Number 04: Assault

by Harry Colfer

One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (5,739 words). The books can be read in any order as the number in the title refers to the codes used to dispatch ambulances:
Fighting their way through rush-hour traffic gives Jono and his young crewmate, Kylie Cook, plenty of time to engage in banter. Due to the nature of the callout, Kylie discovers Jono's never been assaulted. He puts it down to his ability to read a scene, but will his Spidey senses be enough to protect him this time?

21 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2019

About the author

Harry 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.