A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.

浮水镇莲生纸扎铺今日来了一位客人。来人名叫陆小笙，是消闲报的民俗记者。这次来到纸扎铺，是想向纸扎铺老板南裳打听一桩奇闻异事。据说那是二十年前，百贵镇乔府小姐乔媛媛枉死，乔管家请纸扎匠刘三为乔媛媛做了纸人陪葬。刘三给纸人点了眼睛，导致乔媛媛借纸人回魂杀了乔老爷。陆小笙并不相信这种封建迷信的说法，可当年和这件事有关的人都已经故去。他打探到南裳便是刘三的徒弟，所以他此次前来，就是想从南裳口中了解这件事背后的真相。

民国时期，吴家镇的富绅吴大德暴毙家中，两个儿子为争夺家产互相争斗，小女儿夹在其中。葬礼期间吴家屡发诡异命案，当真相揭晓，引出吴家背后不为人知的秘密。