Caridad Cole is a speculative writer and filmmaker who is critically obsessed with the sea and solitude, magic and the moon, the forest and forever, dreams and duplicates, and gothicism and the grave. She studied visual and performing arts at McCallum Fine Arts Academy, and later, creative writing and film production at Bard College. 

Her writing has recently appeared in Twin Bird Review, Coffin Bell Journal, and An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color 2024 (EastOver Press). Her short story "Happybot" was a 2025 Pushcart Prize nominee, her autobiographical piece "For Sale" was a 2025 BarBe Awards finalist, and she was the 2018 recipient of three grants from Words for Charity for her short stories "Empty Houses" and "In a Town Called Albatross".

Cari is the founder and editor-in-chief of the speculative literary and art magazine, Moonday Mag. She also runs the community poetry blog, Chainmail Poetry. Off the page, she creates fringe short films and animations—usually between midnight and 4AM—including the official music video for Lowell's "Bloodthirsty".