In a dystopian universe where roaming brains must purchase their bodies, a solitary female brain is forced to make a choice about her dream of the perfect human body when the unexpected happens.

A male stripper lives with his unemployed sister and cousin and their kids and his aunt, who remains cheery and optimistic in the face of every ill fortune, in a dangerous neighborhood. Then, his aunt dies and briefly comes back from the dead as a rapidly disintegrating ghoul with magical powers who bosses them around, determined they work toward a better life. He starts to dream of a better future, all the while wondering why others have so much when they have so little.