Michelle Spencer

Michelle Spencer is a writer and small business owner living at the foot of the Rocky Mountains on the Alberta/Montana border. She is a former broadcast journalist and digital storytelling facilitator. Her work has appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine and has been long listed for both the 2021 National CBC Non-Fiction Prize, and the 2021 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award.

The Kid

The kid’s face is good and smashed up, his nose most certainly broken. Eddy has transferred enough prisoners to know these things. On the grand scale, these injuries don’t look too bad and the easy banter between the paramedics speaks to the lack of urgency.
“Nearly there, warden,” the medic closest to Eddy says. “We should get through quick. Mondays are usually quiet. You’ll be back in no time.”