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Happy Pub Day to Stacy Carlson's THE GYRE! This epic historical arctic adventure swirled with magical realism and chilling Russian folklore is available today in hardcover, paperback, and ebook anywhere books are sold or at altcurrentpress.com/2026/03/…!
ALT An image of the front cover of THE GYRE, a novel by Stacy Carlson, shown in hardcover format, set against a backdrop of old stained driftwood planks. The words say, "Available now! Magical realism, arctic survival, and a new mythology of the far north. Buy from your favorite bookseller."
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Come visit our ACP table at #WildDeadwoodReads bookfair in #Deadwood, South Dakota, on June 13, 2026! We'll be located in the Lodge at Deadwood ballroom from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Free! Come say hi! wilddeadwoodreads.com
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Congratulations to the winner & finalists of the Electric Book Award! Read more about the award here: thecoilmag.com/announcement-…
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Thanks to @RobertShapard for choosing my story from Cleaver Magazine for The Best Small Fictions @altcurrent! Thanks, too, to series editors @21045Nathan and @MichelleElvy, as well as Kathryn Kulpa and @andreacaswell88 for taking it originally!
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Congrats to @audrakerrbrown for her inclusion in this year's for Best Small Fictions from @altcurrent for her @MoonCityReview story "How to Bake a Cake in Outer Space," selected by @RobertShapard. Thanks, too, to series editors @21045Nathan and @MichelleElvy.
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Still can’t believe I’m in this, my name on the TOC alongside some of my favorite flash fiction friends, including @lumchanmfa 💕 Catching a plane this morning, and I’m so excited to have this to read on my travels 🤗 Thank you so much to both @SoutheastReview and @altcurrent 🙏
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Welcome, Mark Jednaszewski @ninjaneerski! We’re thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mark’s SCALES OF THE OUROBOROS, a linked flash-fiction chapbook that has joined our Little Pigeon series!
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#fiction #books #authorsoftwitter #shortstories #amreading
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Jan 19
We're mighty proud to nominate these wee, powerful pieces by Nathan DeBar, James Norcliffe, @shivpreetsingh & Joely Williams to #BestSmallFictions from @altcurrent.
They can all be found in the current issue ICYMI thewoolfx.com/ #flashfiction #prosepoetry
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A small but mighty AWP book book haul from #awp26! So much flash! And I can’t wait to read @shastagrant new novel from @RegalHouse1 @altcurrent @eastoverpress @tcboudreau @StanchionZine @TerryTierney14 @UnsolicitedP
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Massive congrats to our Best Small Fictions (shoutout @altcurrent) nominees for 2026 | Spencer Nitkey, Cole Beauchamp, Matt Leibel, Joanna Theiss, & Kathy Hoyle <3
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Best Small Fictions nominations are open and available here: altcurrentpress.com/best-sma…. If you have any problems or questions, please email us at altcurrentpress @ gmail.
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31 Dec 2025
...and to conclude the 2026 award season, our @altcurrent Best Small Fictions nominations!
Yes, #BSF has a 1000 word max, & Doric Literary has a 1000 word min, but neither is a stickler.
Cheers to Diamond @SunshineDees #PatriciaQBidar & #MegPokrass!
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Alternating Current Press retweeted
3 Dec 2025
BSF @altcurrent Congrats & good luck!
* Cutie With... by @VeryBadLlama
* I Ran Into Your... by Nora Wagner
* On the bright side… by @foreverasheley
* Rotting by @jvincentwriter
* The Air by @thebluepitcher
The Marionette by Ivan Niccolai @ivan_niccolai made 𝐁𝐒𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓!
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10 Dec 2025
My Sweeney Todd-inspired poem "Don't I Know You?" will be appearing in the "How to Hang the Hat" anthology from @altcurrent! Can't wait to share my Sondheim tribute in this cool anthology.
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4 Sep 2025
Lots of news, but the biggest may be I won the Luminaire Prose award organised by @altcurrent
(same crew behind Best Small Fictions). Hundreds of entries, including published… and Things To Talk To Jim About came out top. I am SO HONOURED and thrilled
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19 Sep 2025
Shameless plug to buy a writer’s book on their birthday! Find it @altcurrent
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It's my birthday! I'm thrilled every day to do the kind of literary work I'm privileged to do and work with creative people through my classes, my litmags, and my agenting! I'm looking forward to a great year of literary community!
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Alternating Current Press retweeted
19 Sep 2025
It's my birthday, so help me celebrate by purchasing my collection of flash fiction! @altcurrent
amazon.com/Hollows-Tommy-Dea…
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Alternating Current Press retweeted
11 Oct 2025
Very excited to be in conversation about SQUIMBOP with the great Matthew Specktor in LA this coming Tues -- we started the conversation several years ago, w/r/t DODGE CITY 2: @LAReviewofBooks @northfigbooks @SouthwestReview @altcurrent @1111Press
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4 Nov 2025
Thirty West is happy to welcome Ben Tanzer to the TW family. HUMAN NOISE, a literary short story collection, will see publication in the winter of 2027. @BenTanzer
ALT An acquisition alert for Ben Tanzer and his forthcoming book of stories, HUMAN NOISE, to be published through Thirty West in the winter of 2027.
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Alternating Current Press retweeted
23 Oct 2025
David Leo Rice on his new novel in conversation with Raphael Helfand: "Another thing that interests me a lot are characters who are in a position of needing to accept as real something that they don’t fully believe is real, because it’s that or nothing." lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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