Alternating Current Press

Alternating Current Press

is an indie press dedicated to publishing and promoting incredible literature that challenges readers and has an innate sense of self, timelessness, and atmosphere. We love science, history, homebound roots, rural landscapes, sense of place, poetic literary fiction, diverse voices, and all that is electric in the literary world. We publish full-length books, multi-author anthologies, slim chapbooks, and various print and online journals featuring fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid work. [Learn More] [What We Publish]

Our Latest Release

The Gyre: A Novel

***Winner of the 2025 Electric Book Award***

An atmospheric journey into the far northern wilds, The Gyre spins one man’s search for meaning into an astonishing saga where adventure, folklore, and the Arctic converge.

Arkady Afanasyev is a nineteenth-century Russian monk who aims to be the northernmost holy man in the world when he hitches a ride to Spitsbergen, a remote island considered by most to be a no man’s land. As he struggles across the tundra, he’s haunted by regret, a long-lost family, and a chorus of Orthodox saints and Slavic pagan tricksters including hearth spirits, sea demons, and the Twelve Sisters of Scurvy. Amid their uncanny influence and the great, turning, harsh natural world, Arkady is brutally and deeply transformed.

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New Releases

Calls for Submissions to Upcoming Anthologies

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We’ve Always Done It:
Poems about Wartime Women

We’re seeking poems about women’s roles during wartime through the ages. Deadline: March 31, 2026.

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Maintain the North:
An Epic Mountie Adventure Anthology

We’re seeking fiction, fanfic, histfic, pulp, and adventure stories for an anthology about the epic mythology and folklore of the historical Mounties. Deadline: March 31, 2026.

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2026-27 Winter Release Schedule

DEATH DOMESTIC: Fairy Tale Poems by Matt Bell
FOOTNOTE #6: A Literary Journal of History by Various Authors

2027 Spring Release Schedule

THE TERTIARY LODGERS: An Anthology of Fiction from the First-Person Viewpoints of Secondary & Tertiary Classic Characters by Various Authors
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH INNER CHILD: A Collection of 5 Chapbooks + Outtakes by A. D. Winans, Alan Catlin, & Patricia Hickerson

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News & Updates

OPEN-CALLS FOR ANTHOLOGIES: The following anthologies are open for submissions: MAINTAIN THE NORTH: An Epic Mountie Adventure Anthology for adventure fiction about historical Mounties; WE’VE ALWAYS DONE IT!: Poems about Wartime Women, for poems about women’s roles during wartime through the ages.

SEP 22, ACQUISITION: We’re so excited to announce the acquisition of Matt Bell’s DEATH DOMESTIC, a collection of poetry based on reinventions and reinterpretations of classic fairy tales focusing on depictions of femininity, sex, romance, death, and the domestic. This chapbook will be joining our Little Pigeon series this winter and will be on the table at AWP27!
MAY 19, RELEASE DAY: Happy Book Birthday to THE GYRE by Stacy Carlson, a literary historical novel in which a Russian monk’s epic adventure weaves together magical realism, arctic survival, and a new mythology of the far north. Available now in hardcover, paperback, or ebook anywhere books are sold, borrowed, or rented, or directly from ACP.
MAY 6, CONTEST RESULTS: Congratulations to the winner and finalists of the 2025 Electric Book Award. View the shortlist here.
MAR 13, ACQUISITION: Welcome, Mark Jednaszewski! We’re thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mark’s SCALES OF THE OUROBOROS, a linked flash-fiction chapbook following 24 crew members aboard a single ship as it circles the globe, looping and echoing the ouroboros—an image of endless return—while exploring themes of isolation, labor, and identity. This chapbook has joined our Little Pigeon series!
FEB 5, RELEASE DAY: Happy Pub Day to BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2025, a collection of 110 short fictions by 110 authors, guest edited by Robert Shapard. Buy this anthology from ACP today! (Other purchase outlets coming soon!)
DEC 31, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Futurist Debut Book Award Winner
NOV 3, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2025 Spotlighted Selections
SEP 16, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Electric Book Award Longlist
JUL 22, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Front Range Book Prize Winner & Finalist
JUL 21, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Front Range Book Prize Longlist
MAY 27, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Luminaire Prose Award Winners & Finalists
APR 24, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Luminaire Poetry Award Winners & Finalists
FEB 1, CONTEST RESULTS: Announcement of the 2025 Futurist Debut Book Award Longlist