There are so many great movies out- The Witch, by Robert Eggers, but there was one that just came out called You Won't Be Alone that had some really interesting twists on witch lore. And that's something I hadn't gotten the chance to do with Gabriel Knight.

If I had the chance to do it again, I'd have to sit down and think about whether that's the right story to proceed with, but probably it would be, because I've always loved witchcraft. I was initially thinking about Scotland or someplace isolated like the Isle of Mull for that kind of story, and I had some ideas about what was going to happen with them during the game, and their relationship, and what was going on with her. And then there was going to be a case involving witchcraft. I had an idea that Grace was going to go off and join one of these other groups, and Gabriel was sort of alone and regretful. I can't remember if it's Gabriel or Grace who mentioned that there are these other sort of schattenjäger (shadow hunter) groups around the world. I had an idea of what it would be about at the end of the third game. With renewed interest in point-and-click adventures and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision (we even have a Monkey Island reboot happening), inquiring minds need to know: When are we getting a new Gabriel Knight adventure? Jensen hasn’t been active in games for a while-her last big project was a Kickstarter for her Pinkerton Road Studio with her husband, Sierra composer Robert Holmes, and the 20th anniversary edition of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father. The second game, 1995’s The Beast Within, was arguably the finest piece of full-motion video (FMV) storytelling at the time, delving into deep character-driven storytelling, an incredible tapestry of historical detail, and, quite notably at the time, smoldering queer subtext that has since found new life on the fanfiction hub AO3. Eli Easton is, in fact, a pen name for one of gaming’s greatest icons-Jane Jensen, the veteran Sierra Online writer who codesigned King’s Quest VI and created the Gabriel Knight paranormal adventure series. This isn’t Easton’s first foray into writing.

Since then, she’s written over 30 books that cover everything from burgeoning Amish boy-love to a hot firefighter family (they’re nicknamed “the Hot Cannolis,” of course), and perhaps most tellingly, a series about paranormal dog-shifting guys whose human personalities reflect their canine forms.

It’s part of a long-running tradition-the first was Blame It on the Mistletoe back in 2013, when Easton kicked off her gay-romance writing career. In early July, author Eli Easton is already starting work on her annual Christmas novel.

Superhero by Eli Easton