Rachel Harbaugh

A writer and oversized hobbit living in a kudzu-choked crevice of North Carolina. Her stories often lean towards the Southern and strange.

Published

A young woman struggles with the heavy burn of a powerful gift. || Honorable Mention in the Eighth Writers Playground.

• Like Blood, Like Flame
• The Valley of The Shadow of Death

"Silas sat on the rotting porch steps and waited." || Published in Issue 34 of New Flash Fiction Review

Working On

Waiting to hear back from Tenebrous Press on my Appalachian Folk Horror novelette submission for Split Scream!!!!Plotting my post-apocalyptic western novel I plan on starting in January of 2025.

Current Fascinations

Acid westerns, trauma in horror, and the peculiar shackles bonds of family.

Waiting on

Competition results and lit mag submissions.

Devouring

An evershifting range of books