How do you turn a slow news day into a career opportunity? For naive proofreader Guy Franklin, it is just a matter of not losing his head. A series of bizarre murders have occurred and no one is safe in the sleepy town of Dry Falls. It's Guy's lucky day when the first victim is the town newspaper's ace reporter. This could be the chance Guy has been waiting for all his life. Finally he has a chance to find some real life adventure as a reporter, solve a mystery, and along the way win the respect of his idol - hard-nosed, cynical editor Ab Abbott.