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Number 28: Stroke: Ambo Tales From The Frontline
Longlisted for the The Furphy Literary Award 2022
Martini Russo, aka Olive, decides to give Jono a schooling in The Bard, using relevant Shakespearean quotes to highlight when her crewmate’s being cynical. But unfortunately Jono’s always at his grumpiest within a shift or two from his annual leave. And what’s more they’re backing up a doctor, who unwittingly calls them ambulance drivers…
One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (4,643 words). The books can be read in any order as the number in the title refers to the codes used to dispatch ambulances.
Martini Russo, aka Olive, decides to give Jono a schooling in The Bard, using relevant Shakespearean quotes to highlight when her crewmate’s being cynical. But unfortunately Jono’s always at his grumpiest within a shift or two from his annual leave. And what’s more they’re backing up a doctor, who unwittingly calls them ambulance drivers…
One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (4,643 words). The books can be read in any order as the number in the title refers to the codes used to dispatch ambulances.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2023
About the author
Harry Colfer
40 books28 followersHarry Colfer is the pseudonym of a critical care paramedic who lives and works in Brisbane, Australia. Although his stories are totally fictional, his writing style is very realistic and he maintains a healthy level of paranoia with respect to his anonymity.
Other than the Ambo Tales From The Frontline series, he has written two full length novels featuring the same characters, a murder mystery, Dead Regular, and the thriller sequel, Beneath Contempt. He is currently writing the third novel in the Jono series, High Acuity, with the fourth and final book existing only as ideas, notes, and a title, Show Cause.
Other than the Ambo Tales From The Frontline series, he has written two full length novels featuring the same characters, a murder mystery, Dead Regular, and the thriller sequel, Beneath Contempt. He is currently writing the third novel in the Jono series, High Acuity, with the fourth and final book existing only as ideas, notes, and a title, Show Cause.
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