The Lady in Oil

Book one of Three

A dream. A mansion. Seven children who are not merely companions-but reflections.

In The Lady in Oil, one man is pulled into a realm beyond sleep, where the boundary between the subconscious and something far older begins to dissolve. Within shifting dreamscapes, he follows a group of mysterious children through tunnels, swamps, and shadowed rooms-each passage revealing fragments of a buried self he does not yet understand.

Each child carries something vital: a memory, a truth, a wound, a question he has spent his life avoiding.

But the most enigmatic presence is the Lady in Oil-a dark, watchful figure who moves between worlds. At times monstrous, at times maternal, she is always unknowable. She does not simply haunt his dreams; she seems to be guiding them. Or shaping them.

Who is she really? And why does she know him better than he knows himself?

Blending psychological introspection with mythic symbolism and surreal imagery, The Lady in Oil is a haunting journey through identity, repression, and remembrance. It asks what it costs to become whole-and what waits beneath the surface when we finally begin to remember.