William Torrey's writing has appeared widely in American literary magazines, including The Missouri Review, The Florida Review, Colorado Review, Boulevard and River Teeth. He's earned support from The Delaware Division of the Arts, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. A professor of writing at Hampden-Sydney, he lives in Richmond with his wife and sons. His novella, Freedom of Movement, is forthcoming from Regal House Press.
Books
Selected work
How it Feels to Be There
Moon City Review, 2025
A Crawfish Boil at the End of the World
The Missouri Review, 2025
Right in the Middle of Love and Pain
River Teeth, 2024
Right in the Comfort of Your Own Backyard
Beloit Fiction Journal, 2023
Down and Out in Habersham
Longreads, 2022
Me & You
Longreads, 2021
Disgrace
Salamander, 2021
Thirteen Scenes Depicting a Year in East Texas
Boulevard, 2019
Say a Prayer
The Southeast Review, 2016
On the Edge of a Tragedy
River Teeth, 2014
Vanishing Act
The Florida Review & Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, 2014
Suspension
North American Review, 2014
The Fallen Cosmonaut
Washington Square Review, 2012
The Common Era
Colorado Review, 2012
Beach House
2011
Trabajar
Zone 3 Journal, 2011
A Single Perfect Soul
2009