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Bodies

Joyce Carol Oates

First published June 1977
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

"The story 'Bodies,' about a young sculptress plagued by a series of Dadaesque dreams, reaches a grotesque climax when a man slashes his throat in front of her, twists himself around her hips, splashing her with blood. As the story ends, the woman fears the suicide's blood has impregnated her." (Elizabeth R. Fishel)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1977 Cover Strangeness: A Collection of Curious Tales Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 124
December 1978 Cover Strangeness Avon Anthology 149