Daedalus Howell

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About Daedalus Howell
I create think pieces about cultural curios, write paranormal noir novels, and direct artsploitation films — all guided by a mordant, postmodern sense of humor (and a need to underwrite my cafe tabs). Lately, I’ve been creating an immersive transmedia experience within a self-consistent fictional universe set in the fictional city of Lumaville, which is a sort of psychic space laid over the topography of the places that have long inspired and haunted me (namely Petaluma, California). It operates as a kind of imagined parallel universe inhabited by a protagonist who is, likewise, a parallel version of its author. But with a far darker worldview. You can experience Lumaville my novels Quantum Deadline and The Late Projectionist, as well as in my upcoming feature film Pill Head.
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Blog postThis time of year many Gen X parents are making nostalgia-driven searches for A Charlie Brown Christmas, the animated special from 1965 that set the standard for producing seasonal affective disorder in children (FYI, it’s available on Apple TV+). If you happen to make it through the melancholic ode to holiday disillusionment and catch the […]
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Blog postRemember when Nirvana played live on MTV Unplugged, but bassist Krist Novoselic looked like he was playing an electric bass? Yeah, that irked me too—for the past 27 years. I finally looked it up today—the internet is still a marvel in this regard—and learned Novoselic was actually playing a Guild B3OE semi-acoustic bass rented for […]
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Blog postTV is not really TV anymore. It’s more like a video jukebox fed by the internet. It’s also one of the few remaining platforms on the internet that we can talk back to and only annoy the person next to us. Anything else shared online could get us digitally dogpiled, so do what my dad […]
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Blog postAs the saying goes, “If you remember the ’90s, you were there and bored.” That’s unless you were a reader of an inky supermarket tabloid that boasted headlines about the fabled “Bat Boy” and other “journalistic” meshugas that instantly turned your coffee table into a Ripley’s Believe it, Or Not exhibit. Well, believe it or not—it’s back: The Weekly World […]
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Blog postJames Bond just underwent a redemptive reckoning onscreen. The latest iteration of Superman is, as the New York Times reports, “Up, up and out of the closet.” Rebranding cultural icons seems all the rage. And not just for superheroes. Many public-facing entities have endeavored to refresh their image, some to fix longstanding cultural offenses—looking at you, […]
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Titles By Daedalus Howell
Howell soon embarked on a journey of words and wine to find out just exactly what that means. What he discovered is a Sonoma that is as confounding as it is enchanting. In these personal essays collected from his award-winning columns, Howell recounts his experience both “through a wine glass, darkly” and rosé-tinted glasses. The result is a fine blend of hilarity, heart and hangovers.
“’I Heart Sonoma’ pokes fun at just about every aspect of wine country life, from the unspoken Napa-Sonoma feud to ‘the lethality of wine and yoga pairings.’” – Press Democrat
DAEDALUS HOWELL has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, North Bay Bohemian, Sonoma Index-Tribune, Sonoma Magazine, Tasting Panel Magazine and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel The Late Projectionist and his short films have appeared on HBO, Showtime, MTV and IFC. He has won first place honors from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ national Altweekly Awards for “Food Writing/Criticism” and the National News- paper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for “Best Humorous Column.”
The reporter, turned amateur sleuth, soon learns that anything is possible on the strange streets of Lumaville — a sleepy Northern California college town in the grips of a tech startup boom. As hard-drinking Howell grumbles about the waning relevance of his profession, he uncovers a maze of dark truths that connect the boy, his brilliant ex-flame, and a ruthless app mogul. When Jude disappears, Howell’s assignment is clear but can he make his deadline without ending up dead?
An entertaining, postmodern, bizarro, cyberpunk ode to pulp and noir that brims with action and humor. Featured in the feature film Pill Head.