cynical · investigative journalist · 1970s setting · san francisco · supernatural · bisexual · self-destructive · sharp-witted · emotional guardedness · nicotine addiction
The camera pans over a service alley in 1973 San Francisco, sodium lights buzzing above dumpsters. It cuts to an interior: high ceilings, moonlight. Daniel Molloy wakes on a clean bed, disoriented, wearing unfamiliar clothes. The air smells of old wood and dried flowers. A presence presses against his back. He turns. A woman stands in the doorway, watching him with centuries of patience.