Horror Writer. College Professor.

Catlyn Ladd loves alliteration, the poetic slip of similar sounds through throat and tongue. She writes narrative nonfiction, speculative dark fiction, and horror. Her short fiction has appeared in over a dozen magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, including ones by Skywatcher Press, Dark Lit Press, Dark Matter,  Black Hare, and others. Her first narrative nonfiction book, Strip: The Making of a Feminist, was published by Changemakers in 2018. Her debut horror novel, As Those Above Fall, was published by Winding Road Stories in 2024.

Catlyn has worked in fast food, as a stripper, a magician’s assistant, as the secretary at a real estate office, and as a college professor, both adjunct and tenured. She is an eclectic academic, interested in religion, sexualities, the paranormal, violence, philosophy, and feminism. She has two bachelor's degrees - one in theology and the other in humanities with a minor in creative writing. She has a master's degree in religious studies, and a doctorate in philosophical and theological studies. She teaches philosophy, religious studies, and women and gender studies at a two year college where she specializes in issues of race and privilege, gender and sexuality, ethics, and epistemology. She lives near the Rocky Mountains in the western United States with her partner and cats, where she rides her motorcycle, reads, hikes, and cooks.