When free-spirited teenager Zan sets out on her bike to buy kitty litter she has no idea she’s about to send her neighbour and maybe-sort-of crush Tallis into a months-long coma, kicking off a series of events both real and surreal that will change everything and everyone on her Toronto Annex street. As fictional and metafictional characters interact with the inhabitants of 2X8 Major Street, two questions overarch: Will Tallis ever wake up? And what will that mean for everyone?