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WILL WILLOUGHBY, WRITER AND EDITOR

I'm a writer and editor living in Maine. My short stories have appeared in various publications, including Epiphany, Pangyrus, and Pithead Chapel. In 2025, my story "Downstream Benefits" won the Maine Literary Award for Short Fiction and was listed as a distinguished story in The Best American Short Stories. See my bio for more.

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Downstream Benefits

Pangyrus (August 2024)

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Splice

Epiphany (Summer 2023)

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Mr. Palm Beach

Pithead Chapel (December 2025)

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