Alli Parrett
@bitterherbs.bsky.social
Writer | Potter | Bitter Bitch
Debut novel, On The Way To Chicago, coming 2026
Words in Whiskey Tit, Papeachu Press, Bookends Review, Farside Review, Allium Magazine, and more.
www.alliparrett.com
Debut novel, On The Way To Chicago, coming 2026
Words in Whiskey Tit, Papeachu Press, Bookends Review, Farside Review, Allium Magazine, and more.
www.alliparrett.com
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Alli Parrett
@bitterherbs.bsky.social
· Jan 20
I'm putting it into the world -- I want to be promoting my first novel within the next five years.
I'm going to make it happen.
I'm going to make it happen.
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
I cleaned my desk and my pottery studio. I'm ready to create shit in 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I cleaned my desk and my pottery studio. I'm ready to create shit in 2026.
My partner and I have been watching Heated Rivalry. When we got to the last episode, this very cis-het man I'm married to goes "it's cottage time!". I love him for me. 🖤
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My partner and I have been watching Heated Rivalry. When we got to the last episode, this very cis-het man I'm married to goes "it's cottage time!". I love him for me. 🖤
It's really bumming me out that I've gotten more attention about my forthcoming novel on linkedin than I have on bluesky and threads 😂😬☠️
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It's really bumming me out that I've gotten more attention about my forthcoming novel on linkedin than I have on bluesky and threads 😂😬☠️
At the start of this year, I said I wanted to be promoting my first novel within the next five years. Well due to my love of this novel, job circumstances, and Scorpio energy, #OnTheWayToChicago is coming out early 2026!
www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
At the start of this year, I said I wanted to be promoting my first novel within the next five years. Well due to my love of this novel, job circumstances, and Scorpio energy, #OnTheWayToChicago is coming out early 2026!
www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
I received edits on some work from a friend. She's a great writer and most of her feedback is super helpful. However, I'm learning that we definitely didn't grow up in similar familial environments. Ex: "I can't imagine a mother figure acting that way." And I love that for her. 🥃
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I received edits on some work from a friend. She's a great writer and most of her feedback is super helpful. However, I'm learning that we definitely didn't grow up in similar familial environments. Ex: "I can't imagine a mother figure acting that way." And I love that for her. 🥃
Coming early 2026 is my debut novel, On The Way To Chicago!
I cannot begin to say how flipping excited I am! I've waited for over a decade to make this very post. Excuse me while I freak out!
Pre-order waitlist is open! www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
I cannot begin to say how flipping excited I am! I've waited for over a decade to make this very post. Excuse me while I freak out!
Pre-order waitlist is open! www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
On The Way To Chicago - A Novel by Alli Parrett — Alli Parrett
Alli Parrett’s debut novel, On The Way To Chicago, asks whether the familial bond can traverse time as well as physical and emotional distance.
www.alliparrett.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Coming early 2026 is my debut novel, On The Way To Chicago!
I cannot begin to say how flipping excited I am! I've waited for over a decade to make this very post. Excuse me while I freak out!
Pre-order waitlist is open! www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
I cannot begin to say how flipping excited I am! I've waited for over a decade to make this very post. Excuse me while I freak out!
Pre-order waitlist is open! www.alliparrett.com/store/p/on-t...
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
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We just murdered eight more people in boats.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We just murdered eight more people in boats.
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
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I sold my books at a holiday market today and I can't tell you how many people I talked to who said they wished they read more (or any) books and I am begging everyone to read more books. You don't even have to buy them. Just go to the library. It will be so good for your brain.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I sold my books at a holiday market today and I can't tell you how many people I talked to who said they wished they read more (or any) books and I am begging everyone to read more books. You don't even have to buy them. Just go to the library. It will be so good for your brain.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Parents, idk how y'all do it. My nephew was over for 4 hours today and I am spent.
I love my nephews, but I am so happy that they go back to their parent's house at the end of the day.
I love my nephews, but I am so happy that they go back to their parent's house at the end of the day.
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Parents, idk how y'all do it. My nephew was over for 4 hours today and I am spent.
I love my nephews, but I am so happy that they go back to their parent's house at the end of the day.
I love my nephews, but I am so happy that they go back to their parent's house at the end of the day.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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Donald Trump simply does not care that Americans can’t afford to put food on the table, pay rent, or go to the doctor.
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Donald Trump simply does not care that Americans can’t afford to put food on the table, pay rent, or go to the doctor.
I would absolutely pay 50% income tax if it meant people could have housing, food, clean water, healthcare, and education. It doesn't take 50% income tax to make those things happen and many other countries are proof of that.
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I would absolutely pay 50% income tax if it meant people could have housing, food, clean water, healthcare, and education. It doesn't take 50% income tax to make those things happen and many other countries are proof of that.
The John Wick franchise has become my comfort movies. Do with that what you will.
October 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The John Wick franchise has become my comfort movies. Do with that what you will.
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This is actually a great example of what the "pro-family" party thinks of pregnancy and childbirth. (They mostly do not.)
DeSantis said “Most people, particularly under 50, what they really need is a catastrophic plan that’s affordable, where then they can pay whatever they’re doing out of a health savings account.”
floridapolitics.com/archives/761...
floridapolitics.com/archives/761...
Ron DeSantis says people under 50 don’t have much use for comprehensive health insurance
'Catastrophic care' should be enough for them.
floridapolitics.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is actually a great example of what the "pro-family" party thinks of pregnancy and childbirth. (They mostly do not.)
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During the Second World War, Jewish doctors—who were themselves going hungry—studied starving people in the Warsaw Ghetto. Their findings inform what doctors expect to see after starvation in Gaza. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
During the Second World War, Jewish doctors—who were themselves going hungry—studied starving people in the Warsaw Ghetto. Their findings inform what doctors expect to see after starvation in Gaza. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza
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This is exactly why the “social media isn’t real life/isn’t real activism” makes me furious. Some of our most powerful disabled activists cannot protest IRL. And btw the Crips for eSIMs for Gaza have raised millions online. Suck on that the next time you critique online activism
Not for nothing but also love it when the “you should just not go out in public” people then yell at you for spending your time advocating online. Okay. Where should I go then? Not out. Not online. Dead? Would dead be okay?
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is exactly why the “social media isn’t real life/isn’t real activism” makes me furious. Some of our most powerful disabled activists cannot protest IRL. And btw the Crips for eSIMs for Gaza have raised millions online. Suck on that the next time you critique online activism