A low-level office clerk works for an enigmatic corporation that helps people escape to other realities. But when he takes a bribe to help a woman flee from mysterious pursuers, he unintentionally puts his own life at risk.

A young woman must scour the city streets to find quick money after her rent is raised at the very last minute.

Joe is a lonely writer who longs to be the hero of his own story. When it becomes increasingly clear that that’s not the case, he finds himself retreating to a place where he can have anything he dreams of; fame, love, even superpowers. When his real life becomes too much to bear, Joe must reconcile his imagination with reality, before he loses his grip on it.