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Sweet Tooth
What would you do if you woke up one day and realized you were nothing more than a drone?
Sweet Tooth follows Candy's struggle as she finds herself faced with this very situation.
But what does it really mean to be human? And what gives the Enforcers the right to terminate any Hollow that has become self aware?
Sweet Tooth is a short, futuristic horror story that will have you guessing right until the end.
Sweet Tooth follows Candy's struggle as she finds herself faced with this very situation.
But what does it really mean to be human? And what gives the Enforcers the right to terminate any Hollow that has become self aware?
Sweet Tooth is a short, futuristic horror story that will have you guessing right until the end.
18 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 21, 21
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Matthew A. Clarke
62 books189 followersMatthew A. Clarke is a British horror and bizarro author.
He has published fifteen books at the time of writing, and has countless short stories lurking in the darkest corners of the library.
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He has published fifteen books at the time of writing, and has countless short stories lurking in the darkest corners of the library.
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112 members
Bizarro fiction is a contemporary literary genre, which often uses elements of absurdism, satire, and the grotesque, along with pop-surrealism and genre fiction staples, in order to create subversive, weird, and entertaining works. We read that stuff (someone has to) and then write publicly to one another here about the experience of reading it. If you join this group, you can too.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
September 1, 2021
If you take a dash of Brave New World, toss in a healthy dose of Bladerunner, and blend it all with a bit of sadism, you'll end up with Sweet Tooth by Matthew A. Clarke. It's a short story that overall feels like a transcript for an episode of Black Mirror.
The ultra-wealthy have finally done away with the poor and undesirable, and they've replaced those forgotten and discarded people with Hollows. Hollows are manufactured in bulk to perform the menial tasks and services the ruling class deems beneath them.
Candy is such a hollow, designed to be an escort--though not in a sexual sense, as she isn't equipped with the necessary parts.
In tribute to the banality of all existence, we first discover Candy is becoming aware beyond her programming because she's unhappy about someone else deciding how her hair should look. Other Candy models are disappearing, and there appears to be a man involved in those disappearances. Our Candy finds herself in the predicament of needing to unravel the mystery behind the missing hollows while maintaining her facade of going along with her base programming.
In a sense, this is a truly depressing, dystopian vision of a possible future, extrapolating on the income inequality and class warfare we already experience. More than that, it showcases that no amount of weeding out undesirables based on social status will erase the sort of people who become serial killers today. Those types of people will always find a new group of "less dead" as criminologist Steven Egger refers to the typical victims of serial murderers. Clarke captures that grim reality in this story.
Is there a happy ending?
Is such a thing even possible in a world like that?
You'll have to read the damn story for yourself to find out.
The ultra-wealthy have finally done away with the poor and undesirable, and they've replaced those forgotten and discarded people with Hollows. Hollows are manufactured in bulk to perform the menial tasks and services the ruling class deems beneath them.
Candy is such a hollow, designed to be an escort--though not in a sexual sense, as she isn't equipped with the necessary parts.
In tribute to the banality of all existence, we first discover Candy is becoming aware beyond her programming because she's unhappy about someone else deciding how her hair should look. Other Candy models are disappearing, and there appears to be a man involved in those disappearances. Our Candy finds herself in the predicament of needing to unravel the mystery behind the missing hollows while maintaining her facade of going along with her base programming.
In a sense, this is a truly depressing, dystopian vision of a possible future, extrapolating on the income inequality and class warfare we already experience. More than that, it showcases that no amount of weeding out undesirables based on social status will erase the sort of people who become serial killers today. Those types of people will always find a new group of "less dead" as criminologist Steven Egger refers to the typical victims of serial murderers. Clarke captures that grim reality in this story.
Is there a happy ending?
Is such a thing even possible in a world like that?
You'll have to read the damn story for yourself to find out.
October 2, 2021
Well that was a quick little fucked up sci\fi story. I recommend it. I only wish it was longer
September 4, 2021
Candy feels something is missing. A chance opportunity arrives and Candy falls for the ….spoilers… fuck that … read this fantastic short by Clarke.
Loved this idea for a short. I am hoping that this story will continue with an ending that left me wanted more!
Loved this idea for a short. I am hoping that this story will continue with an ending that left me wanted more!
January 28, 2022
This was my first Matthew A. Clarke book and it will not be my last. A engaging story that reminded me of Phillip K. Dick at his best, though Sweet Tooth is less scifi and more horror. Honestly, this was a really original story and a lot of fun. Completely suspenseful from start to finish. And at a great price my advice: Pick it up!
March 8, 2026
Candy is a fembot in the future who has become self aware.
This was a fun and quick read.
This was a fun and quick read.
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