“A Little Stranger” began as an illustrated short story about a hooded woman walking through a fearful town. Though I turned it into a song I love, the vision of the book still lingers. With hand issues limiting my drawing, I’m searching for ways to bring this dark, cinematic story to life—either on my own with new tools or through collaboration with an illustrator. Who were the monsters: the stranger…or the townsfolk?

It all started with a simple idea for a children’s book—innocent enough, right? The story was set in a small, quaint town called Eerie. A...