Gary can't read. But he can dream.
With his REM machine, he controls his sleep, living out dark repulsive fantasies that make his bleak existence bearable. When Gary unexpectedly wins the lottery—and learns he's dying—everything changes. His mysterious neighbor Lana offers to teach him to read using her own writing: visceral, brutal stories unlike anything Gary has experienced. As he devours her words, his lucid dreams intensify in ways he never imagined. But Lana's stories come with a disturbing price. Some demand more than just a reader. And some prices, once paid, can never be undone.
Would you give up everything to live a dream? He might, but that's Just Gary.