Mask of Flies

As a winter front in Williamsville, New York dumps lake-effect snow into the streets, Rick Soblinski, a caretaker at Oak Leaf Retirement Home, trudges into work to find he has a new resident in his hall— a Jane Doe abandoned in a sister facility located in the South Townes. The home’s administration transferred the woman to Oak Leaf, the broader outfitted facility, because of her extreme condition: tumor–like growths cover her face, and she appears completely unresponsive to her environment. While attempting to care for his new charge, Rick is stifled by anxiety, overwhelmed by a flood of buried memories: past indiscretion and consequence. He determines that the woman’s maladies extend far beyond the surface. The experience manifests into a bizarre nightmare that bleeds into reality, changing everything. Allie, Rick’s older girlfriend and alpha-businesswoman, copes with his erratic behavior; Oak Leaf’s Office Manager, Tony Delgado, is determined to find the disfigured woman’s family; and the administration of Oak Leaf Retirement Home endures a string of disappearances of both staff and patients alike. Multiple pathways converge to uncover the Jane Doe’s origins and ultimate purpose.

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