"Beth Hendricks" is a short story by Finn Finneran.
32 pages, 5.5 in x 8.5 in, saddle stitch staple binding
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JJ is new. It’s 2007 and he’s new to San Francisco. New to its hipster donuts and the “non profit industrial complex” he’s schooled on at the fixie bike bar. He’s also new to being Beth Hendricks, the alter ego he’s taken on to shoplift a root canal. Finn Finneran brings us a new coming of age story, part homage to a newfound hometown and part anxious ride through a young hustler’s mind.
About the author:
Finn Finneran (he/they) is a writer, student, and organizer living in the Bay Area, CA. Originally from the south, Finn left home and high school as a teenager seeking something like a life one might find in a Diane di Prima poem. He thinks he’s mostly succeeded in this regard. An eventful life and a free ride at City College of San Francisco inspired Finn to write stories and poems. He’s self-published three issues of his zine Slap Back Sylvia, and has since transferred as a re-entry student to UC Berkeley to study literature, history, and political theory in the American Studies department. He’s also a worker-owner at Rainbow Grocery Cooperative in San Francisco. Finn is queer, trans, working class, and rooting for the Intifada and all the underdogs!