About the Author: My name is Gloria Smith, I am 60 years of age. I started writing many years ago, but was unable to find out how to go about getting published. Being discouraged I stopped writing and put my work away. Now after the new age of computers I feel like trying again. I started writing Poetry. Then I decided to try a children’s book. Tommy’s Monster is about a young boy of eight years why is afraid of dark. He is being tormented in his sleep by an ugly monster. Tammy finally confronts his monster and defeats it. He faced his fear and now is not afraid. The moral of this story is You must face your fears before you can over come them.