AMOS NAPHISH is a former rising star in the literary world turned adjunct professor at a prestigious university in the southern United States. He carries a minimal class schedule to allow for writing time. 5 years of non-productivity have plagued him since NEKANA NAPHISH, his wife, left. DEAN HANCE CALLAWAY disdains non-academic faculty and presents Amos with an ultimatum; write another award-winning novel or be fired from the university.
While writing had been simple enough in the past aided by his wife’s presence or excessive drinking, a sober and abandoned Amos finds the task of crafting the next best seller riddled with obstacle after obstacle; the greatest, a lack of content. As the clock ticks, Amos delves back into the bottle in order to create. He still attempts to teach between benders only to develop a sexual relationship with one of his students, DAKOTA KELLER. The behavior, while unethical, added to the drinking grants Amos what he desires – inspiration. But as the effectiveness of each wanes Amos must indulge in greater quantities. Memories are re-lived. Paths are re-walked.
Bouncing between past and present, actuality and fantasy, Amos fights with an unforgiving computer screen trying to remain true. True to his craft. True to Nekana. True to himself. But each night, each drink, each moment with Dakota pulls him further from these truths and sets him on a collision course with a suppressed destination.
Deadlines must be met. Alcohol, Dakota, Nekana. Which will save Amos? Everything ends. Or is this just a memory too?