Ghost Mother
written by: Angela Carlton
When you open your eyes, there’s a flash of your “ghost mother,” all bones, sallow, refusing to eat. You, lingering, near her hospital bed.
But the weight’s pressing down, down, a tightening forming in your chest, before the nurses hook you up, and the beep-beep-beep of the machine calls you to the SKY.
Angela Carlton is a Georgia native. When she was a child, she wrote a book called, 'The Magic Fish' and tucked it away in a box for safekeeping. Angela Carlton’s fiction has been published in Every Writer, Everyday Fiction, 6S, 50 Word Stories, Spillwords Press, The Dribble Drabble Review and Friday Flash Fiction. In 2018, her story “The Roommates,” was made into a short film. In 2023, her story “Swallowed,” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Latest posts by Angela Carlton (see all)
- Ghost Mother - June 5, 2026
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