The Ghost Named Charlie

by K. E. Ward

When a patient with schizophrenia was alone in her room with her thoughts, she began to see an actual ghost. Attempting to describe a social problem with enough tact, the author presents a moral dilemma about the mentally ill that depicts her struggles to live independently and practice her own adulting. During the course of the story, she interacts with "Charlie," only he seems to take over once she's in her own apartment. Charlie whines and pleads with her to commit an act of violence...