Tara Campbell

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Writer, teacher, Kimbilio Fellow, fiction co-ed w/Barrelhouse, graduate of American University's MFA in Creative Writing.

Awards from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities: the Larry Neal Writers' Award, Mayor's Arts Award for Outstanding New Artist, Arts & Humanities Fellowships 2018 - 2022

Books:
Novel: www.thetreevolution.net
Collections: CabinetOfWrath.com, PoliticalAF.net, Organporium.com, CircesBicycle.com

Websitehttp://www.taracampbell.com/
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Tara CampbellJun 18, 2025
Small Wonders MagazineJun 18, 2025

When sea meets fallen angel, which is stung and which does the stinging? Take a dive with us today in "All the wayward angels" by @TaraCampbell:

https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/all-the-wayward-angels

All the wayward angels - Small Wonders

All the wayward angels / sing of falling stars / and waiting seas

Small Wonders - Science Fiction & Fantasy Flash Fiction & Poetry
Tara CampbellMay 27, 2025

Starting Monday:

#onlineclass #writing #inspiration

Launch your writing into new worlds with speculative stories, prompts, and feedback

https://writer.org/event/four-weeks-four-new-speculative-stories/

Four Weeks, Four New Speculative Stories - The Writer's Center

Launch your writing into new worlds with speculative stories, prompts, and feedback This four-week generative course features readings and prompts to help you create four new speculative stories. In the first part of each session, we’ll discuss published work you’ll have read ahead of time, which we’ll then use as inspiration to explore new ways

The Writer's Center - Supporting writers and everyone who wants to write.
Tara CampbellSep 5, 2024
Laura Blackwell (she/her)Sep 5, 2024
In this Story Hour, the fog rolled in with stories from Tara Campbell and Jean-Paul L. Garnier. Come see! Come hear! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #ScienceFiction #Fantasy @TaraCampbell @spacecowboybooks https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1787374191795790
Story Hour | Tara Campbell reads "The Legend of Fog" and Jean-Paul Garnier reads "Come Back Earlier," "Phrogger," and "An Off the Record Letter to the People Watching... | By The Story HourFacebook

Tara Campbell reads "The Legend of Fog" and Jean-Paul Garnier reads "Come Back Earlier," "Phrogger," and "An Off the Record Letter to the People Watching...

Tara CampbellSep 3, 2024

Happy CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES day to all who celebrate

Now available everywhere #books are sold

More info at www.CityOfDancingGargoyles.com

#pubday #fantasy #novel #scifi #specfic #gargoyles

Tara CampbellSep 3, 2024
Laura Blackwell (she/her)Sep 3, 2024
This week, Story Hour welcomes back favorites Tara Campbell and Jean-Paul Garnier! Join us for SFF stories on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #SFF #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction #OnlineEvent @TaraCampbell @spacecowboybooks https://www.storyhour2020.com/
Home | Story Hour

Story Hour
Tara CampbellAug 6, 2024

In JUST ONE MONTH I'll be launching my #ecofantasy #novel #CityOfDancingGargoyles from SFWP

Here's where I'll be on the West Coast, East Coast, and online

And of course you can always preorder at http://www.taracampbell.com

#gargoyles #climatechange #scifi #fantasy #alchemy #foundfamily #wolves #dragons #postapocalyptic #quest #roadtrip #magicians #banshees #robots #trees #ghosts #libraries #devils #bonfires #ottomans #dinosaurs #kudzu #jellyfish

Tara Campbell

Much of what I write is crossover sci-fi, or speculative fiction off the warp-drive path. It's not about the technology and machines; it's about what happens when an ordinary person (or creature) faces extraordinary circumstances. In other words, put our world in a snow globe, add a drop of

Tara CampbellMay 25, 2024

Wow, I love this story by Taylor Jones in @ReckoningMag

Thanks, Ruth Joffre for introducing me to it

I mean, mycelia in the 22nd century is my jam!

https://reckoning.press/possession/

Possession | Reckoning

Khopesh tugs against her harness, ready to go. She’s a good sniffer, food-motivated and eager to work for treats. Like most sniffers, she’s an African giant pouched rat, about as long as my forearm if you don’t include her tail. We’ve been partnered up for almost two months now. I try not to get attached

Reckoning | creative writing on environmental justice
Tara CampbellMay 1, 2024

I spent an unconscionable amount of time creating this trailer for my upcoming book City of Dancing Gargoyles, so I'm being shameless in sharing it around. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DOD3P2k3KE

Available for preorder now at http://www.CityOfDancingGargoyles.com

City of Dancing Gargoyles -- Available for Preorder

YouTube
Tara CampbellApr 12, 2024

Baby's first PM Deal Report:

City of Dancing Gargoyles coming out from Santa Fe Writers Project Sept 2024, available for preorder now!

Invisible Cities meets sentient #gargoyles in a world where #wolves float, bonfires sing, and devils gather to pray

www.CityOfDancingGargoyles.com

#scifi #fantasy #novel

Tara CampbellFeb 11, 2024
SCKAFeb 11, 2024
The 2024 SCKA shortlisted works in the shorts category are:
- Jeannette Ng, The girl with a City Inside of Her
- Kristina Ten, Approved Methods of Love Divination in the First-Rate City of Dushagorod
- @TaraCampbell, Welcome to Your Lifting
- @FoxesandRoses, Always Be Returning
#SCKA #SCKA2024 #subjectivechaos