Frank Nolan and Fay Peronivic find themselves mysteriously drawn to an all-night café following a surreal brush with death.

When a desperate tabloid writer concocts a story about a small-town alien invasion, his simple lie snowballs out of his control.

The café brings Frank back to his hometown, where he befriends a boy whose comatose body lies in the town hospital.

The café slows down time in order to enable a detective to find the answer to an unsolved murder before his death by gunshot.

When Frank gets involved with a married woman whose husband is very possessive, Fay worries for his safety.

Fay's younger sister Ivy comes to the city to visit her, but trouble comes along in the form of her scummy boyfriend Jesse.