The main character of Work in Sanity, Allen, finds himself working as a telemarketer and his only hope of keeping his sanity is to squeeze some kind of creative outlet into his daily routine. Through drawings and short stories we learn about the inner workings of his mind. In an atmosphere of security cameras, disgruntled co-workers, and endless rejection over the phone, Allen explores the prevalence of addiction and alienation in corporate America.

As his co-workers reveal more and more of themselves to him, Allen weaves elements of them into his stories, searching for some kind of higher truth that will make sense out of why he is there.  Populating his stories with alternate versions of his co-workers and himself, He begins to get hints of a higher truth.

In the first short story he begins to write, he recalls the self destructive and belligerent behavior of his childhood friend’s family and sees similarities to the way his co-workers behave.

In another short story, Allen tries to find the value of what he’s doing in life, as his fictional counterpart meets a superhero in a convenience store.  If a superhero can have doubts about his purpose, then a telemarketer is sure to have doubts, as well.

Allen re-imagines the relationships between himself and two of his co-workers in another story, attempting to make sense of addiction and its different effects on their lives.

In the final short story, anticipating his departure from his job, Allen tells the story of a man who leaves his wife and kids for a typewriter.

In the end, it is his fiction that gets him closer to the truth.