Gabriella Buba
Writer and Chemical engineer by trade.
I keep things riding the edge of the explosive limit.
Represented by Ramona Pina at Bookends Lit
Saints of Storm and Sorrow
Released June 25, 2024 from Titan Books
Spotify's Audiobook of the Month in June, it features Filipino-American Actor Dante Basco as the Male Narrator in his first ever audiobook role, and Danice Cabanela.It's also been selected in Amazon Editor's Picks for best SFF Books of July.THE HURRICANE WARS X POPPY WARLunurin, a mestiza stormcaller, hides in a convent—from the Inquisition branding her a witch, and the Goddess of Storms, who sings of drowning colonizers. When she’s discovered, a marriage-of-convenience might save her from the Church, but not her Goddess. A typhoon is brewing in Lunurin’s bones. Freeing it will destroy the violent colonizers, but also the family she found in the convent and her new marriage.
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Content Warnings: Violence (torture; violence against children;
war; colonial violence; genocide), Child sexual abuse (off-page), Unwanted pregnancy, Abortion, Discrimination (queerphobia; racism), Consensual sex scenes, Suicide, Death of a parent, Substance use (alcohol)
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Which old gods call to your heart? From the epic fantasy world of Saints of Storm and Sorrow where old gods refuse to be forgotten and the gods-blessed wield the elements of nature against their colonial oppressors, who will you be? A Stormcaller, Tide-touched, or Firetender?
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Sneak Peak
“You’re a stormcaller.” Tiya Halili tucked her thick curling hair, grown back too fast, frighteningly fast, back into her bun, securing it with her mutya. “And we must never let our hair down unless we are prepared for the consequences, for what we are is vengeance.”But why shouldn’t she have vengeance? If she were allowed to be useful…The Inquisition’s galleons would be so much shattered timber upon the waves.Lunurin let the terrible voice of her goddess die behind her clenched teeth. This resentment was not hers. She’d caused this mess by listening to the angry goddess of storms, who longed for a typhoon that would destroy the Codicían colonizers’ flotilla—along with the Stormfleet, and every lowland village and harbor city of the archipelago.Lunurin wouldn’t let her goddess use her for destruction. Not again.
Saints of Storm and Sorrow
Released June 25, 2024
Published Short Works
READ MOREFind her short story Dying Rivers and Broken Hearts in the Strange Religion Anthology or listen for FREE on Podcastle.Her queer filipino myth retelling The Dugong Wife and the Raincape Weaver in Of Stardust: A Queer Fantastical AnthologyHer letters Salted and Between the Lines can be found in the Anthology With Love: What We Wish We Knew About Being Queer and Filipino In AmericaHer Essay Words That Will Never Fit in My Mouth can be found in Prairie Fire MagazineHer Science-Fantasy Article can be found in the Sci-Phi Journal
Works In Progress
One Half a Dead Witch: An Adult Urban Fantasy, set in Houston, TX in the same universe as Dying Rivers and Broken Hearts, featuring a biracial Filipina witch struggling to find her place in her community after her family is murdered and her magic is lost
Upcoming Publications
Saints Book 2: A Codician Flotilla is amassing in Canazco. Lunurin and Alon must bring together the scattered Stormfleet before their hard won freedom is lost
Sensitivity Reading
She offers sensitivity reading services from her perspective as a queer bi-racial Filipino Asian-American, feel free to reach out via email or twitter for information on her rates.
News
Articles, Interviews, Blog Posts, Podcasts and more from or about the authorClick each image to read more
Top Audiobook of the Month on Spotify Books! During Launch Week Saints hit Top Trending Releases in LGBTQ+, Fantasy & SFF, and Audiobook Categories. It was also selected as one of the Best SFF Audiobooks of 2024 so far!
Amazon Editor's Picks: Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Of July
Gabriella Buba's London Launch Event Interview with AY Chao Author of Shanghai Immortal
The Fantasy Hive asks the author #WomenInSFF Part 1
Gabriella discusses the magic system of Saints of Storm and Sorrow with Kerry Schafer on Another Magic Monday Podcast
Author interview with The Nerd Daily
Gabriella talks Saints of Storm and Sorrow and writing from a filipino perspective with Dustin Domingo and Krystle Tugadi on the MESEARCH Podcast
Bookseller Deal Announcement of Saints of Storm and Sorrow
Gabriella's Women in SFF Month Feature with Fantasy Book Cafe
Gabriella's Anti-Colonial SFF Reading Recc List with Bookish Brews
Gabriella's Reading Recc list for Shepherd books on The Best Asian Fantasy books with morally grey heroines breaking the model minority mold
Exclusive Author Interview with iWRITE Houston Youth Club
Saints of Storm and Sorrow made The Fantasy Hive's Most Anticipated SFF releases of 2024
Saints of Storm and Sorrow made Book Riot's 10 Best New Fantasy Books by Asians and Pacific Islanders
Read an Excerpt from Saints of Storm and Sorrow with Reactor Magazine
Gabriella contributed to an article on Book Bans and Pride for Book Riot
Exclusive Author Interview regarding With Love What We Wish We Knew About Being Queer and Filipino in America with the Trans Owned Indie Bookstore Blog Silver Phoenix Books
About
Gabriella Buba
Gabriella Buba is a mixed Filipina-Czech author and chemical engineer based in Texas who likes to keep explosive pyrophoric materials safely contained in pressure vessels or between the covers of her books. She writes adult romantic fantasy for bold, bi, brown women who deserve to see their stories centered. Her debut SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW is a filipino-inspired epic fantasy out with Titan Books. Saints 2 to be released July 2025She has a Filipino Fantasy short stories in the anthologies Strange Religion: Speculative Fiction of Spirituality, Belief, & Practice & Of Stardust: A Queer Fantastical Anthology, Short stories placed with the Sci Phi Journal and PodCastle Fiction and essays on Filipino Identity in Prairie Fire Press and With Love: What We Wish We Knew About Being Queer and Filipino in America
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Pride Giveaway 2024 June 1-30th
Pride
ARC Giveaway
Congratulations to the Winners! Rohan, Pam, Suzanne, Jordyn, and Evren!!As a part of my Saints of Storm and Sorrow Pride Advent Event Calendar I will be running a week by week giveaway through out June giving away 3 custom Pride flag edge painted ARC copies of SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW and character art stickersFor International Readers I will also be giving away 3 copies of the SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW eARCTo enter fill the google form below enter, you will be automatically signed up for my author newsletter. Additional entries in the giveaway will be awarded for heading to my Saints Advent Events Page and joining in on the fun!Add Saints on Goodreads and follow me on my Socials
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Saints of Storm and Sorrow Events
Saints of Storm and Sorrow Launch Events
Houston TX
August 7th 6:30pm at Basket Books & Art with Vaishnavi Patel to discuss Asian Fantasy Retellings and Mythology
Aug 22th Keys and Quills: Where Authors and Pianos Collide!📚 Join us for an unforgettable evening at our Author Signing Event!
KEYS & QUILLS: Where Authors and Pianos Collide
📅 Date: August 22, 2024
🕠 Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
📍 Location: Two Tones Dueling Piano Bar
🎟 Admission: $50 (includes 2 drinks, bookish swag bag, and dueling piano show!)Don't miss out on meeting some wonderful local authors, hearing live book narration, getting your signed copy, and enjoying a lively evening of books and music! Limited spots available – GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! 🎶📖
DFW, TX
Sept 7th 6:30pm CT at Pantego Books Dalworthington Gardens
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