Famed horror writer H.P. Lovecraft (Jeffrey Combs) peruses the infamous 'Book of the Dead' as he flashes back on three of his own stories: 'The Library' which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of The Dead and his unwitting release of a monster and his writing of the following horror segments 'The Drowned', 'The Cold', and 'Whispers'.