Frisco Fairytales - Couverture souple

Mason, Marcus

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798995314103

Editeur : Bocana Media, 2026

Synopsis

Set against the hills, fog, and contradictions of San Francisco, Frisco Fairytales moves through the neighborhoods and generations of a city in perpetual tension. A "utopia" and a hellscape, sometimes on the same block. The stories explore class and gentrification, street-level crime and consequence, love and loyalty, and the particular ache of nostalgia for a city that keeps changing beneath your feet. Characters range from a young woman navigating a drug empire and a toxic ex, to a boy who believes he was born on the moon; from teenagers on prom night to a meditation on the weight of grief. Taken together, the stories form a vivid, funny, heartbreaking portrait of what it means to grow up as a local in one of the world's most mythologized cities. The title itself is a provocation. The book's preface opens with the history of the nickname, "Frisco", and a reminder of the often segregated cultures within the city. The collection is dedicated, in part, to the memory of the Sucka Free City itself. From the Preface: This collection of short stories is about what it means to grow up in a utopia, hell on earth, and the cross streets in between. While these "fairytales" are not meant for young children, my hope is that a copy will land in the hands of some kids in the city who can relate, reflect, and laugh at these stories. The City offers its youth many paths and traps. As locals, we dance with rage through the beauty and hypocrisy. If you are not from San Francisco, it's fine; I am sure you will still understand 95% of the concepts in this book. I have also added a glossary for all the Bay slang I put to use. Before we begin, I would like to remind you, the reader, that Frisco is located on sacred soil. It also happened to go from being one of the cheapest major cities in the U.S. to one of the most expensive in the world. Regardless of time period or economic status, this land is magical, and it is our responsibility to give it the respect and honor that it deserves. The way that we interact with the city demonstrates the respect we pay to it. Simply owning, renting, or inheriting property here is not enough to claim it or treat it as you please. The city might just slap you back. I would also like to be clear; We call it Frisco, but many, even locals, don't. Everyone from the city agrees 'San Fran' is the tourist nickname, but the local bourgeoisie class always hated 'Frisco' more. In 1953, a journalist and author by the name of Herb Caen wrote a book titled Don't Call It Frisco. He argued, "Frisco shows disrespect to a city that is now big and proper and respectable." In other words, it was the nickname of the poor. Caen grew up in Sacramento in the 1920s, and moved to Nob Hill for a job at the Chronicle in the late 1930s. Dude wasn't even from the city. In 1995, one year after I was born, and two years before he died, Caen wrote a final piece for the Chronicle, again titled "Don't Call it Frisco." Caen's work influenced thousands, at least from the north side of the city, to loathe the term. Calling the city Frisco, or not, to this day is a reflection of your relationship to the culture, the people, and the land. This nickname, and the controversy surrounding it, exemplifies the themes of class, romance, and rebellion in these stories. Regardless of the attempts to remove the city's working class nickname, it will be Frisco forever, and we are on Ohlone land.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marcus Mason is a writer and multimedia artist born and raised in Bernal Heights, San Francisco. With a background in poetry, Marcus hyper-focused on his screen-writing classes at UC Santa Barbara, and ultimately decided his pathas a story-teller. After college, he moved to LA and began working in the television industry. The pandemic hit, and he parlayed a few writing gigs into a job as an assistant for a journalist and editor. While dedicating much of his freetime to friends and family, Marcus has also found a passion for producing and directing music videos, making custom clothing pieces, and writing/directing sketches. For a storyteller, much of his remains untold. He is rumored to beworking on a novel and a short film, set to release sometime in the next 100 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bocana Media
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798995314103
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible