 Bierce was an enthusiast of Morrow's stories (in one of his squibs, a nervous reader declares, "I have one of Will Morrow's tales in my pocket, but I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it"), and in 1887 probably recommended William Randolph Hearst to approach Morrow for material for the "San Francisco Examiner".Several of Morrow's most notable tales appeared in this newspaper.Morrow married Lydia E. Houghton in 1881.