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.

Working On

A sci-fi acid western, coming soon

Current Fascinations

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

Waiting on

Competition results and lit mag submissions.

  • WordHerd (Summer)

  • NYCM 100

  • NYCM SS

  • Skull & Laurel

  • 3LBE

  • Twist in the Tale

  • Writing Battle Spring 500

Devouring

An evershifting range of books

  • Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  • Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

  • Butcher the Doll by Charlie Rogers

  • Revelator by Daryl Gregory