It was tremendously difficult choosing an illustrator for my Kickstarter book, Demimonde. Over fifty talented artists applied for the job, and out of that field, I narrowed it down to five finalists. I liked all of their work, and wasn't sure which would be right for the book. So I invited them to submit a draft illustration of one of my stories, "The Night Air," for which I would pay a small fee. I requested pen-and-ink style illustrations, since that's the look I want for the book. Beyond that, they were free to do whatever they wanted from the story of a brief, night-time encounter between a somewhat cat-like alien female and a human male.