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GABRIELA LEÃO | GAME DESIGN
Books
As a fiction writer, I explore many different genres. I have published two mystery novels and will soon release a thriller, but I also enjoy exploring fantastic worlds and, when it comes to short tales, I've mostly written horror and dark fantasy stories.
Also, they're mostly in Portuguese, but I'll soon publish a collection of short stories in English and you can check one of those tales in here.
I have an Author's Page on Amazon, which displays a bit of my work. It's not all of it, since there any many short stories I wrote for collections which are not available on the platform.
BURN - Crowdfunding
'QUEIME', which can be translated to 'BURN', is my new thriller, currently being financed through a crowdfunding campaingn.
About the book:
The recently widowed police investigador Maia Torres comes across an almost completely burnt corpse, left in a open field at Rio de Janeiro's West Zone. Fearing the signs that this is just the first of many bodies, she aims to quicly solve the brutal homicide of an abuser who doesn't evoque any of her empathy. Meanwhile, a voice demands a place in this story, a murderer with no remorse, hungry for revenge, who is following the investigation and will do everything to remain in shadows. Will Maia figure out their identity before becoming herself a target?
I am very proud to say that we hit the goal whithin 48 hours, which was amazing. The campaingn is still going, you can chech it out here.
The Woman in the Lake
'The Woman in the Lake' is a mystery novel, the title makes an homage to Raymond Chandler's classic 'The Lady in the Lake', as it was this title alone that inspired this new story, much different from the original one.
The book follows Diogo, a young man who begins to remember a strange occurrence from his childhood. He was only eight when he found the dead body of a woman floating on a small boat, on a small lake, on the grounds of a hotel where only his family was staying. In the search of answers, Diogo finds an unwilling family and even more secrets, but he cannot stop until he knows. Who was this woman? Who was Helena?
As stated in my resume, this manuscript won as best novel on a literary award promoted by FURB - Blumenau's Federal University, in 2017.
Death Awoke and Other Tales
A collection of short stories, ranging from dark fantasy to horror.
- What happens when the knights of the apocalypse wake up? What if Death doesn't wish to fulfill their obligations?
- On a forgotten island in the middle of the ocean, a crow and a little human guard a secret for generations.
- Trapped in a lab disguised as hospital, Tadeu wishes only to escape. Will the invisible girl come back to help him?
- A halloween party down the street takes a group of teens to a strange place full of winged creepy creatures.
- Luna gets to know a butterfly that is not really a butterfly, but does have ripped wings. Unable to fly, her time on earth is getting shorter, so Luna undertakes the mission to travel to a hidden city under a rock and find the weaver of wings and save her new friend.
Attempt
A mystery novel for teens, inspired by Agatha Christie's work.
A family vacation on the mountains turns to tragedy. A poisoned bottle of wine results in one death and one hospitalization. The police quickly begins an investigation, but two teens decide to act on their own and find out why would someone want to murder one of their parents. The poison was not the only incident during the summer and it seems another death may soon occur.
The Elf, the man and the Order & The Shadow, the Song and the Sword
This two part novel is currently being upload on Wattpad. It is a fantasty story inspired by a Dungeons and Dragons game and characters created for it.
The first part tells the story of Lórien, a wood elf trained as a warrior of her people, and how the intricacies of a reign she does not understand force her to leave her home and family behind, labelled as a traitor.
The second part meets Lórien years later. An old friend returns asking for help, and Lórien sees herself in the middle of the political storm and the battles she so desperatly tried to avoid.
Short Stories
Since 2019, I started publishing short stories in collections of various authors, from many different Brazillian publishers. My tales are mainly horror, thriller or dark fantasy. One of those, entititled 'Cliente Regular' ('Regular Client') and published in the book 'Dossiê Macabro: Táxi' (Macabre Dossier: Taxi), won the honorable mention at the IV Aberst Award, an award promoted by Aberst (Association of Brazilian Horror, Thriller and Detective Fiction Writers).
Bellow are the covers of the books containing one of my short stories.
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