Email Author Paul Friswold

2012 Stories by Paul Friswold

• The Pleasures of Matriculation

  published September 27, 2012

  It ain't easy being the oldest orphan in the John Grier Home, but Jerusha Abbott is dealing with that unfortunate distinction as best she can. She... More >>

• The Pleasures of Matriculation

  published October 4, 2012

  It ain't easy being the oldest orphan in the John Grier Home, but Jerusha Abbott is dealing with that unfortunate distinction as best she can. She... More >>

• They're Here for the Apocalypse

  published October 25, 2012

  Nate McDonough and Dan McCloskey are members of Pittsburgh's Cyberpunk Apocalypse writers cooperative, which is dedicated to the stamping... More >>

• Alton Nightlife

  published October 18, 2012

  Now in its 96th year, the Alton Halloween Parade is the undead granddaddy of Halloween parades. Think about it. Alton is famous as the... More >>

• Silent But Deadly

  published October 18, 2012

  Forget those saturnine vampires with their chiseled features and smoldering sensuality; if you want the bejeebers scared out of you, it helps to... More >>

• Libby and Liberation

  published October 18, 2012

  Jean Ellen Whatley was a mother of four mostly grown kids who'd worked her way through the bowels of the media industry and ended up at the... More >>

• Love, German Style

  published October 11, 2012

  On the surface, things seem to be improving in 1930s Germany. The economy's strengthening, tourists are returning and the citizens are enjoying... More >>

• Prime-Time Ornette

  published October 18, 2012

  Ornette Coleman crashed jazz's bebop party in the late '50s, utilizing his harmelodic theory of playing to exploit the possibilities found in the... More >>

• Piece by Piece

  published October 18, 2012

  It's not uncommon for artists to make their own rendition of a famous piece of art in order to better understand the technique and the process.... More >>

• Grand Illusion

  published October 18, 2012

  Magicians are an easy punch line in these post-Arrested Development days of sharpened irony. People like to feel like the smartest person... More >>

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  Double Downer: The victims of two disparate murders meet in Anne & Emmett

  published November 1, 2012

  Anne & Emmett is a rare misstep for director Ron Himes and the Black Rep. Janet Langhart Cohen's drama explores the personal... More >>

• The Good Is Gone

  published September 27, 2012

  John Halder is your standard-issue professor of literature. He's a loving husband and father, a dutiful son to his elderly mother and a reassuring... More >>

• Rock Hard Ol' Hickory

  published September 20, 2012

  The historical truth of President Andrew Jackson is complicated, as it is for most great men. He was a brawler who dueled his detractors at the... More >>

• Spring Has Sprung

  published September 27, 2012

  Wendla is a good girl who just wants her mother to tell her the facts of life. Moritz is tormented by erotic dreams that make him feel he's going... More >>

• Man or Monkey?

  published September 27, 2012

  As a fireman, Yank stokes the ship's boilers on one of those new, powerful ocean liners. He's proud of the work he does, and he's good at it. But... More >>

• Scare Their Pants Off

  published October 11, 2012

  What is it with curious children and haunted houses this time of year? Those good-for-nothin' Dandy Kids have stumbled upon the creepy mansion of... More >>

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  Time for a Kit Kat: Wash. U. reminds us that life is a Cabaret

  published October 25, 2012

  A beautiful love story tremulously unfolds in the Washington University's student production of Cabaret, and when it falls to... More >>

• Achilles' Third-to-Last Stand

  published October 4, 2012

  Perhaps you're not old enough to recall when Led Zeppelin called it quits, or when the surviving members re-formed at the original Live Aid to do... More >>

• Down for the Long Count

  published October 4, 2012

  Was it only ten years ago that Artica first sprang forth from the banks of the Mississippi? The people's art festival promulgated by Nita Turnage... More >>

• Eins, Zwei, G'suffa

  published October 4, 2012

  The original Oktoberfest began in 1812 as a way for the general public to commemorate the nuptials of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess Therese of... More >>

• Enslaved by Greed

  published October 4, 2012

  Renowned historian Henry Wiencek knew he was on the trail of something massive when his research into Thomas Jefferson turned up a heretofore... More >>

• The West End Players Guild goes about Inventing Van Gogh

  published October 11, 2012

  Patrick (Reginald Pierre) is a painter who has sequestered himself in his studio since the death of his friend and mentor, Dr. Miller (Ron... More >>

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  Who Grew? Spring Awakening charts the gulf between youth and adulthood — in song

  published October 18, 2012

  Before Spring Awakening commences, Stray Dog Theatre artistic director Gary Bell advises the audience to bear in mind that "this... More >>

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  Cup check! Are you ready for St. Louis Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream?

  published October 4, 2012

  There's a clear divide between the characters in A Midsummer Night's Dream that can work against the play. On one side you have... More >>

• Gaslight Rekindled

  published September 20, 2012

  Frank Moskus Sr. is one of the unsung heroes of St. Louis. Moskus owned one of Gaslight Square's finer taverns during the entertainment... More >>