Parsons' time at NME is reflected in his 2005 novel Stories We Could Tell, about the misadventures of three young music-paper journalists on the night of 16 August 1977 – the night Elvis Presley died.
Parsons’ Zeit bei NME floss in seinen 2005 veröffentlichten Roman Stories We Could Tell ein, indem er die Missgeschicke dreier junger Musikjournalisten in der Nacht des 16. August 1977 beschreibt, die Nacht, in der Elvis Presley starb.