Turn and Work (Hugh)
@turnandwork.com
Books, short stories, music, and a sometimes broken website. Based in Toronto.
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Waste your Thursday with Welcome Distractions. Under-the-radar music, book recommendations, and great, paywall-free links.
newsletter.turnandwork.com
I have a newsletter that's pretty good. It's growing and I'm getting better at writing it.
It's about books and music and short stories and has links to paywall-free bookish and musicish things from elsewhere.
It's free. You can see a sample here too:
It's about books and music and short stories and has links to paywall-free bookish and musicish things from elsewhere.
It's free. You can see a sample here too:
Ron Pullins’ allegory about modern finance and the American Dream is the strangest and most memorable book I’ve read in a long time.
Read my review of Dollartorium here:
Read my review of Dollartorium here:
Dollartorium - Turn & Work
Ron Pullins' allegory about modern finance and the American Dream is the strangest and most memorable book I've read in a long time.
www.turnandwork.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Ron Pullins’ allegory about modern finance and the American Dream is the strangest and most memorable book I’ve read in a long time.
Read my review of Dollartorium here:
Read my review of Dollartorium here:
Here's a sample:
Clea 'Cross The Line' (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Clea
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Here's a sample:
Indie-pop angel Clea brings starlight and diamond dust to an album about love in all its forms.
Read Hannah's review here:
Read Hannah's review here:
Every Version of Love - Turn & Work
Indie-pop angel Clea brings starlight and diamond dust to an album about love in all its forms.
www.turnandwork.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Indie-pop angel Clea brings starlight and diamond dust to an album about love in all its forms.
Read Hannah's review here:
Read Hannah's review here:
Here's her debut solo single "Force Quit" (get it?). Another single coming on Friday, with the full EP on March 6.
PROJECT MEG - force quit (Official Video)
YouTube video by PROJECT MEG
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Here's her debut solo single "Force Quit" (get it?). Another single coming on Friday, with the full EP on March 6.
In advance of her debut EP, Meg Mash from Project Meg shares her story of hard-earned success destroyed by long COVID, and her long road back to music.
Read it here, it's stunning:
www.turnandwork.com/backstory/pr...
Read it here, it's stunning:
www.turnandwork.com/backstory/pr...
PROJECT MEG - Turn & Work
In advance of her debut EP absent from it all, Meg Mash shares her story of hard earned success destroyed by a sudden catastrophic illness, and her long road back to music.
www.turnandwork.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
In advance of her debut EP, Meg Mash from Project Meg shares her story of hard-earned success destroyed by long COVID, and her long road back to music.
Read it here, it's stunning:
www.turnandwork.com/backstory/pr...
Read it here, it's stunning:
www.turnandwork.com/backstory/pr...
Holy shit this book
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Holy shit this book
Those and more at the link.
Plus playlists in Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to?
Plus playlists in Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to?
The Monday Music Post: 2026 Week 7 - Turn & Work
New music from Letdowns, shirehead, The Stripprs, Angel Girl, Bleary, Suitor, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Yelf., Makai Colvin, and Headnoise.
www.turnandwork.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Those and more at the link.
Plus playlists in Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to?
Plus playlists in Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to?
Debut single from London's Yelf., grungy shoegaze and extravagant punctuation:
YELF. - loud. (official lyric video)
YouTube video by YELF.
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Debut single from London's Yelf., grungy shoegaze and extravagant punctuation:
Montreal-via-UK act shirehead with a banger about living in a van in winter:
Zero degrees
YouTube video by shirehead
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Montreal-via-UK act shirehead with a banger about living in a van in winter:
Want a taste? Sure.
Toronto's Letdowns with one of two debut singles:
Toronto's Letdowns with one of two debut singles:
Sleeper
YouTube video by Letdowns - Topic
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Want a taste? Sure.
Toronto's Letdowns with one of two debut singles:
Toronto's Letdowns with one of two debut singles:
The Monday Music Post:
Emerging artists you should have on your radar.
Here's what's on today:
Canadian artists Letdowns, shirehead, The Stripprs, and Angel Girl, plus Bleary, Suitor, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Yelf., Makai Colvin, and Headnoise.
Playlists for Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube:
Emerging artists you should have on your radar.
Here's what's on today:
Canadian artists Letdowns, shirehead, The Stripprs, and Angel Girl, plus Bleary, Suitor, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Yelf., Makai Colvin, and Headnoise.
Playlists for Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube:
The Monday Music Post: 2026 Week 7 - Turn & Work
New music from Letdowns, shirehead, The Stripprs, Angel Girl, Bleary, Suitor, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Yelf., Makai Colvin, and Headnoise.
www.turnandwork.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The Monday Music Post:
Emerging artists you should have on your radar.
Here's what's on today:
Canadian artists Letdowns, shirehead, The Stripprs, and Angel Girl, plus Bleary, Suitor, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Yelf., Makai Colvin, and Headnoise.
Playlists for Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube:
Emerging artists you should have on your radar.
Here's what's on today:
Canadian artists Letdowns, shirehead, The Stripprs, and Angel Girl, plus Bleary, Suitor, Pixie Cut Rhythm Orchestra, Yelf., Makai Colvin, and Headnoise.
Playlists for Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube:
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I'm always looking for submissions, any genre, fiction or non.
Here's more info:
Here's more info:
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I'm always looking for submissions, any genre, fiction or non.
Here's more info:
Here's more info:
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Three people unsubscribed in January.
That means I need three new subscribers to keep my job. (or something like that)
Find out what those three people ~don’t~ want to read:
That means I need three new subscribers to keep my job. (or something like that)
Find out what those three people ~don’t~ want to read:
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
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Three people unsubscribed in January.
That means I need three new subscribers to keep my job. (or something like that)
Find out what those three people ~don’t~ want to read:
That means I need three new subscribers to keep my job. (or something like that)
Find out what those three people ~don’t~ want to read:
Reposted by Turn and Work (Hugh)
The Setlist on February 6:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
Setlist: February 5, 2026 - Turn & Work
Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The Setlist on February 6:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
Reposted by Turn and Work (Hugh)
I'm so honored my story "Contraction" is out in @turnandwork.com.
I wrote these words a few years back when I was still flabbergasted with the fundamental shift in perspective parenthood is.
Check it out. It's free to read.
www.turnandwork.com/guest-post/c...
I wrote these words a few years back when I was still flabbergasted with the fundamental shift in perspective parenthood is.
Check it out. It's free to read.
www.turnandwork.com/guest-post/c...
Contraction - Turn & Work
Having a child is difficult in a many ways. Tanya is finding out about several.
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I'm so honored my story "Contraction" is out in @turnandwork.com.
I wrote these words a few years back when I was still flabbergasted with the fundamental shift in perspective parenthood is.
Check it out. It's free to read.
www.turnandwork.com/guest-post/c...
I wrote these words a few years back when I was still flabbergasted with the fundamental shift in perspective parenthood is.
Check it out. It's free to read.
www.turnandwork.com/guest-post/c...
Got a story to share? Here's how:
www.turnandwork.com/submission-g...
www.turnandwork.com/submission-g...
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
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Got a story to share? Here's how:
www.turnandwork.com/submission-g...
www.turnandwork.com/submission-g...
The Shortlist on February 6.
All @adventitiouswords.bsky.social, all the time.
Links to sci fi stories in the first issue from:
Scott Beggs @scottbeggs.bsky.social
Amy Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Stacie Turner and Ben Williams
Plus a bonus from Scott Beggs in @metastellar.bsky.social
All @adventitiouswords.bsky.social, all the time.
Links to sci fi stories in the first issue from:
Scott Beggs @scottbeggs.bsky.social
Amy Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Stacie Turner and Ben Williams
Plus a bonus from Scott Beggs in @metastellar.bsky.social
The Shortlist for February 5, 2026 - Turn & Work
Science fiction from Ben Williams, Stacie Turner, Amy Ogden, and Scott Beggs.
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:33 PM
The Shortlist on February 6.
All @adventitiouswords.bsky.social, all the time.
Links to sci fi stories in the first issue from:
Scott Beggs @scottbeggs.bsky.social
Amy Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Stacie Turner and Ben Williams
Plus a bonus from Scott Beggs in @metastellar.bsky.social
All @adventitiouswords.bsky.social, all the time.
Links to sci fi stories in the first issue from:
Scott Beggs @scottbeggs.bsky.social
Amy Ogden @aimeeogdenwrites.com
Stacie Turner and Ben Williams
Plus a bonus from Scott Beggs in @metastellar.bsky.social
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to this weekend?
What are you listening to this weekend?
Setlist: February 5, 2026 - Turn & Work
Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to this weekend?
What are you listening to this weekend?
Some west-coast punk rock courtesy of Hysteria:
Angela
YouTube video by Hysteria - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Some west-coast punk rock courtesy of Hysteria:
Weird indie from 10xTANTRUM
NO DAMN NO FUCK
YouTube video by 10xTANTRUM - Topic
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Weird indie from 10xTANTRUM
Here's a taste of what's on there.
New single from Witch Post:
New single from Witch Post:
Witch Post - Worry Angel (Official Video)
YouTube video by Witch Post
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Here's a taste of what's on there.
New single from Witch Post:
New single from Witch Post:
The Setlist on February 6:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
Setlist: February 5, 2026 - Turn & Work
Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The Setlist on February 6:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube
They don't put it all on YouTube, but here's a killer track on Bandcamp:
The Overline, by Dead Anyway
from the album Squeak Piggy Squeak
deadanyway.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
They don't put it all on YouTube, but here's a killer track on Bandcamp:
Prolific, poetic weirdos Dead Anyway keep excavating hallucinations and nightmares on their seventh album Squeak Piggy Squeak.
More here:
More here:
Squeak Piggy Squeak - Turn & Work
Prolific, poetic weirdos Dead Anyway keep excavating hallucinations and nightmares on their seventh album Squeak Piggy Squeak.
www.turnandwork.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Prolific, poetic weirdos Dead Anyway keep excavating hallucinations and nightmares on their seventh album Squeak Piggy Squeak.
More here:
More here:
Instead of a single, check out this blistering live performance:
Poor Bambi // Gnu Sounds // Full Set
YouTube video by Gnu Sounds
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Instead of a single, check out this blistering live performance: