Jim Norton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2024

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“Back in the Day” by Jim Norton

Back in the DayIt is February 3rd, in the year 1945, in a large American city. Welcome reader! You are inside me—a phone booth! You will be seeing people and hearing noises inside me. Don't worry about infringing on someone's privacy. You are legally here. This happened so long ago, anyone exposed here will probably be dead by now anyway! This is a well-used street. My average use is about five people a day. Here comes one now. ***Of course, I know it's 8:30 in the morning! What do you mean where was I? Where else would I be? I fell as...

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“unthinkable” by Jim Norton

Submitted to Contest #284

UnthinkableIt’s two in the morning. I am sitting in my 2020 Chevrolet Sprint in a Walmart parking lot with a Glock 9— bullet in chamber, safety off, cocked— clutched in my right hand. I should have known better, I should have known better? Are you kidding me? That cliché works for ending up with a bad used car or eating a lot of food you know you’re allergic to. But it is unthinkable for—*******Jim Davis is a 60-year-old white male who has taught public high school English for more than 30 years. He is an easygoing teacher whose classr...

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“Mister Know-it-all” by Jim Norton

Submitted to Contest #283

Mr. Know-it-all“I wasn't expecting that!” And it almost cost me my job!Some stuff you need to know before I tell you how “that” happened. I was 29 years old. I got my bachelor's degree in English education from New Jersey State College. I had been teaching for four years in Hackettstown High School, New Jersey—seniors. I know everything there is to know about teaching seniors in public high schools! Don't give me diagramming of sentences, nor did we have 25 vocabulary words every week— but I did demand my students learn how to write a ...

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