, long baths, & reading. Saw a trick in the NYT today recommending switching your phone to grayscale since color causes dopamine reaction in the brain, so I’m livin in grayscale mode now 🔥
Sort of mystified by Murakami. I feel like he’s not a particularly good writer, much of his books feel similar, and he’s not doing anything particularly interesting stylistically, but I always deeply enjoy reading his books. Like… more than almost any other writer. It doesn’t make sense 🤷
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Sort of mystified by Murakami. I feel like he’s not a particularly good writer, much of his books feel similar, and he’s not doing anything particularly interesting stylistically, but I always deeply enjoy reading his books. Like… more than almost any other writer. It doesn’t make sense 🤷
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!
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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 hard to overstate how much I hate social media, since I think it's a time suck & addictive & bad for the human brain & no matter how smart your "content" you're still making billionaires richer, but I do miss the online community that was on old pre-Elon Twitter. It feels like that community...
December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's hard to overstate how much I hate social media, since I think it's a time suck & addictive & bad for the human brain & no matter how smart your "content" you're still making billionaires richer, but I do miss the online community that was on old pre-Elon Twitter. It feels like that community...
HORSE GIRL FEVER picked as a “Best of 2025” book by @winnipegfreepress.com! Thanks @badguybirnie.bsky.social!!! 🔥🔥🔥
December 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
HORSE GIRL FEVER picked as a “Best of 2025” book by @winnipegfreepress.com! Thanks @badguybirnie.bsky.social!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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“While the volume is slim enough to ingest in one sitting, microdosing Maloney is also rather enjoyable.”
Wrote up @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social Horse Girl Fever for best of 2025
Wrote up @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social Horse Girl Fever for best of 2025
Hey hey! The @winnipegfreepress.com reviewers picked their best books of 2025. (I picked @shteyngart.bsky.social's Vera, or Faith and Maria Reva's Endlings.)
Amidst the hustle and bustle and stress of holiday shopping, one of the world’s most literate countries chooses to keep it simple, focusing on a gift that can make you laugh, cry or expand your mind: books.
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“While the volume is slim enough to ingest in one sitting, microdosing Maloney is also rather enjoyable.”
Wrote up @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social Horse Girl Fever for best of 2025
Wrote up @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social Horse Girl Fever for best of 2025
Tried reading Infinite Jest about 15 years ago and thought the central plot device, "the Entertainment" (a film is so compelling that its viewers lose all interest in anything other than repeatedly viewing it, and thus eventually die), was far-fetched and stupid…
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tried reading Infinite Jest about 15 years ago and thought the central plot device, "the Entertainment" (a film is so compelling that its viewers lose all interest in anything other than repeatedly viewing it, and thus eventually die), was far-fetched and stupid…
I will never knowingly publish with a lit mag or press that uses AI art. While AI has some beautiful uses in medicine and accessibility, it has no place in art/writing. At least not in its current form. It is a plagiarism tool. Fuck AI.
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I will never knowingly publish with a lit mag or press that uses AI art. While AI has some beautiful uses in medicine and accessibility, it has no place in art/writing. At least not in its current form. It is a plagiarism tool. Fuck AI.
Had pretty much the same ideals since I was 18 or so:
1) your job is something you do to live, not the other way around,
2) TV/internet is a time suck, read the classics, especially the Russians
3) listen to jazz
4) make art without worrying about whether anyone likes it or not
1) your job is something you do to live, not the other way around,
2) TV/internet is a time suck, read the classics, especially the Russians
3) listen to jazz
4) make art without worrying about whether anyone likes it or not
December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Had pretty much the same ideals since I was 18 or so:
1) your job is something you do to live, not the other way around,
2) TV/internet is a time suck, read the classics, especially the Russians
3) listen to jazz
4) make art without worrying about whether anyone likes it or not
1) your job is something you do to live, not the other way around,
2) TV/internet is a time suck, read the classics, especially the Russians
3) listen to jazz
4) make art without worrying about whether anyone likes it or not
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Scrolling through photos from my summer in Tacoma, looking for a possible author pic for TACOMA, and found this photo of me & @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social & Mt. Rainier in the background, reminding me of this page from TACOMA more or less about that day...
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Scrolling through photos from my summer in Tacoma, looking for a possible author pic for TACOMA, and found this photo of me & @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social & Mt. Rainier in the background, reminding me of this page from TACOMA more or less about that day...