Henry Gereighty (playwright, pain junkie, self-loathing homosexual) flees the city of New Orleans to Pass Christian, Mississippi in the wake of a violent hate crime. In his reclusion he finishes his final play, falls into 'like' with a bartender, battles with a neighborhood eccentric, laments to the ghost of Jayne Mansfield, and sparks a friendship with a lawyer in a bar who charges Henry $20.00 to listen to him complain, all the while maturating his plan of ultimate escape from a loveless life that will completely redefine who he is: The Piss Map.