Christopher J. Sparks is a writer, historian, and web strategist. He is a historian on Northampton State Hospital and author of Minotaur, a memoir in progress. His work blends narrative history with personal reflection, and his research has been featured in local historical archives.
His slim poetry houses a contemporary man’s investigation of his own dark night of the soul. Reading him, one gets the impression that his ghosts follow him. One could say ghosts love him. He lived by inhabiting his past, bringing us along.
Beth Filson 24.February.2019
Latest Writing
- Egg ToothI parked the car just at midnight, as planned. I put the car further up the street than I had initially thought to, so the path to my objective was longer. The neighborhood… Read more: Egg Tooth
- Red Carbounds and bows with a heartbeat thrumfrom driving over bridge supports,cruising down 91, into the tide of night. Motown fills the cabin.A trillion billion galaxies, the sum of timewake and shimmer asamber electric… Read more: Red Car
- ImpactI saw the great wings flash before the windshield and disappear.Then I stood in the road, over the body.My clumsy steel metronome of hazard lights, flashinghelphelphelpagainst the wooded dark. The owl’s wings were… Read more: Impact
- Anansi system overviewAnansi Field Notes system is a modification of the Grinnell Field Notes system tailored for Urban Exploration.
- DawnHome is in your smile. Wherever, whenever.
- MistyMy friend Misty Catherine Bassi was killed riding her bike in May, 2009. She was the most gentle person I have met, and it took me a long time to register that she… Read more: Misty
