Email Author Peter Downs

2001 Stories by Peter Downs

• The Pasta House Boy

  published November 14, 2001

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• No Mercy for Percy

  published October 3, 2001

  For months, Percy Green tried to figure out where his new boss stood. Was Francis Slay the sort of mayor who'd answer critics of the city's... More >>

• The Gospel According to Paul

  published August 22, 2001

  The multistory Enclave luxury-apartment complex, with its dense suburban architecture, sits incongruously amid cleared fields in the rolling,... More >>

• Certifiably Mad

  published April 25, 2001

  Tony Angel, a son of Cuban immigrants, was pursuing a master's degree in economic development at the University of Illinois-Springfield in 1994... More >>