Chris Erickson is a figure from Decatur, Illinois.

HENRYTOWN from Dzanc Books is his debut novella. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The American Reader, Gigantic, Action Spectacle, Capilano Review, Seneca Review, PANK, benmarcus.com, The Hobo-Tramp Voice, Byline, and The Glacier. 

He has performed 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 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.