Caridad Cole - ⟢ About

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 The Poetry Lighthouse, 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, including the official music video for Lowell's "Bloodthirsty".

For editing work: a resumé, CV, and portfolio are available upon request.

Cari is very busy searching for the sea witch who swallowed her charm bracelet. Please send any leads to caridadishere@gmail.com and follow along on Instagram, Letterboxd, and Goodreads.

"Caridad Cole is an archivist, collecting moments, sensations, and objects to preserve meaning in the face of impermanence. Her characters are as controlled as her prose, absorbing, cataloging, and curating meaning from the remnants of bewildering experience. Often avoiding conventional forms of narrative, Caridad compiles and displays her artifacts of soul with poetic minimalism and a curatorial tone that guides readers through disorienting awe, grief, and nostalgia."

—Cory Nolan, BarBar