Anthology of literary stories inspired by the Chapel of the Chimes, a crematory and columbarium founded in 1909 in Oakland, California, and one of the area's most beautiful, historic buildings. Thousands are entombed in golden books (urns) shelved from floor to ceiling in a glowing labyrinth of nearly countless rooms. The stories withing The Library of the Dead represent a few of those golden books, and when opened, reveal the stories of those inside.