WILL WILLOUGHBY, WRITER AND EDITOR
I'm a Maine-based editor and writer whose short stories have appeared in various publications, including Epiphany, Pangyrus, Pithead Chapel, Defenestration, and Points in Case. See my bio for more.​​​​​​​
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While I Have You, forthcoming from Littoral Books (spring 2027), is a collection of twelve short stories that combine dry humor with emotional depth to explore the unspoken grief running just below the surface of everyday life.
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The collection includes “Downstream Benefits” (Pangyrus), nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. In 2025, it won the Maine Literary Award for Short Fiction and was listed as a distinguished story in The Best American Short Stories.
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Other stories include “Splice” (Epiphany), in which a squabble with an author reveals a book editor’s hidden grief; “Mr. Palm Beach” (Pithead Chapel), in which an undead father wears out his welcome; and “Zephyr” (BULL), in which a customer service complaint takes a dark turn.
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