Fable Features 2025 Recap
- Linnae Klutchko
- 6 days ago
- 7 min read
Books, Authors, and Characters from 2025
Patricia Parrington ~ January 1, 2026
Hi, folks! Patricia Parrington here—book character interviewer and pseudodragon-wrangler. Scribblemore and I hope you enjoyed the holidays and are ready to dive into the new year! Hopefully with some new books in hand.
[Patricia walks over to a tall oak bookshelf, a little blue dragon trotting next to her.]
Speaking of books . . . anyone looking for a good read to launch into 2026?
[Patricia pulls a tome from the shelf then dramatically gestures at the full shelves.]
Take a look!
Books & Interviews from 2025
Joy from Joy
Meet Joy
Joy is an overthinker and a lasagna cooking master. She also has the most adorable dog ever.
Author: Samantha Leigh
Genre: LGBTQ+ contemporary fiction
Age category: Adult
Joy can be bought here.
Read Joy's interview here!
Prudence Osgood from The Spectral Inspector series
Meet Osgood
Osgood is a tough woman who finds astronomy fascinating and has been to the mysterious Outside World.
Author: Cooper S. Beckett
Genre: LGBTQ+ horror
Age category: Adult
Book 3, Osgood as Dead, can be bought here.
Read Osgood's interview here!
Kathryn Moncur from Promises Delivered
Meet Kat
Kat is a lovely witch who owns a little bookshop. And whose past includes werewolves!
Author: Terri Stern
Genre: Paranormal romance
Age category: Adult
Promises Delivered can be bought here.
Read Kat's interview here!
Rose and William Moore from Motherland
Meet Rose and William
Rose and William are a married couple who have their hands full taking care of a wolf pup and six-year-old twins. They're also refugees from Russia.
Author: Mark Runte
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: Adult
Motherland can be bought here.
Read Rose and William's interview here!
Caleb Lazarus from Wicked Demons
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Meet Caleb
Caleb is a passionate young man on fire for Jesus Christ who's fighting to take custody of his little sister.
Author: Jessy Lynn
Genre: Religious fantasy
Age category: Adult
Wicked Demons is currently on a small hiatus. You can follow updates on the story here.
Read Caleb's interview here!
Lydia from Written in Secret
Meet Lydia
Lydia is a romance/mystery novelist in 1880 who loves to help others in trouble . . . and who may have made a terrible mistake in publishing her crime novels.
Author: Crystal Caudill
Genre: Historical romantic suspense
Age category: Adult
Written in Secret can be bought here.
Read Lydia's interview here!
Jen Lancaster from the Sky Jewel Legacy series
Meet Jen
Jen is a rubgy-playing, coffee-loving woman with unique violet eyes.
Author: Gregory Heal
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: YA
Book 1, Heritage, can be bought here.
Read Jen's interview here!
Fiona Duet from Fiona and the Forgotten Piano
Meet Fiona
Fiona is a girl from Songfield, Massachusetts, who wants to learn more than just chords on the piano. And one time she heard the woods singing.
Author: Kate DeMaio
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: Middle grade
Fiona and the Forgotten Piano can be bought here.
Read Fiona's interview here!
Henrietta Frontenac from Whatever It Takes
Meet Henrietta
Henrietta is a secret female soldier who's trying to provide for her starving sisters.
Author: Sarah Hanks
Genre: Christian split-time fiction
Age category: Adult
Whatever It Takes can be bought here.
Read Henrietta's interview here!
Crane from A Quest for Hidden Things
Meet Crane
Crane is a young man studying magic who is determined and generous . . . and whose village was cursed by a mad wizard.
Author: Karen Eisenbrey
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: YA/Adult
A Quest for Hidden Things can be bought here.
Read Crane's interview here!
Haru Nakagami from Mister Nakagami
Meet Haru
Haru is a determined man who battles against tensions within his blood family and is fiercely loyal to his found family.
Author: Jade Black
Genre: Political thriller
Age category: Adult
Mister Nakagami can be bought here.
Read Haru's interview here!
Hephaestion from Young Conquerors
Meet Hephaestion
Hephaestion is an exile from Illyria surrounded by enemies and who's trying to help his friend become king.
Author: Christopher Cosmos
Genre: Historical fiction
Age category: Adult
Young Conquerors can be bought here.
Read Hephaestion's interview here!
Emma from Summer at the Sunflower Cottage
Meet Emma
Emma is a sweet woman who is struggling to deal with the death of her late boyfriend. She's very grateful for the new guy in her life.
Author: Jodie Homer
Genre: Romance
Age category: Adult
Summer at the Sunflower Cottage can be bought here.
Read Emma's interview here!
Sunny from Sunny Side Lost (wt)
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Meet Sunny
Sunny is a young woman from a small river town in Florida who loves eating mofongo and learned something mysterious about parakeets.
Author: Grace Cultivar
Genre: Fiction
Age category: Adult
Sunny Side Lost (wt) in still in the works, but you can follow Grace here to follow the story's progress.
Read Sunny's interview here!
Ian McGregor from The Rift: Beginnings
Meet Ian
Ian is an intelligent and ambitious man who has a home workshop/lab for working on magic. He also dearly loves his wife and son.
Author: Vaughn Collar
Genre: Sci-fi fantasy
Age category: Adult
The Rift: Beginnings can be bought here.
Read Ian's interview here!
Antony Bronson from Vispilio
Meet Antony
Antony is the best shot in Southborn. He's an archer who's confident, loves dancing with pretty girls, and struggles with memory loss after hitting his head when he was 13.
Author: Audrey D. DeBoer
Genre: Epic fantasy
Age category: Adult
Vispilio can be bought here.
Read Antony's interview here!
Silias Jäger from "Schneewittchen," A Worthy Love
Meet Silias
Silias is a clever villain who's a master of disguise and manipulation. He's in pursuit of a very valuable treasure.
Author: Aubrey Reiss Taylor
Genre: Historical fairytale retelling
Age category: YA
A Worthy Love can be bought here.
Read Silias's interview here!
Lawcket from the Dragon Child series
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Meet Lawcket
Lawcket is a kind peasant boy who befriended a dragon and firmly believes that every living creature, no matter how small, is important.
Author: MidnightRose
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: Middle grade
Book 1, Healing's Whisper, isn't out yet, but you can check out an excerpt here.
Read Lawcket's interview here!
Lieutenant-Colonel John Hamilton from La Garde Ecossaise
Meet Lt. Col. Hamilton
Lt. Col. Hamilton is the head of King Louis XIV's La Garde Ecossaise and a doting father who wants to make peace with his past.
Author: Kirsteen M MacKenzie
Genre: Historical fiction
Age category: Adult
La Garde Ecossaise can be bought here.
Read Hamilton's interview here!
Connor MacNeil from The Nightmare Schematic
Meet Connor
Connor is an inventor who loves video games and is plagued by horrific nightmares.
Author: Kyle Bentley
Genre: Sci-fi fantasy horror
Age category: YA
The Nightmare Schematic can be bought here.
Read Connor's interview here!
Snap Zasperate from The Incredible Man of Gold
Meet Snap
Snap is a four-armed girl with super strength, a super appetite, and lots of energy. She's also the hero of Pareidolia City.
Author: L. E. Simmons
Genre: Absurdist fantasy comedy
Age category: Adult
The Incredible Man of Gold can be bought here.
Read Snap's interview here!
Norrik Softstep from Quaint Creatures
Meet Norrik
Norrik is an ex-dungeon inspector and a kind giant who lives in the Sideways with his wife. He's the owner operator of a pet shop/vet clinic where he cares for fantastical animals.
Author: Andrew D Meredith
Genre: Cozy fantasy
Age category: All ages
Quaint Creatures can be bought here.
Read Norrik's interview here!
Felicity Craig from the Spectral Braver series
Meet Felicity
Felicity is a kind lady who has an amazing man by her side. Although she's no longer alive, she's still living passionately to save others from destruction and evil.
Author: Tiago R. Resende
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Age category: Adult
Book 1, Spectral Braver, can be bought here.
Read Felicity's interview here!
Miss Eliza Hill from A Heart to Treasure
Meet Eliza
Eliza is a shopkeeper's daughter and doting sister who loves tallying up numbers in her father's shop. She's betrothed to a wonderful gentleman and although they certainly have some differences they'll have to work through, it's clear their love is true.
Author: Dienece Darling
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Age category: Adult
A Heart to Treasure can be bought here.
Read Eliza's interview here!
Lance Pomegranate from The Weapon and The Fruit series
Meet Lance
Lance is a barefoot private investigator who likes solving murder cases, struggles with guilt from a botched past case, and would love to meet the right person some day.
Author: L. E. Bendon
Genre: Whodunnit
Age category: Adult
Book 1, Four and Twenty Blackboards, can be bought here.
Read Lance's interview here!
Celeste Asher from Squeak
Meet Celeste
Celeste is a quiet girl who's passionate about art, books, and music and would like to write and illustrate her own books some day. AND she learned how to use a slingshot to deal with some bullies.
Author: D. A. Power
Genre: Fiction
Age category: Middle grade
Squeak can be bought here.
Read Celeste's interview here!
Jett Landry from The Devil's Triangle
Meet Jett
Jett is a private investigator with a cat named Steve and trauma from losing her dad . . . and she's working on a new case that has gone weird. Like X-Files weird.
Author: Stephan Oak
Genre: Detective noir thriller
Age category: YA
The Devil's Triangle can be bought here.
Read Jett's interview here!
Ara Holstsenner from When Shadows Fall
Meet Ara
Ara is a cautious yet brave girl who loves being in the emotionry workshop and fears losing her family to the night.
Author: Lindy Enns
Genre: Fantasy
Age category: YA
When Shadows Fall can be bought here.
Read Ara's interview here!
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See Ya Next Time
Enjoy the books! See ya soon for more Fable Features.
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