Joel E. Turner

Joel E. Turner’s first novel, Wildwood Exit, a noir tale set at the Jersey Shore, will be published by Level Best Books in 2025. His fiction has appeared in many US and UK journals including Ambit, 3AM Magazine, New Millennium Writings, Mobius, Proof, The Medulla Review, Red Fez, Literary Yard and The Eunoia Review. His dystopian novella, "The Fisheye Incident,” appeared as a serial in Ambit in 2000. Articles he has written about Soul music have been featured on the UK-based Soul Source website, a major platform for news and writing on the Northern Soul scene.

Brenda’s Green Note

May 1955
“You mean the green note?”
Miss Talone hit a key on the piano with a firm finger. “C-sharp—above middle C.”
Brenda Canavan played the D scale backwards and forwards. “Like that?”
Miss Talone nodded. “Good, just like G, but with C-sharp added.” She smiled. “Or, the green note, as you called it.”

Joel E. Turner

Joel E. Turner’s first novel, Wildwood Exit, a noir tale set at the Jersey Shore, will be published by Level Best Books in 2025. His fiction has appeared in many US and UK journals including Ambit, 3AM Magazine, New Millennium Writings, Mobius, Proof, The Medulla Review, Red Fez, Literary Yard and The Eunoia Review. His dystopian novella, "The Fisheye Incident,” appeared as a serial in Ambit in 2000. Articles he has written about Soul music have been featured on the UK-based Soul Source website, a major platform for news and writing on the Northern Soul scene.

Brenda’s Green Note

May 1955
“You mean the green note?”
Miss Talone hit a key on the piano with a firm finger. “C-sharp—above middle C.”
Brenda Canavan played the D scale backwards and forwards. “Like that?”
Miss Talone nodded. “Good, just like G, but with C-sharp added.” She smiled. “Or, the green note, as you called it.”

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