My first published short story is out and available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Creature-Angela-Wilcox-ebook/dp/B0C8GWFRKN
As I told a friend today, I started this book three decades ago... As a way to kind of talk myself through the follies of having this huge life secret and keeping that to myself. And the absolute inability when one has done that to be happy. I quickly realized that for other people, they also had secret creatures that did not look like my own... So I wanted this story to make adults think... And aspire to the benefits of community and growth... And for younger people, I wanted to create a conversation piece for their adults to talk about communication... and sharing... The art Arlene did is magnificent... Her ideas were so awesome like giving the girl and the creature the same eyes (because really, the girl and the creature are one). It is just full of fun nuggets. As an allegory, it is more like The Dark Horse or The Precious Present or The Boy, The Mole and The Horse vs like Pilgrims Progress. So don't be scared when I say it is an allegory. It is so much more.
