The Oil Oracle

In the mist-bound coastal town of Brookings, Oregon, art restorer Claire buys a forgotten painting from a shadowy antique shop — a veiled woman whose glowing eyes seem to track her across the room. Soon the canvas begins to show her things: a child pulled from a burning house, an art-theft ring exposed. Each prophetic vision saves a life. Each one also devours a piece of Claire’s memory, peeling away her past until she can no longer trust who she is.

As skeletal handprints bloom across her walls and reality buckles around her, Claire enlists Ethan, a skeptical journalist, to trace the painting back to its source: the Order of the Veiled Oracle, a nineteenth-century cult obsessed with bending fate to its will. When the visions turn toward a catastrophic gas explosion poised to level Brookings, Claire must decide how much of herself she is willing to lose to stop it.

The Oil Oracle by J.T. Marrow is a haunting blend of supernatural horror and psychological suspense that circles the true cost of foresight and the fragility of identity. Perfect for readers who crave atmospheric dread with echoes of Poe and Lovecraft. Available now in eBook and Paperback.