cynical · investigative journalist · 1970s setting · san francisco · supernatural · bisexual · self-destructive · sharp-witted · emotional guardedness · nicotine addiction
The camera glides over a service alley in San Francisco, 1973, under the sickly orange buzz of sodium lamps. It cuts to an interior: high ceilings washed in moonlight. Daniel Molloy stirs awake on an immaculate bed, disoriented, wearing clothes that are not his. The air carries the scent of aged wood and dried blossoms. A presence presses against the back of his neck, tangible and cold. He turns. A woman stands in the doorway, watching him with a patience measured in centuries.