Will Willoughby
Writer • Editor • Maker of Escape Room Props
Portfolio: www.willwilloughby.com
Escape room: www.riddlehaven.com
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyNew Micro by @francinewitte.bsky.social “Tears falling to earth in gulps of rain. No one knows why the moon is crying, but everyone’s making a guess.” fracturedlit.com/one-night-th...
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyYou're cordially invited to put on your Vans, black nail polish & pink lip gloss, and slip a Go Go Dolls disc into your Walkman and make your way to Washington Square Park on June 9 to celebrate the publication of @abigailmyers.bsky.social The Last Analog Teenagers in NYC!
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyPretty psyched to be in McSweeney’s today!! I’ve been told this piece is funny/depressing and I’d love it if you gave it a read.
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyThanks to the generous sponsors for my stair climb challenge, I have free spots for low-income writers on all my upcoming #WriteBeyondTheLightbulb courses. Details about the courses: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work... Sign up to the "lottery": docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Good news! I’m among the finalists for the Maine Literary Awards—for Downstream Benefits, published by @pangyrus.bsky.social. Congrats to all the other #writers! Read the story: www.pangyrus.com/fiction/down... CW: Depression, attempted suicide. But also ice-skating penguins and a sci-fi robot.
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyYippee! Water~Stone Review has accepted my poem "Why Our Bathtub Sparkles." Huge thanks to Jose Hernandez, Kayla Knoll, and Meghan Maloney-Vinz.
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyWe learned over the weekend that we were among those whose active NEA awards has been revoked. We spent weeks preparing, writing, and submitting the application, meeting all requirements and deadlines, that was approved and accepted for funding.
- Reposted by Will Willoughby"@abigailmyers.bsky.social has created a sepia-toned world filled with the chaotic emotions that accompany the transition to adulthood. The Last Analog Teenagers reads like a novel & by the last page, you’re both relieved & broken-hearted to be graduating" – @writesloud.bsky.social 1 month away!
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyNew Flash by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social “Willow doesn’t even get the satisfaction of saying Brandon broke up with her. They were never a couple, not officially, their relationship undefined after six months of perfunctory orgasm-less sex (for her at least).” fracturedlit.com/i-regret-to-...
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I have won a Pushcart Prize for my story “Plate Spinner,” from New World Writing. Thank you editor, Kim Chinquee for the nomination. Shoutout to SmokeLong summer workshop where this was written. newworldwriting.net/francine-wit... - Reposted by Will Willoughbywe've got a short story by Joe Johnson !! 'Tooth' is about a man with the beginnings of a toothache who gets called into the corportate conference room for an all-hands meeting funny, very tightly written -- love how the pressure ratchets up. read it !! xraylitmag.com/tooth-by-joe...
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyI was obsessed with peeing in the pool. Let's say you're in a pool with someone else late at night, and instead of making out you announce you're peeing. Ew! Why would you do that?! Find out in @stanchion.bsky.social, on sale today! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... - code SPRINGSALE
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH I'M HOLDING MY BOOK IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL CATS ARE AMAZING PLEASE PRE-ORDER A COPY www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jeff-...
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyAs my last pinned post (skeet???) garnered a grand total of zero sales I'm trying a different approach. Here's hoping an out of date advert will work (the cover has changed since I did this advert). Gonnie buy my zombie book, eh?
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyICYMI my latest craft article, "It's as easy as ABDCE"
- My April #WritingCraft article is about the story structure ABDCE, how it works and how to shape it. There's even a fun little video what I made. prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/its-as-eas...
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyLOVE this quote from Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya in @literaryhub.bsky.social - "When your writing connects with even just one person on a meaningful level, that’s huge." Read the entire essay here: lithub.com/how-tennis-h... #WritingCommunity #LitMags #WritersSupportingWriters
- Reposted by Will Willoughby"We slept in a bed become continental, three plate tectonics grinding into mountains whose passes were narrow and vital." A brilliant piece, so many perfect lines! By @brettbbl.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social 💙💙💙
- "my wife hasn’t forgiven me for Michigan City. I left her in an Airbnb. She was five months pregnant." @brettbbl.bsky.social's "Secondhand" trampset.org/secondhand-5...
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyHannah Grieco’s (@writesloud.bsky.social) debut collection proves she is already a master of the short story. Like David Lynch, she has an eye for the spooky undercurrents of everyday life. First Kicking, Then Not is a wild and haunting ride. —Rose Solari, co-founder of @alansquirepub.bsky.social
- PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT @writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's captivating debut short story collection introduces us to women hungry to know who they are outside the expectations of others. Pre-order one of the most anticipated books of the summer!! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
- I just spent 15 months writing a 3,700-word story. Is that, uh, normal? 😂 Granted, there were long fallow periods, but damn. Sad part is, I can't tell if it's any good. #AmWriting
- Been hard at work making escape room props. This strip of leather's bound for a ye olde medicine chest. #EscapeRooms #Riddlehaven
- I feel so . . . submissive. #AmWriting
- The dusklight is so friscalating tonight, don't even get me started on that. And the gloaming? So much gloaming. And that writing shed needs to open for business soon.
- What impresses me most about a literary rejection is how visceral, how involuntary, my reaction is. I tell myself how even fine work can be rejected etc., but I still feel it in my belly. The next day, though, that’s totally gone, and I’m nonchalantly posting about it, nbd. So weird. #AmWriting
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyDelighted to be in this edition of Funicular Magazine. Thank you @funfunfunicular.bsky.social for believing in my work. I adore the cover!
- BlueSky saw it first. www.funicularmagazine.com/shop/qyo1rs7...
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyMy goal is to reach 200 preordered books before official pub on March 18th! Help an indie author out? 😭❤️ #WritingCommunity Dubbed “The book that shocks everyone”. a.co/d/5uLtFAR
- Reposted by Will WilloughbyOh crap I open for magazine submissions on Friday 😬
- Summery pics
- Me checking my email after submitting a bunch of stories to lit mags. #AmWriting
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- Reposted by Will Willoughby🩵 SPREAD THE LOVE 🩵 This Valentine's Day, we encourage you to follow some writers you love! Here's the Split Lip Mag starter pack if you need help finding some FANTASTIC voices to fall in love with!
- Just remembered I wrote this Raymond Carvery love story. It’s the only one left on my old Reedsy profile. blog.reedsy.com/short-story/... #WritingCommunity
- Sleep like an Egyptian 🎶🎵
