A rookie female reporter investigates a string of mysterious murders during an environmental disaster in Florida. The killings lead to an escaped convict, who has morphed into a bloodthirsty monster after he disappears into the red tide.

Lisa Conroy is general manager at a highway-side 'sports bar with curves', Double Whammies. She nurtures and protects her employees fiercely - but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction... Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it?