Chris Erickson is from Decatur, Illinois. His debut novella HENRYTOWN is forthcoming from Dzanc Books in August 2025. His writing has appeared in The American Reader, Gigantic, Action Spectacle, Capilano Review, Seneca Review, PANK, benmarcus.com, and The Hobo-Tramp Voice.
He has performed this lore in a number of enclosures, including E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, Third Space Art Collective, Literary Death Match - Los Angeles, Cinespace, John Natsoulas Center for the Arts, Sacramento Poetry Center, and Slatter's Court. He is a graduate of the UC Davis Creative Writing Program, and still lives in Davis, CA.
He is the former host of “Boxcar Whitey’s Old-Time Music & Lore Progr’m,” which aired on KRCL FM Salt Lake City from 2003-05 and then on KDRT FM Davis from 2006-08.