When a watch repair man acquires an antique pocket watch that can control time, he decides to use it to achieve his dreams. His plans soon become sinister when he learns he isn't the only one with the knowledge of the pocket watch.
The lives of a street punk, a millennial couple, and a Salvadoran teenager being recruited by a local gang collide, forming an interlocking story of class and identity in Echo Park, Los Angeles.
When young literary critic Janice Williams interviews celebrated author Alma Langdon, she becomes the victim of Alma's eerily vibrant western literary character and the dangerous occult resources at her creative disposal.
