Caridad Cole is a speculative writer and filmmaker whose work often dances with magical realism and ruralism, lookalikes and lonely people, and gothicism and the grave.

Her writing has appeared in Coffin Bell Journal, Vocivia Magazine, An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color 2024 (EastOver Press), and elsewhere. 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 creative writing grants from Words for Charity for her short stories "Empty Houses" and "In a Town Called Albatross".

In 2023, Cari founded the speculative literary and art magazine, Moonday Mag, for which she serves as both editor-in-chief and art director.

Under her own banner, pico bonito, she creates fringe short films and animations, including the official music video for Lowell's "Bloodthirsty".