Addison Alder

Joined March 2023

88 stories

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Writer of Wrongs. Discontent Creator. Editor of The Gristle.

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Eternelle Glo®
I used to swear by supplement influencers. They were all over TikTok back in the day. All those hot young influencers swore by its skin-preserving, line-softening, muscle-building, butt-tightening benefits.
By Addison Alder9 months ago in Longevity
Hangnails (Anxiety)
Verse 1 "Trust is hard," you tell me. "I want the truth," I say. But really that's the last thing I can handle. Was love part of the plan,
By Addison Alder9 months ago in Beat
The Murder Ticket
The prisons were overwhelmed and overcrowded and recruitment was at an all time low. So the government proposed a lottery: eligible prisoners – non-violent, non-sexual, non-career criminals – could win rewards and dispensations, including the chance to leave the prison forever.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Fiction
Professional Victim. Runner-Up in Harmonic Verses Challenge. Top Story - March 2025. Content Warning.
VERSE 1 You're a bleating scapegoat, stepping up to take the fall. Your neck upon the block. A rubber band around your balls.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Beat
PSA: Side-effects of Novocal
I sit here with my fingers twitching. My concentration jumps from idea to idea. My gut churns. Shivers ride my spine. And friend, I must warn you. One day you will face this.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Humor
Buttering The Bagel
First thing in the morning, half-awake, half-dreaming in a pre-caffeinated fog, buttering a bagel is an existential challenge.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Humor
Block Party!
Probably the worst thing I have ever made... ▶️ PLAY THE TRACK HERE ▶️ INTRO: Oh oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh oh. Ah! Oh! Oh!
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Beat
Teethpaste. Second Place in Absurdist Awakening Challenge.
Lumps of brown enamel tumble off my brush and cascade down the basin. The teethpaste has decayed again. Damn. Since the tariffs, Chinese tooth imports have shrunk, all Mexican molars are getting stopped at the border, and the Canadians have responded with their own tooth-for-a-tooth restrictions. All I can afford is this nasty, flaky paste made of ground-up 'Murican dental waste and crack-hen's teeth.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Humor
Spiremonkey
As Welkin climbed the spire, the ground vanished beneath the cloud bank. The bitter gale frosted the spire's surface into a crystal tower, but his feet and hands held fast.
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Fiction
Father of The Sun
This is continued from JBaz's 'So The Story Goes' writing prompt. Read his opening section here: "Carl! What's–" Jaylene stops short, distracted by something strange going on outside the window...
By Addison Alder10 months ago in Fiction
Awake In The Dark. Top Story - March 2025. Content Warning.
"It seems impossible, in fact, to judge the eye using any word other than seductive, since nothing is more attractive in the bodies of animals and men." – Georges Bataille
By Addison Alder11 months ago in Horror
Lovers V: The Scared
Everyone is afraid. Love is terrifying. Giving all your heart and all your mind and you'll never get them back. But everyone is afraid.
By Addison Alder11 months ago in Poets