Will Willoughby
Will Willoughby is an award-winning writer whose short fiction appears in a variety of publications, including Epiphany, Pangyrus, and Pithead Chapel. He earned his English degree from the University of New Hampshire and now lives in Maine with his family.
While I Have You: Stories
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.
The collection includes "Downstream Benefits," in which a husband works at a meaningless corporate job while his wife comes undone. Nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize, the story won the Maine Literary Award for Short Fiction in 2025 and was listed as a distinguished story in that year's Best American Short Stories. 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.
Publication
US: Littoral Books
Release date: 8 April 2027
