Turn and Work (Hugh)
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Books, short stories, music, and a sometimes broken website. Based in Toronto.
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Every Thursday (or almost every, or almost Thursday) I send out the Welcome Distractions newsletter, which, for lack of a better idea, is the newsletter I'd
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The newsletter relaunch happens this week: exclusive access to new stuff, some excellent links, a fairly cool favourites and essentials guide, and my charming-ass writing.
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Today's Monday Music Post, seven emerging artists you should have on your radar.
Here's what's playing today:
Washer Dryer
Poor Bambi
Airheart
mikey
Snake Orange Cake
Amiture Music
Magnolia Cross
Check it out here:
Here's what's playing today:
Washer Dryer
Poor Bambi
Airheart
mikey
Snake Orange Cake
Amiture Music
Magnolia Cross
Check it out here:
The Monday Music Post: 2026 Week 3 - Turn & Work
New music from Washer Dryer, Poor Bambi, Airheart, mikey, Snake Orange Cake, Amiture Music, and Magnolia Cross.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today's Monday Music Post, seven emerging artists you should have on your radar.
Here's what's playing today:
Washer Dryer
Poor Bambi
Airheart
mikey
Snake Orange Cake
Amiture Music
Magnolia Cross
Check it out here:
Here's what's playing today:
Washer Dryer
Poor Bambi
Airheart
mikey
Snake Orange Cake
Amiture Music
Magnolia Cross
Check it out here:
The new Bruno Mars song was on in the hotel lobby this morning.
For a solid minute I thought it was a song by The Wiggles.
Die a hero or live long enough etc
For a solid minute I thought it was a song by The Wiggles.
Die a hero or live long enough etc
January 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
The new Bruno Mars song was on in the hotel lobby this morning.
For a solid minute I thought it was a song by The Wiggles.
Die a hero or live long enough etc
For a solid minute I thought it was a song by The Wiggles.
Die a hero or live long enough etc
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The Setlist on January 9, 2026:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar music.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar music.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
Setlist: January 9, 2026 - Turn & Work
Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The Setlist on January 9, 2026:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar music.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar music.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
The Shortlist for January 9, 2026:
Back after a hiatus with great short fiction from around the web.
Links to:
Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
(...cont'd)
#shortstories #flashfiction
Back after a hiatus with great short fiction from around the web.
Links to:
Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
(...cont'd)
#shortstories #flashfiction
The Shortlist for January 9, 2026 - Turn & Work
Fiction from Brendan Gillen, Sage Tyrtle, Shobasakthi, Madeleine Armstrong, and Omar El Akkad
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January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The Shortlist for January 9, 2026:
Back after a hiatus with great short fiction from around the web.
Links to:
Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
(...cont'd)
#shortstories #flashfiction
Back after a hiatus with great short fiction from around the web.
Links to:
Brendan Gillen @beegillen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
(...cont'd)
#shortstories #flashfiction
On Stunt Double, Dutch indie rockers Queen’s Pleasure move through the ashes of a burning world in a relentless search for something real.
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Read Hannah’s review:
Stunt Double - Turn & Work
On Stunt Double, Dutch indie rockers Queen’s Pleasure move through the ashes of a burning world in a relentless search for something real.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
On Stunt Double, Dutch indie rockers Queen’s Pleasure move through the ashes of a burning world in a relentless search for something real.
Read Hannah’s review:
Read Hannah’s review:
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Roses are red
Pet rocks were a fad
Pet rocks were a fad
Beloved walrus penis stolen from N.J. cheesesteak icon. Owner is blubbering mad.
The popular bar and restaurant is 'not the same' without its phallic conversation piece
www.nj.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Roses are red
Pet rocks were a fad
Pet rocks were a fad
In There Is No Place for Us, Brian Goldstone profiles five 'working homeless' families in Georgia, exposing the ways the system is rigged against those with bad luck. Essential reading.
More here:
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There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America - Turn & Work
In There Is No Place for Us, Brian Goldstone profiles five 'working homeless' families in Georgia, exposing the ways the system is rigged against those with bad luck. Essential reading.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
In There Is No Place for Us, Brian Goldstone profiles five 'working homeless' families in Georgia, exposing the ways the system is rigged against those with bad luck. Essential reading.
More here:
More here:
On their debut EP, Happy Valley confront modern lust and love with devastating hooks and lyrics that knife you in the stomach. It’s brutal and brilliant.
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Know What You Are - Turn & Work
On their debut EP, Happy Valley confront modern lust and love with devastating hooks and lyrics that knife you in the stomach. It’s brutal and brilliant.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
On their debut EP, Happy Valley confront modern lust and love with devastating hooks and lyrics that knife you in the stomach. It’s brutal and brilliant.
Read Hannah’s review:
Read Hannah’s review:
...researching an artist's debut record, and the first 3 (!) reviews I find are absolutely AI-written. Two from outlets you'd know.
Why publish this? Do the editors not know?
Do they love the clicks and hate the work? If that's the case, close up shop, asshole. It's a disgrace.
Why publish this? Do the editors not know?
Do they love the clicks and hate the work? If that's the case, close up shop, asshole. It's a disgrace.
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
...researching an artist's debut record, and the first 3 (!) reviews I find are absolutely AI-written. Two from outlets you'd know.
Why publish this? Do the editors not know?
Do they love the clicks and hate the work? If that's the case, close up shop, asshole. It's a disgrace.
Why publish this? Do the editors not know?
Do they love the clicks and hate the work? If that's the case, close up shop, asshole. It's a disgrace.
The Age of Extraction by @superwuster.bsky.social is an accessible and eye-opening expansion on the concept of enshittification. Essential reading.
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The Age of Extraction - Turn & Work
In The Age of Extraction, Tim Wu explores how 'platform thinking' has evolved in recent decades to dominate American business online and off. An accessible and eye-opening expansion on the concept of ...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The Age of Extraction by @superwuster.bsky.social is an accessible and eye-opening expansion on the concept of enshittification. Essential reading.
More here:
More here:
Up now at Turn & Work: quick recos on new music from REX, Pelts and a compilation from Unpopular Records.
Lunch Break: Pelts, REX, Fuckwave Vol. 1 - Turn & Work
Short hits on new music you shouldn't miss: Rex, Pelts, Fuckwave Vol 1
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January 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Up now at Turn & Work: quick recos on new music from REX, Pelts and a compilation from Unpopular Records.
Don’t know this one but I’ll seek it out
Today is Kathe Koja’s birthday!!! This is also a reminder that Kathe is one of the greatest living authors of horror/dark fiction and she had the most explosive, remarkable debut since Barker’s Books of Blood. They don’t crash land on the horror scene like they used to. Love you, Kathe! ❤️
January 7, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Don’t know this one but I’ll seek it out
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
I'm planning to publish a lot more original fiction and creative nonfiction this year. Starting with one story a week, on Thursday morning, and I've got a few in the queue already.
Have something you're keen to share? Let me at it:
I'm planning to publish a lot more original fiction and creative nonfiction this year. Starting with one story a week, on Thursday morning, and I've got a few in the queue already.
Have something you're keen to share? Let me at it:
Send us your stuff - Turn & Work
Our approach is the same for music and writing: we want to share the type of things we’d like to find somewhere else. If you believe your work belongs
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January 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
I'm planning to publish a lot more original fiction and creative nonfiction this year. Starting with one story a week, on Thursday morning, and I've got a few in the queue already.
Have something you're keen to share? Let me at it:
I'm planning to publish a lot more original fiction and creative nonfiction this year. Starting with one story a week, on Thursday morning, and I've got a few in the queue already.
Have something you're keen to share? Let me at it:
Kety Fusco's BOHÈME: Come for the Iggy Pop feature, stay for the mind-blowing reimagining of what a harp can do.
More here:
More here:
BOHÈME - Turn & Work
Kety Fusco's BOHÈME: Come for the Iggy Pop feature, stay for the mind-blowing reimagining of what a harp can do.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Kety Fusco's BOHÈME: Come for the Iggy Pop feature, stay for the mind-blowing reimagining of what a harp can do.
More here:
More here:
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In Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine has crafted a story for the ages. It’s a Shakespearean saga of sticky pubs, backyard swimming pools, chosen family, violence, madness, life, death, and the crazy moments in between.
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Read more from Hannah here:
Australian Gospel - Turn & Work
In Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine has crafted a story for the ages. It’s a Shakespearean saga of sticky pubs, backyard swimming pools, chosen family, violence, madness, life, death, and the crazy mome...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine has crafted a story for the ages. It’s a Shakespearean saga of sticky pubs, backyard swimming pools, chosen family, violence, madness, life, death, and the crazy moments in between.
Read more from Hannah here:
Read more from Hannah here:
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NEW: Renowned cellist Rebecca Foon discusses the process and influences behind her boundary-pushing 2025 album Black Butterflies.
Rebecca Foon - Turn & Work
Rebecca Foon discusses the process and influences behind her latest album, Black Butterflies.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
NEW: Renowned cellist Rebecca Foon discusses the process and influences behind her boundary-pushing 2025 album Black Butterflies.
The newsletter relaunch happens this week: exclusive access to new stuff, some excellent links, a fairly cool favourites and essentials guide, and my charming-ass writing.
Sign up here, get the thing on Thursdays:
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Newsletter - Turn & Work
Every Thursday (or almost every, or almost Thursday) I send out the Welcome Distractions newsletter, which, for lack of a better idea, is the newsletter I'd
www.turnandwork.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The newsletter relaunch happens this week: exclusive access to new stuff, some excellent links, a fairly cool favourites and essentials guide, and my charming-ass writing.
Sign up here, get the thing on Thursdays:
Sign up here, get the thing on Thursdays:
This is brilliant.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This is brilliant.
NEW: Renowned cellist Rebecca Foon discusses the process and influences behind her boundary-pushing 2025 album Black Butterflies.
Rebecca Foon - Turn & Work
Rebecca Foon discusses the process and influences behind her latest album, Black Butterflies.
www.turnandwork.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
NEW: Renowned cellist Rebecca Foon discusses the process and influences behind her boundary-pushing 2025 album Black Butterflies.
In Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine has crafted a story for the ages. It’s a Shakespearean saga of sticky pubs, backyard swimming pools, chosen family, violence, madness, life, death, and the crazy moments in between.
Read more from Hannah here:
Read more from Hannah here:
Australian Gospel - Turn & Work
In Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine has crafted a story for the ages. It’s a Shakespearean saga of sticky pubs, backyard swimming pools, chosen family, violence, madness, life, death, and the crazy mome...
www.turnandwork.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In Australian Gospel, Lech Blaine has crafted a story for the ages. It’s a Shakespearean saga of sticky pubs, backyard swimming pools, chosen family, violence, madness, life, death, and the crazy moments in between.
Read more from Hannah here:
Read more from Hannah here:
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“you won’t get away with this”
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“you won’t get away with this”
This is the story. I haven't been able to eat calamari since.
January 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
This is the story. I haven't been able to eat calamari since.
The Monday Music Post, with emerging artists who should be on your radar.
Lots of Canadian content today:
Lipstains
untitled freak
Breakup Haircut
blosum
CHLORINE
CHRONIC HANNA
Lost On Cassette
Robin Kenny
Wednesday's Child
Check it out:
Lots of Canadian content today:
Lipstains
untitled freak
Breakup Haircut
blosum
CHLORINE
CHRONIC HANNA
Lost On Cassette
Robin Kenny
Wednesday's Child
Check it out:
The Monday Music Post - Turn & Work
New music from Lipstains, untitled freak, Breakup Haircut, blosum, CHLORINE, CHRONIC HANNA, Lost On Cassette, Robin Kenny, and Wednesday's Child.
www.turnandwork.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The Monday Music Post, with emerging artists who should be on your radar.
Lots of Canadian content today:
Lipstains
untitled freak
Breakup Haircut
blosum
CHLORINE
CHRONIC HANNA
Lost On Cassette
Robin Kenny
Wednesday's Child
Check it out:
Lots of Canadian content today:
Lipstains
untitled freak
Breakup Haircut
blosum
CHLORINE
CHRONIC HANNA
Lost On Cassette
Robin Kenny
Wednesday's Child
Check it out:
My kid is beating me in the NYT scrabble game with bullshit like this
January 4, 2026 at 3:09 AM
My kid is beating me in the NYT scrabble game with bullshit like this