Chicago, 1954. When his father goes missing, 22-year-old Atticus embarks on a trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his uncle George - publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide - and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours. A devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism - the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today...