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Lisa SQ - Make It Up to You (Official Video)

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 18h

DIY charm from Hamilton Ontario. Here's Lisa SQ:

YouTube video by Lisa SQ

YouTube video by Pillow Fite - Topic

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 18h

Pillow Fite from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Laundromats

Hope That You'll Sing Again

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 18h

Some highlights (they're all highlights):
Øyunn from Copenhagen. Unclassifiable.

YouTube video by Øyunn - Topic

The Monday Music Post - October 13, 2025 - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 18h

The Monday Music Post, with artists you should hear who have just landed on my radar.

Here's what's playing today:

The Far Field
Øyunn
Teenage Tom Petties
Pillow Fite
Bella Galasso
Lisa SQ
Rise Carmine
Spouses

Check it out here:

New music from

Welcome Distractions - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 18h

that gangbang story is paywalled. If you were a subscriber to the (free) newsletter, you could have read it already, paywall free.

That newsletter goes out Fridays. If you're the type to click on articles called "When A Gangbang Becomes A Love Story" I think you'd like it.

Get on the list here:

One newsletter a week with everything from the site, plus paywall-free bookish and music-ish things across the web

Welcome Distractions for October 13 - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 18h

Look busy on Canadian Thanksgiving with Welcome Distractions. Links to:
> a story titled "When A Gangbang Becomes A Love Story" that I will say no more about
> the best take on the new Taylor Swift
> Wikipedia's list of "The Worst" music

That plus music plus short stories plus books plus plus plus:

An abridged version of the free Friday Newsletter. Subscribers get more stuff and paywall-free links.

The Setlist for October 10, 2025 - Turn & Work

Reposted by Turn and Work (Hugh)

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

The Setlist on October 10:
Two hours of independent, under-the-radar music.

Apple Music and Spotify.
www.turnandwork.com/weekly-playl...

Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

The Shortlist for October 10 - Turn & Work

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Reposted by Turn and Work (Hugh)

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

The Shortlist for Oct 10:

Look busy at work reading great writing.

Links to nonfiction from:
Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social

& fiction from:
Ashton Russell in @turnandwork.com
Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com
(...cont'd)

Nonfiction by Christopher Stevenson, and fiction from Ashton Russell, Alice Ashe, Chris Scott, Erin Somers, Michael Czyzniejewski, Karen Crawford, Jen Shepherd, and JS Apsley.

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

So many quotable lines in that piece. You should read Stratis’s book, she’s so good.

How To Submit - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

Got a story to share? Here's how:

My approach is the same for music and writing: I want to share the type of things I’d like to find somewhere else. If you believe your work belongs here,

Ashton Russell Is a Hell of a Writer - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

Don't miss the feature on Ashton Russell's short writing, including links to a bunch of her pieces from around the web:

Ashton Russell's flash nonfiction story "Is This Abuse?" is not for the faint of heart. It's a stunning, terrifying account of domestic abuse. Her writing in

The Shortlist for October 10 - Turn & Work

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

cont'd
Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
Karen Crawford @karenc.bsky.social in Citron Review
Jen Shepherd in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
Erin Somers @somers.bsky.social in @grantamag.bsky.social
JS Apsley in @necessaryfiction.com
Alice Ashe in CRAFT

(2/3)

Nonfiction by Christopher Stevenson, and fiction from Ashton Russell, Alice Ashe, Chris Scott, Erin Somers, Michael Czyzniejewski, Karen Crawford, Jen Shepherd, and JS Apsley.

The Shortlist for October 10 - Turn & Work

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

The Shortlist for Oct 10:

Look busy at work reading great writing.

Links to nonfiction from:
Christopher Stevenson @chrisstevenson.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social

& fiction from:
Ashton Russell in @turnandwork.com
Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com
(...cont'd)

Nonfiction by Christopher Stevenson, and fiction from Ashton Russell, Alice Ashe, Chris Scott, Erin Somers, Michael Czyzniejewski, Karen Crawford, Jen Shepherd, and JS Apsley.

The Setlist for October 10, 2025 - Turn & Work

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

Apple Music and Spotify.
What are you listening to this weekend?

Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

YouTube video by Yada Yada - Topic

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

Chicago punks Yada Yada, whose new EP is out today too
youtu.be/u03Dl7HOyaA

Like You Said

WHO U RLLY ARE (Official Music Video)

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

Alt pop from LAILA:

YouTube video by LAILA

blue zero - confusion [Official Music Video]

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

what's on there? Glad you asked, here's a few examples:
Anxious post-punk energy from Oakland's blue zero:

YouTube video by blue zero

The Setlist for October 10, 2025 - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 3d

The Setlist on October 10:
Two hours of independent, under-the-radar music.

Apple Music and Spotify.
www.turnandwork.com/weekly-playl...

Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

Welcome Distractions - turn and work

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 4d

Got a very good newsletter going out tomorrow, it's not too late to put your name on the list.

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · Jul 6

Newsletter:

je newslette
tu newslettes
il ou elle newslette
nous newslettons
vous newslettez
ils ou elles newslettent

Newsletter:

Every Friday (or almost every, or almost Friday) I send out the Welcome Distractions newsletter, which, for lack of a better idea, is the newsletter I'd like

Platonic Sex - Undoes (Official Video)

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 4d

this is the song that hooked me:

YouTube video by Platonic Sex

Face to the Flywire - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 4d

Face to the Flywire, the debut record from Brisbane’s Platonic Sex is intimate and personal, though not in the way you’re thinking. It’s nostalgic and dynamic indie rock.

More here:

The debut record from Brisbane's Platonic Sex is intimate and personal, though not in the way you're thinking. It's nostalgic and dynamic indie rock.

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Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 4d

rocky one this morning. Botched a bunch of posts, blew up the layout of my homepage for a few minutes, just a gong show at the ol' sentence factory.

I think it's all fixed up now but if you spot something wacky please let me know.

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 4d

I know eh? So good.

Ashton Russell Is a Hell of a Writer - Turn & Work

Turn and Work (Hugh) @turnandwork.com · 4d

Ashton Russell is a hell of a writer. Fearless, direct, and devastating.

I featured a story of hers a few weeks ago, and since then I've read everything of hers I can find. I collected links to some favourites, including "Battles No One Sees", an exclusive excerpt from her chapbook.

Go read:

Ashton Russell's flash nonfiction story "Is This Abuse?" is not for the faint of heart. It's a stunning, terrifying account of domestic abuse. Her writing in