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The Monday Music Post: New music from twelve emerging artists - some we've featured before and some we're hearing for the first time. Today: Weak Knees void participant Hintu stockholm Ultra Lights Ballet Emily Bateman Puppy Teeth Devon Parkin cyanotype The Cherry Club Lunar Lagoon Check it out:

If you worry about using em dashes these days, don’t. Paul Radcliffe’s story has 36 of ‘em and there’s NO WAY an LLM got within a mile of it. See what I mean:

Submissions Open We are reading Poetry, Blended & Beyond, Flash Fiction and Creative Nonfiction through June 15th (CNF and Flash Fiction will cap at 40 submissions)

Thanks for sharing, Linda!

Missed when it happened, but recently the traffic to turnandwork.com in 2026 passed the number for ALL OF 2025. Thanks to all of you for supporting it. Big things to come, hope to 3x or 4x this year. (and it’s not AI bots, those showed up in March and we blocked them with cloudflare)

Was Backrooms completely vapid nonsense dressed up as deep thought? A brilliantly weird inquiry into the nature of memory and trauma? Both, I think. I could be convinced it’s more one than the other. In any case, there are some incredibly tense, well-made scenes in it. I really liked it.

As always, new followers: if you have something you’d like to share, submissions are always open. (old followers too, of course)

Oh my goodness, @kdiannerule.bsky.social and @turnandwork.com , I'm so honoured to find myself on this list!! And I look forward to reading the other pieces listed here, as well! #FlashInTheFeed

See that? I've lured in another regular contributor. We can field a (not very good) Turn & Work beach volleyball team (with no substitutions). wanna make it a not-very-good basketball team? @ me!

This week: guest curator and longtime favourite Kelli Dianne Rule @kdiannerule.bsky.social Her picks: Jane Morton @thatjanemorton.bsky.social in @agnimagazine.bsky.social Sophie Nadel in Moonday Mag Immaculate Halla in Lolwe Cate McGowan @catemcgowan.com in Gulf Stream Magazine (...cont'd)

The Setlist on May 29: The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar. Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.

NEW Creative Nonfiction: Covers by Paul Radcliffe, a rambling, funny and devastating story about bar bands, hangovers and bad news. “…we know what they say about something not being the end of the world. What do they say when it is?” Read it here:

Lennie Rayen’s debut album is cutting and personal, ten songs that often sound decades older than the woman singing them. Love this record, more about it here:

Camille Camille’s latest album is a tender and gentle exploration of nature, growing up and falling in love. More from Hannah here:

Atabasca’s self-titled debut album is worth making the effort to tune out the world for. Read more from @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social

Run Lola Run, Patti Smith and movie vampires. The inspiration behind each song on Victorella’s self-titled new record, exclusive to Turn & Work:

“I’m going to die someday anyway, so fuck it” Lennie Rayen on mortality, old movies, and the other influences behind her debut album. Record is out Friday, but this piece is full of heart and you should read it now:

Last week we made a playlist for Fredrik. His favourite artists are: Star Moles Joshua Burnside Lomelda Trumans Water Pavement Cat Power Here’s what we put together for him:

The Monday Music Post: New, under-appreciated tracks from artists we love and a few we're just getting to know. Here's what's on today: Hadda Be Shooting Daggers RuntheRed Other Half Cherry Rype Loose Check it out here:

We’ve made a dozen custom playlists for newsletter subscribers. Give us a taste of what you love and we’ll give you 20-ish indie artists that night be your new favourite. On the listening platform of your choice. Sound good?

I’m up to over USD$4 all-time now. Might do something rash with it like buy a coffee

Making’ it wain with my bookshop.org affiliate links. Someone is clicking em!

Making’ it wain with my bookshop.org affiliate links. Someone is clicking em!

We’ve made a dozen custom playlists for newsletter subscribers. Give us a taste of what you love and we’ll give you 20-ish indie artists that night be your new favourite. On the listening platform of your choice. Sound good?

Meet the newest member of the Turn & Work team! Timothy's bio isn't even on the website yet and he's got some very cool stuff planned for us. Plus you can find one of his flash fiction pieces in the Shortlist this week. Big things coming.

A friendly reminder that I had a short story published on Turn & Work last week, which they highlighted again today. Check it out!

Today's Shortlist is up! Great reading for your weekend. With: Michael Diaz @michaeldiaz101.bsky.social & Kyle Kennedy @kylejoseph.bsky.social in T&W Rachel Nielsen @rachelnielsen.bsky.social in @jmwwjournal.bsky.social Timothy Goodwin @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review (...1/2)

The Setlist on May 22: The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar. Listen on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.

The Holy Binity. That's never gonna leave my head. Read Kyle's story! (and thanks for the kind words Kyle!)

Kyle knows what’s up

You got two hours to sign up if you want today’s newsletter. It has: A killer new short story An early link to the Shortlist, with seven more great flash pieces, and Links to a lot of great things to read and watch. Plus dumb jokes. Here:

Do you want to hear the very good new song from mischa and the bear? You do? Well then! I know where you can hear that song. clickity click:

I'm a Crossplay villain. Look at this:

Same for me. My whole little business is built on Google Suite and it feels like they're actively pushing me away. I don't want to change, but I might have to.

hey late night bluesky: one thing we do for newsletter subscribers is a custom playlist based on your own tastes. Take 2 minutes to fill out a form, get a couple hours of independent music in return. All free, of course. Here:

The Monday Music Post: Emerging artists you should have on your radar. Here's what's on today: Bazaar, mmj, Your Friend Death, Thunder Queens, The Hausplants, Starzdust, Jammer's Waffle House, enough, Telephone Romeo, Trophy Wyfe, and Social Dissonance. Check it out:

doing the research for the Monday Music Post, one artist's bandcamp page is only this: "[artist] is banned from Bandcamp for being one of the first artists to fully integrate AI into the creative process to blend human emotion with machine intelligence" mhm, what a trailblazer.

Neuromancer, Slaughterhouse 5, East of Eden, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Brave Mew World, Foundation, Clockwork Orange, Fahrenheit 451

I'm looking into how other publications like mine make ends meet, and it's pretty fucking dire. Lots of pay-for-play stuff that seems super exploitative. I'm on a mission to become a paying publication in 2026, but I want to be transparent about how I do it. Anyone with insight want to chat?

Only got 6 outta the top 20. That's 37 outta 100.

The Music Map is live. A geographic, interactive archive of every artist we've ever covered on Turn & Work. Check it out: www.turnandwork.com/music-map/

The Shortlist, May 15: Twelve (!) stories selected by guest editor Adriana Kantcheva @catchingwords.com With: Spencer Ellsworth @spencimus.bsky.social and Kate Francia @katefrancia.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social Eliza Chan in Psychopomp @psychopomp.com (...1/3...)

The Setlist on May 15, 2026: The weekly playlist. New, independent, under-the-radar. Indie, electronic, punk rock and more. Listen in Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.

31 outta 80, hit rate on the rise

suckers that get my newsletter already know that my kid is finishing high school this year. They're sticking around for a while, but I know their last day at home is coming. this piece from @monteiro.bsky.social prematurely broke my heart.

I'm at 20 outta 60 so far.

This is the busiest page on the site today. It's a great story. You should read it. And you should submit your own! [email protected]

Lucid is Julia Carlsson’s debut EP as Snake Orange Cake. It’s a bold new identity for Carlsson’s strange dreams. It's great stuff. Read more here: