Ss: Six Short Stories

“Matthew Sweet creates characters that leap off the page and muck about inside your brain. ‘Ss’ will surprise you, and you’ll still be thinking about it weeks later.”
Sonya Mann / @sonyasupposedly

A teenager torn between here and there; an orphaned gnome seeking revenge; a dead man asked to help the still-living; a tree longing for its love; the old playing the young’s game; a drug compradore that wants out. ‘Ss’ is a collection of speculative short stories that explores the violence of life.


  • Purchase via Amazon (minimum price ebook and paperback): USUK
  • Read Stateless, the first story, here
  • Read the post-project review here
  • Read Strength, the afterword, here
  • Published July 2020