About
Tara Campbell (www.taracampbell.com) is a writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, and fiction editor at Barrelhouse. Prior publication credits include SmokeLong Quarterly, Masters Review, Jellyfish Review, Booth, and Strange Horizons. She's the author of a novel, TreeVolution, a hybrid fiction/poetry collection, Circe's Bicycle, and a short story collection, Midnight at the Organporium. She received her MFA from American University in 2019.
Featured Work
Cabinet of Wrath: A Doll Collection

Deep in the recesses of childhood memory, your old playthings await. Listen: don’t you hear them crying out for you?
Come take a peek inside the Cabinet of Wrath to find out what really happens when toys go missing, and the stark decision they must make if they ever want to go home again.
Discover what doll heads really think about being separated from their bodies.
Follow a skull-and-bones novelty ring as it assembles a full body for itself, bit by grisly bit, and learn how loving your doll too much can lead to grave consequences.
Open the door to these fabulist tales of toys and vengeance for a playtime you’ll never forget.
Other Works
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Political AF: A Rage Clection
2020
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Midnight at the Organporium
2019
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Circes' Bicycle
2018
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TreeVolution
2016
Awards and Recognition
- Artist Fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 2018 - 2022
- Kimbilio Fellow, 2017
- Larry Neal Writers' Award in Adult Fiction, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 2016
- Mayor's Arts Award for Outstanding New Artist, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 2016