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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

Submissions always open.

Fiction, CNF, any genre. Reprints are ok too!

Send 'em to submissions@turnandwork.com.

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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

Submissions are always open. Here's more info:

The Shortlist for March 6, 2026 - Turn & Work Nonfiction from M. Theaker and Allison Field Bell, and fiction from Steve Molter, Susmita Mukherjee, Emily Rinkema, Mary Thorson, and Jamey Gallagher

(...the shortlist continued, 2/2)
and #shortstories from:
Susmita Mukherjee and Mary Thorson @marythor.bsky.social in @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social in @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Jamey Gallagher @jameygallagher.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social

The Shortlist for March 6, 2026 - Turn & Work Nonfiction from M. Theaker and Allison Field Bell, and fiction from Steve Molter, Susmita Mukherjee, Emily Rinkema, Mary Thorson, and Jamey Gallagher

The Shortlist for March 6:
Links to great short-form fiction and nonfiction.

This week!
A Turn & Work exclusive from Steve Molter

Stunning nonfiction from:
M. Theaker in JMWW @jmwwjournal.bsky.social
Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in CRAFT
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Setlist: March 6, 2026 - Turn & Work Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

Playlists in Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.
What are you listening to this weekend?

Philine Sonny, Brockhoff & Shelter Boy - Back Then (I Was Something) [Official Music Video] YouTube video by Philine Sonny

And a sunny singalong from Philine Sonny, Brockhoff & Shelter Boy:

Rosewater Park - Poets (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Rosewater Park

Blog fave Rosewater Park is back with another loungey single called "Poets":

Put Back Together YouTube video by Brain Leak - Topic

Here's a taste of what is waiting for you.
You need to hear the Brain Leak EP, these songs about addiction and recovery will curl your hair:

Setlist: March 6, 2026 - Turn & Work Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

The Setlist on March 6:
The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar.
2 hours of killer new music.

Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.

VIAL - CREEP SMOOTHIE (Official Music Video) YouTube video by VIAL

click the link, the record is excellent.

HELLHOUND - Turn & Work Minneapolis punks VIAL reinvent themselves for their third full-length. HELLHOUND is vicious, biting and vital punk-rock.

Minneapolis punks VIAL reinvent themselves for their third full-length. HELLHOUND is vicious, biting and vital punk-rock.

More here:

Never Turns to Night - Turn & Work Bory’s glittery, technicolour power-pop is all about making the best of bad situations. It’s a deeply joyful and essential listen.

one of the many great songs on the record:

Never Turns to Night - Turn & Work Bory’s glittery, technicolour power-pop is all about making the best of bad situations. It’s a deeply joyful and essential listen.

Bory’s glittery, technicolour power-pop is all about making the best of bad situations. It’s a deeply joyful and essential listen.

Read Hannah's review:

VOID YouTube video by Gen - Topic

here's the first song. There's not much on youtube for it:

After Hours - Turn & Work The latest EP from Montreal's Gen feels like the closing chapter to a long stretch of soaring highs and disastrous lows.

The latest EP from Montreal’s Gen feels like the closing chapter to a long stretch of soaring highs and disastrous lows. She's never sounded more isolated.

More about that record here:

Absent From It All - Turn & Work Meg Mash's career was sidelined hard by Long COVID. On Absent From It All, she charts that journey and emerges hopeful and optimistic.

got a lot of music to promote today. I guess let's go by timezone.

Meg Mash’s career was sidelined hard by Long COVID. On Absent From It All, she charts that journey and emerges hopeful and optimistic.

Here's a short hit on a killer debut EP:

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

Got a story of your own to share? Submissions are always open.

More info:

Divorce on the First Date - Turn & Work The idea of divorce tests the limits of a relationship on the first date.

NEW SHORT STORY at Turn & Work:
Divorce On the First Date by Steve Molter.

The idea of divorce threatens to end a relationship before it even begins. Steve's story goes in some really unexpected directions.

Read it here:

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City - Turn & Work Guy Delisle lived in Jerusalem for a year, and he drew about it. His graphic memoir is wide-eyed, fascinating and relatable.

Guy Delisle lived in Jerusalem for a year, and he drew about it. His graphic memoir is wide-eyed, fascinating and relatable.

More here (this thumbnail works, wtf)

Natan AK - Denim (Official Video) YouTube video by Natan AK

don't know why that thumbnail didn't load, but here's one of the great songs from the record:

A laundry list of collaborators make Natan AK’s EP a stunning, dynamic and gorgeous debut. Essential listening.

More here:

Night People: How to Be a DJ in '90s New York City - Turn & Work The memoir by the superstar producer is fun and nostalgic, but plays it so safe that it's a bit bland.

Night People, the memoir by superstar producer Mark Ronson is fun and nostalgic, but plays it so safe that it’s a bit bland.

More here:

New and Noted: Brain Leak, Bad Hoax, Molly Rocket - Turn & Work Short hits on records you shouldn't miss: Brain Leak, Bad Hoax, Molly Rocket

More about each artist, including playlists in spotify, apple music and youtube:

www.turnandwork.com/music-digest...

Another Year YouTube video by Molly Rocket - Topic

Molly Rocket's second EP sounds like a band that's found its stride -- powerpop, dual vocalists, it's a blast of sunshine.

Bad Hoax - STATIC (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Bad Hoax

Bad Hoax is from Australia, their sound might be well-described as "Fred Again.. meets early Billie Eilish". There are enough singles to make an album.

Put Back Together YouTube video by Brain Leak - Topic

Here's a song from each.
First: This Brain Leak record came out a couple months ago. Slow grower, but HOLY SHIT it's good. It was written in a period of recovery after a relapse, and the lyrics will peel the paint off the walls:

New and Noted: Brain Leak, Bad Hoax, Molly Rocket - Turn & Work Short hits on records you shouldn't miss: Brain Leak, Bad Hoax, Molly Rocket

New and Noted: short hits on non-album releases that you should pay attention to. This week is Brain Leak, Bad Hoax, and Molly Rocket.
Check it out, including playlists in spotify, apple music and youtube:

The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir and the Rise of the Surveillance State - Turn & Work Alex Karp isn't deserving of your attention, other than to make sure you're spelling his name correctly on your "F--- Alex Karp" protest sign.

Alex Karp isn’t deserving of your attention, other than to make sure you’re spelling his name correctly on your “Fuck Alex Karp” protest sign.

But if you must, this book is a fine way to get to know him.

More here:

ixaras - THIS CITY. (Music Video) YouTube video by ixaras

here, listen: