The death of children's writer Hoke Berglund draws Jon Sieber into a world filled with Hoke's creations, including the vile Mr. Self Affliction who is the cruel master of this place. In a world where angels are beautiful women and the by-blows of nightmares people the mythical Forgetting Wood, Jon, heir apparent to all that Hoke created, falls for Beglund's daughter but cannot overlook her secret.