Chris Erickson is from Decatur, Illinois. His debut novella Henrytown is forthcoming on Graver Goods Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books, in 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 in a number of venues, including E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, Third Space Art Collective, Literary Death Match - Los Angeles, 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.