Raison Deidre is a companion piece to Lead Tears-part prequel, part sequel...with a bit in between. Fans of the novel will appreciate the wordplay and satiric style of this novella. Raison Deidre tells a story uniquely its own, while managing to answer some of the lingering questions from Lead Tears-her name is Deidre. Wes Payton has a B.A. in Rhetoric/Philosophy and an M.A. in English. His play Way Station was selected for a Next Draft reading in 2015, and What Does a Question Weigh? was selected for a staged reading as part of the 2017 Chicago New Work Festival. He is the author of the novels Lead Tears, Darkling Spinster, Darkling Spinster No More, Standing in Doorways, and Downstate Illinois. Wes and his family live in Oak Park, Illinois.
