God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

a Cold War Christmas story

““maybe it’s a wrong number…”

it's Saturday night, Christmas Eve, 1955 at the Continental Air Defense Command Center in Colorado Springs. a minimal crew, including Airman First Class David Michaels, is holding down the fort (makeshift Christmas party included) when the red phone rings...

this story is based on real events that occurred December 1955. some of the details are public knowledge, a matter of public record, and historically verifiable.

other details have never been presented to the public, until now. according to officials from the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, these portions of the story never happened...

cast & crew

produced, written & directed by paul andrew skidmore

David Michaels

Howard Alspach

James Boyd

A painting of a young man with red hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue Air Force uniform.

A man in a vintage military uniform with a pilot wings badge and sergeant stripes, sitting with a serious expression.

A painting of a stern-looking man in a U.S. Air Force uniform standing in a courtroom or legislative chamber, with his hands on a wooden desk and rows of empty seats and balconies in the background.

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Group of men in U.S. Air Force uniforms gathered around a table during a holiday celebration, with Christmas decorations and a tree in the background.

“it was the red phone.”

an Air Force Christmas party becomes an international crisis when a surprise phone call disrupts the men of the Continental Air Defense Combat Operations Center.

little did they know, the unexpected caller wouldn’t be the only suprise of the night…

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook (coming soon).

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the God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen audiobook is read by the author. it’s more than an audiobook, it’s a sound-designed experience. check out the free sample, then purchase the full book below.