THE MEANING OF FEAR, out from @dreamscape-media.bsky.social and @regalhouse.bsky.social, is now available in audiobook format! Head to Audible, Spotify, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite book app store to download!

Thrilled to learn that my novel THE MEANING OF FEAR, out from @regalhouse.bsky.social, landed on the finalist list for the American Fiction Awards!

I mean, if the ballroom is an urgent national security need, wouldn't it be cheaper to park a catering truck on site instead?

What appears to be a routine traffic stop unravels a precarious series of events for the characters in THE MEANING OF FEAR. #booktrailer #authorreading #indieauthor #reading @regalhouse.bsky.social

THE MEANING OF FEAR will soon be available in audiobook format! Head to the link in my bio to pre-order before August 25 #audiobook #audiobooklover #audible #booksky @regalhouse.bsky.social @dreamscape-media.bsky.social

When you're browsing at a book store you love just down the road and you see your debut snug on the shelf of the literary fiction section, well, that's a marvelous feeling! Gratitude to @schulerbooks.bsky.social for supporting a homegrown novel.

Now that my book tour for THE MEANING OF FEAR has ended, guess which photo is the before and which is the after? And why does no one warn you about launch paunch??

In 1974 I was an elementary school "walker" in Southeast Michigan and had a nearly one mile trek to school. By late fall I was walking in the pitch dark with a flashlight. Do we really need to repeat this failure?

“Release them.” What happened in the past to make Lea’s best childhood friend the person she dreads seeing the most? Order THE MEANING OF FEAR, out from @regalhouse.bsky.social, to read all about Lea, Dinah, and the making of a frenemy.

Susan Neville’s fiction and essays are masterful chronicles of Midwestern people and places. Honored by her review of my debut novel, out now from @regalhouse.bsky.social! Find out more about me and THE MEANING OF FEAR at linktr.ee.com/laurahulthenthomas.

Thank you to everyone who made this book tour a wonderful experience! I’m glad I was able to partner with some incredible indie bookstores and reading series to share my debut novel with you. So grateful for my book loving community. #booktour #localbookstore #indieauthor #indiebookstore #writersky

THE MEANING OF FEAR has been out in the wild for three months! I’m so grateful to the folks at Regal House Publishing and everyone who helped me bring this novel to life. #booktrailer #bookshelf #bookrelease #indieauthor #booksky @regalhouse.bsky.social

If you’re looking for a summer read that will plunge you into the deep end of a psychological thriller, please follow this QR code to purchase my debut novel! #fiction #healingtrauma #ptsd #midwest #booksky @regalhouse.bsky.social

Thrilled that THE MEANING OF FEAR is a finalist in both the General Fiction and Literary Fiction categories of the National Indie Excellence Book Awards! So grateful to @regalhouse.bsky.social for taking a chance on my debut novel

I’m thrilled with what Kirkus Reviews had to say about my writing in THE MEANING OF FEAR. Visit the link in my bio to find the full review. #bookrecs #review #bookreviews #kirkusreviews #booksky @regalhouse.bsky.social

Love how a book launch is one more amazing excuse to grow your personal stack and lock in your summer reads! These are a few of the cool books I snagged at the Michigan bookstores that hosted readings of my debut novel, THE MEANING OF FEAR.

This quote speaks to how I felt about writing the realities of trauma into a work of fiction. You can find out more about THE MEANING OF FEAR at the link in my bio. #writer #creativewriting #debutnovel #indieauthor #writersky @regalhouse.bsky.social

Much like Lea, Paul struggles to hold on to an isolating marriage as his past comes calling. #authorreading #fictionbooks #trauma #survivors #booksky @regalhouse.bsky.social

Join us May 14th in Grand Rapids, MI, at Books & Mortar to celebrate the release of Laura Hulthen Thomas's The Meaning of Fear. Please #shoplocal, folks, and support our wonderful #indiebookstores www.booksandmortar.com/book-clubs-a...

Join me and the fabulous Megan A Schikora this Friday at @whistlersdaughter.bsky.social for a conversation and Q&A about our @regalhouse.bsky.social debut novels and what compelled us to write about love, bad choices, and redemption.

I can’t believe THE MEANING OF FEAR book tour is actually coming to an end! I would be so grateful if you’d join me for my final reading at Whistler’s Daughter Books on the 15th. Author photo by Edda Pacifico #authorrreading #booktour #michigan #ferndale #writersky @regalhouse.bsky.social

Save the date: Caitlin Horrocks and I will be at Books & Mortar on the 14th! We’ll chat about friends and family in our fiction, and how familiar Michigan places become characters. Author photo by Edda Pacifico #authorrreading #booktour #michigan #grandrapids #writersky @regalhouse.bsky.social

THE MEANING OF FEAR keeping good company with other @regalhouse.bsky.social new releases on the cover of @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Join me at Next Chapter books this Thursday. I’ll be reading and chatting with two other wonderful Michigan authors! #authorreading #booktour #michigan #detroit #writersky @regalhouse.bsky.social

Join us at the fabulous Sidetrack Bookshop April 30 at 6:30pm for an event with two Regal House authors: Megan A. Schikora, author of A Woman in Pink, and Laura Hulthen Thomas, author of The Meaning of Fear. #shoplocal withfriends.co/event/279392...

I love Megan Schikora’s take on THE MEANING OF FEAR’s exploration of trauma. Don’t forget to come see the both of us at Sidetrack Bookshop this Thursday! #review #bookreview #mustread #bookblurb #writersky @regalhouse.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social

Catch me and Megan Schikora at Sidetrack Bookshop as we celebrate our latest novels. Author photo by Edda Pacifico #authorreading #booktour #michigan #indiebookstore #booksky @regalhouse.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social

Guess what? Megan A. Schikora is going to be in the house at The Book Cellar in Chicago on April 23rd in conversation with Gael Garbarino Cullen at 7pm! Join us! We will be celebrating the release of A Woman in Pink. #shoplocal www.bookcellarinc.com/megan-schiko...

My new novel from @regalhouse.bsky.social , THE MEANING OF FEAR, is a Kirkus Best Indie Book of April:

Back in the early 80s, a good friend and I would see "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" every chance we had. My friend was figuring out some identity issues and Curry's all in performance gave her comfort and courage. It's his birthday today, so grab his terrific memoir, VAGABOND, to celebrate!