Raymond Wilson Butler, a director and writer down on his luck, is struggling to write a biography of his hero, the late filmmaker Halliday. He conducts a series of interviews with his widow Yolanda, an overweight woman living alone in the desert in Arizona with a penchant for taxidermy. Raymond knows she is an eccentric but nothing can prepare him for Yolanda’s revelation of the true story of the life and death of her late husband.
Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work.
