Kendall McKenzie is a displaced Southerner living in Minnesota, and a poet and author of spooky stories. She holds an M.F.A. from Queens University of Charlotte, and has published poetry in places like BlazeVOX, Permafrost, and Bayou Magazine.

A perfect weekend day entails weightlifting for two hours, eating her weight in barbeque, and then typing away on her new book on the couch with a glass of bourbon while her partner watches Philadelphia sports. She has two cats, who are destructive, adorable, goofy jerks. They’re lucky they’re so cute.

When she isn’t writing, she can be found watching horror movies, getting stuck in an enormous DIY project, or gardening.