Thom Whalen

Sergeant Addington was a cryptographer posted to Saigon at the peak of the War in Vietnam. Seduced by a Russian spy, he was drawn into a web of intrigue and deceit. His survival depended on learning a single truth: The most dangerous weapon in the world is a well-told lie.

This is a collection of fifty-two short stories. These stories were written to be read aloud in various writers' groups. To serve that purpose, they were written as first person narrations with a minimal amount of direct dialog. The narrators speak with different voices - a homeless man, a defense lawyer, a high school student, an itinerant short-order cook, and many others. Most of these stories are light-hearted whimsy, but that doesn't stop them from taking a darker turn when necessary.