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I think I might know more dead people that alive ones by now.
Jan 10 • Parnell Thill
Stillwater
During the pandemic they ran out of beds at the St.
Dec 26, 2025 • Parnell Thill
Airport
Loovlle
Sep 18, 2025 • Parnell Thill
Tiredness
...Pretty Long Sentence
Aug 2, 2025 • Parnell Thill
Oldness
If I was old, which I ain’t, but if I was I’d probably say something an Old Person would say and make a point about how the now fully institutionalized…
Jul 10, 2025 • Parnell Thill
Thaw
…In your bed as a child, the ceiling stares down and you stare back.
Feb 2, 2025 • Parnell Thill
Motherhood, 1988
The young mother rubbed oil on her already brown legs and lay back on the towel in the sand, her skin a shiny offering to the sun. Nearby, her blond…
May 11, 2024 • Parnell Thill
Speck of Heaven
Found this in a birthday card from me to Evan on this day 14 years ago--his birthday--in 2010.
May 7, 2024 • Parnell Thill
Parnell’s Substack
Parnell’s Substack
Essays, short stories, shitty poems and other stuff from my book "Killing the Devil and Other Excellent Tricks," my award-winning newspaper column, "Notes from the Small Pond," upcoming book projects, and stuff unfit for any other venue.
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