Anna Yoder's world is shrinking. She lives in her childhood home in rural Iowa, surrounded by five acres of large cement statues. Averaging just a dozen visitors a year, Shady Springs Dinosaur Park is a relic of relics. The park hasn't changed in sixty years, and Anna hasn't left in ten. One of the park's statues inexplicably appears in the middle of a winding road, causing a serious car accident. Anna finds herself in the center of an investigation and certain of only one thing: somehow, the massive cement dinosaurs are moving.

Homeless for more than 25 years in rural Iowa, Marty Freeman is familiar with bad days. Today he is clinging to the hood of a moving Chrysler. This is much more than a bad day. Inspired by actual events, The Lives of Skeletons chronicles a bizarre hit and run accident. Trapped in a garage with strength and sanity slipping, Marty struggles to free himself. His captor, a young sales clerk named Angela, becomes increasingly desperate to cover up all evidence of the accident - including Marty.