Investigative journalist Clara Bennett is haunted by the past. Three years after a devastating car crash left her trapped in the wreckage while a shadowy figure watched her bleed, Clara is plagued by hyper-realistic, terrifying flashbacks. Struggling to maintain her grip on reality at the Daily Chronicle, Clara channels her trauma into a bizarre new pitch: The Midnight Brew Cafe. Dismissed by her senior editor and closest friend, Noah, as a mere urban legend, Clara believes the elusive cafe is actually a highly sophisticated hallucinogenic drug ring masquerading as a speakeasy. Victims are wandering the industrial district in fugue states, driven mad by a mysterious barista who serves a black sludge that forces them to face their deepest demons. Despite Noah's protests, Clara is determined to bust the story wide open. Can she expose the truth behind the nightmares without succumbing to her own?
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