To appreciate the multi-hyphenate talents of Daedalus Howell, combine the moxie of an indie filmmaker, the grit of a journalist, the insouciance of a novelist, and the trickster-heroism of a conceptual artist — add ice and shake. The result — cold, wet, and bitter — belies Howell’s biting wit, easy charm, and stridently independent spirit as a writer, filmmaker, performer, and media personality. 

Inescapably Gen X, Howell’s work is a postmodern tapestry of interconnected narratives realized in feature films like Pill Head and the upcoming Werewolf Serenade and books like Quantum Deadline and I Heart Sonoma. 

Howell’s byline has appeared in local and national outlets, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Men’s Health, the Sonoma Index-Tribune, and dozens of other regional publications. He is more recently associated with The North Bay Bohemian and Pacific Sun, for which he has been editor since 2019.

Howell blogs humorously and candidly about the vicissitudes of working in the creative industrial complex and life as a cyclothymic wineaux. He has a bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. For the past decade, Howell has lived in Petaluma, California, the wine country locale often the backdrop for his work.