Laura Hulthen Thomas

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…

I just added SO many books to my list! Hats off to @miriamgershow.bsky.social and all the reviewers and @literaryhub.bsky.social for putting together this incredibly vital, necessary, and good guide to the indies this year. Please do read! lithub.com/100-notable-...

Winged sandals at the Getty Villa, and a pretty LA day.

A Thanksgiving gratitude: that poems like this one by Joseph J. Capista make their way to us. "Dry beach. No leaks."

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Only 4 more months until the release of THE MEANING OF FEAR!

Be sure to pre-order your copy at the link in bio.

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This is what Bryan Furuness had to say about THE MEANING OF FEAR. What do you think you’ll say after reading?

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What happens when your worst fear is what you most want? In THE MEANING OF FEAR, Lea must face her marriage, an attraction to the cop investigating her family, and her traumatic past. Out
3.24.26. @regalhouse.bsky.social

Learn more and pre-order at the link in bio.

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Oral Sex Is the Only Honest Prayer - Electric Literature Two poems by Andrea Jurjević

Math for art majors: your body + mine = 69

Can't wait to welcome @rapscallison to my Intro to Fiction Writing class tomorrow. FAGIN is a terrific novel. Epstein shows us the very heart of a character whose heart was sorely overlooked in Dicken's portrayal. Highly recommend this empathetic and exciting novel

My fabulous publisher is having a fabulous fall sale!

Looking forward to this new collection from David Haynes. Loved his novel "A Star in the Face of the Sky", so this latest promises to be terrific.

8 Books About Wild Animal Companions - Electric Literature From hawks to snails to octopuses, we can learn a lot from these creatures and the people who bond with them

For the partygoers that spend more time talking to the pets than the people.

VAMPIRES AT SEA by Lindsay Merbaum (Creature Publishing). Reviewed by @rebeccacuthbert.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/vamp...

Sunshine Girl - Small Press Picks As a former journalist, and as a citizen who is deeply concerned about the multiple threats facing the news media today, I was heartened and moved by Sunshine Girl, which can be seen as an extended tr...

It was a pleasure to review SUNSHINE GIRL, a loving tribute to newspapers and a captivating story about a family connected to the news biz. smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/.

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9 Walking Books That Let You Follow in Literary Footsteps - Electric Literature My new novel The Miranda features a lead character who wants to walk around the world but doesn’t want to leave his own backyard, so he decides to walk 25,000 miles — the circumference of the…

Books by writers who have walked, and walkers who have written.

We're so excited to celebrate the release today of Lisa Borders' LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, a "deliciously deranged cri de coeur." Happy #bookbirthday, Lisa! regal-housepublishing.mybigcommerce.com/last-night-a...

2025 100 Notable Small Press Books seal with Stay tuned! circled next to it. A stack of books that say on the front and spines: Coming in November. In Lit Hub. 50+ reviewers. Fiction, CNF, Poetry, Horror, Romance, Translation, Kid Lit, Graphic Novels & more. #100smallpress

Two days till reviewer deadline for #100smallpress & I can't even tell you how much the reviews are GIVING ME LIFE! We're 90% there & we have:

*12 genres
*71 small presses
*29% queer or BIPOC authors

Can't wait for you to read the whole list in November in LitHub.

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Here's this week's newsletter, if you missed it this morning.

THE SUMMER HOUSE by Masashi Matsuie, translated by Margaret Mitsutani (Other Press). Reviewed by Mia Carroll. necessaryfiction.com/reviews/the-...

Just finished this lovely and exciting debut novel by @umich.edu @megancummins.bsky.social The story lovingly peels back layers of complicated family dynamics, caregiving, and growing up with grown-ups who love you but fail you, too. Highly recommend!

I'm deeply grateful to Whale Road Review for publishing a conversation about occult fiction between me and the insightful novelist Ellen Birkett Morris.

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It was a pleasure to chat about characters, conflicts and craft with you!

.@miriamgershow.bsky.social discusses her novel CLOSER (@regalhouse.bsky.social) with @laurahulthenthomas.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/interviews/p...

Thank you for publishing this interview! I learned so much from Miriam about writing with empathy and authenticity.

Last Night at the Disco - Small Press Picks I’ve long been a fan of escapist entertainment, never more so than in these deeply troubling times. So I was delighted to learn about–and read–Last Night at the Disco, a rollicking and hilarious thril...

I thoroughly enjoyed LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, a thrill trip of a novel helmed by the endlessly scheming clubber/poet Lynda Boyle. Look out for the book in October, and check out my review:
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Love this! And love being in such talented company!

Laura Hulthen Thomas's debut novel, THE MEANING OF FEAR, will be published by Regal House Publishing in 2026. It's available for pre order now! regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-meaning-... @laurahulthenthomas.bsky.social

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New Novel from Laura Thomas We are very pleased to announce that Cimarron contributor, Laura Thomas (Cimarron #169) has a new novel, The Meaning of Fear, forthcoming from Regal House in March 2026. We’d like to urge you…

The Cimarron Review was one of the first journals to publish my short fiction. Super grateful to "the Cim" for the support and this blog post about my forthcoming novel.

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@regalhouse.bsky.social hits another design home run with this dynamic and fierce cover for my forthcoming psychological crime novel, due out in March 2026. Pre-orders are available at all the major online retailers and directly from the publisher, too.

Picked up these treaties at Books & Mortar in East Grand Rapids MI. Loved Caitlin Horrocks' novel The Vexations so I've been wanting to check out her latest SSC. And I've been on a female dystopia kick recently, wonder why? So the Harpman should scratch more of that itch.