I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth

by Margaret Atwood · 2012

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Long ago, when they were all a lot younger, Zenia stole a man from each of them. Then she died. Now she's come back. Or has she? There's a lot more than one kind of ghost.

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Margaret Atwood revisits her classic characters from The Robber Bride.

This story first appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of The Walrus magazine.

Genre
literary fiction
Themes
feminism
Setting
2010sCanada
Audience
adult
Length
short · 31 pages
Form
short stories

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