Alexander Koch

After an attack that left her blind, young Ellen Ashland (Madelaine Petsch, from Riverdale) withdraws to recover. But when gradually the feeling that danger still lurks gets the best of her, she will have to fight to escape her new reality - which, after all, is much more unreal than she could imagine.

A world-renowned poet and novelist announces on NPR her plan to commit suicide and sets up a competition for young male writers to win her estate.