Mackenzie Hurlbert is a writer, dog fanatic, nature enthusiast, and travel addict. When she’s not reading, writing, or playing with her dogs, she enjoys eating mashed potatoes and crocheting tortoise cozies for her Russian tortoise Sascha. Mackenzie graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT with a degree in English, creative writing, and journalism, and she has been published in The Gambler, Five2One, Folio Art and Literary Magazine, Fresh Ink Literary Magazine, We Walk Invisible short story anthology by Chupa Cabra House Publishing, and Radical Dislocations by Chupa Cabra House Publishing.