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Will Willoughby

@willwilloughby.bsky.social

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Writer • Editor • Maine Literary Award Winner • Pushcart and BOTN Nominee • Maker of Escape Room Props (really) Portfolio: www.willwilloughby.com Escape room: www.riddlehaven.com

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · Jul 13

What’s that? You want me to pin an intro thread to my profile?

Fine:

By profession, I’m a copyeditor. Since 2023, I’ve been writing literary short fiction. I have a portfolio:

www.willwilloughby.com

I’m a husband and father. Our dog, Charlie, is a doofus.

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from Maine

Spectacular sunrise over a lake, with a branch visible on the left, black rocks along the bottom, deep orange clouds along the horizon, and dark blue sky at the top.

Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks to @mrbullbull.bsky.social for featuring my flash piece about a vanishing delivery driver, “Zephyr.”

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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 2d

"Around 1:26 AM Zephyr—along my medium Carnivore’s Delite—evaporated. Along that stretch something marginally catastrophic may have happened & I don’t want to get into a whole big thing here, but this should, ideally, be concerning." @willwilloughby.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats! 🙌

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry to hear about the fishermen (and the bears), but happy anniversary!

Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting! Great choice. I loved his Deep Thinking. But I finished it. I don't have that much shit to do. 😆

Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 3d

Okay, so I'm curious. What book is your character not reading, and why aren't they reading it?

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MIDLVLMAG @midlvlmag.bsky.social · 3d

Either you return to office or you stop writing.

MIDLVLMAG Website relaunch | October '25

Literature matters | So do you

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 4d

Great piece, Brett! 💯

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 4d

I love @mrbullbull.bsky.social. And I really love being in their digital pages. Hope you'll give it a read!

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 4d

"If you’re not rich or famous or powerful, then you’re just you, the guy nobody wants to hear whine." - @brettbbl.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

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MIDLVLMAG @midlvlmag.bsky.social · 4d

RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps | October '25

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 6d

Four weeks remain to submit to our annual short story contest! Read more: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · 7d

I have a new story in awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Many thanks to Jeff Harvey for publishing this micro, and @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social fpr the prompt that generated this micro. (And Mike is in this issue too, yay!).

gooseberry-pie.com/instead-of-g...

Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...

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kyle r. seibel @kylerseibel.bsky.social · 8d

he just wants to know if you’ve read my story yet

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Sarp Sozdinler @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social · 8d

Glad to be finally back here, too. It was really fun to chat with @aaronburch.bsky.social about my short story, "The People Who Live Inside," which was published on Short Story, Long last week. Happy reading!

Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 9d

Super excited to share this interview with @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social today, a close look at his banger story, “ The People Who Live Inside”!

"As a writer from Turkey who grew up on Hollywood and American literature, I feel irreversibly imperialized by the mythic simulation that is America..."

A Short Interview w/ Sarp Sozdinler

"Bonus material" for Sozdinler's short story, “ The People Who Live Inside,” published on 9/30.

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 9d

Hey, #WritingCommunity, take note. 👻

MIDLVLMAG @midlvlmag.bsky.social · 9d

RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps | October '25

Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 11d

Hey, Ryan! Thanks for asking. Chugging along with short stories. Just sent my collection to publishers willing to look at manuscripts from unagented writers. Found a couple really good fits for my material. I'm hopeful but realistic. Good luck on your WIP. I have no doubt it'll be good stuff! 👍

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MIDLVLMAG @midlvlmag.bsky.social · 13d

RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps | October '25

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Pithead Chapel @pitheadchapel.bsky.social · 15d

The October issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-10/

Words:
@bizzycoy.bsky.social
@katieburgess.bsky.social
@johnwaddy.bsky.social
JEFFREY FEINGOLD
SARAH HARLEY
ELIZABETH HASHIMURA
BETH GILSTRAP
SARP SOZDINLER
YASHASVI VACHHANI

Art:
NATALIE NEE

Volume 14, Issue 10

COVER ART BY NATALIE NEE FICTION ANY MAN’S BETTER THAN NO MAN AT ALL BY BIZZY COY DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG DOG BY KATIE BURGESS HIGH DESE…

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 15d

What did I tell you about watching Home Alone, young man? 😁

Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats! 🙌

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MIDLVLMAG @midlvlmag.bsky.social · 16d

RETAIL HELL 2: Retail Never Sleeps | October '25

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 17d

Congrats! They’re awesome to work with. 👍

Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 20d

Indeed! I never get tired of it. And it’s a good incentive to not work the snooze for two hours. 😁

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Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 20d

Newsletter is a terrible thing to call it. Have you seen the news? I'm not sending you that.

What about Story Time? Happy Rant? Sentence Salad? Word Surprise?

Sign up for my free weekly Word Surprise!
www.ryantpozzi.com/midlist

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Will Willoughby @willwilloughby.bsky.social · 20d

Good morning

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