Dancing Girls is a collection of short stories

Short story

A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 by Canadian author Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...

, originally published in 1977 by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto. It was the winner of the St. Lawrence Award for Fiction and the award of The Periodical Distributors of Canada for Short Fiction.

The collection’s fourteen stories feature ordinary people, including a farmer, a birdwatcher, an author, a mother and a travel agent, and their inevitably biased perceptions of the world.

Stories

• "The War in the Bathroom"
• "When it Happens"
• "The Man from Mars"
• "A Travel Piece"
• "Polarities"
• "The Resplendent Quetzal
  The Resplendent Quetzal
  The Resplendent Quetzal is a short story by Margaret Atwood. It was published in the collection Dancing Girls in 1977.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Under Glass"
• "Training"
• "The Grave of the Famous Poet"
• "Lives of the Poets"
• "Dancing Girls"
• "Hair Jewellery"
• "Giving Birth"
• "Rape Fantasies
  Rape Fantasies
  "Rape Fantasies" is a short story by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The story, notable for its dark humour, was originally published in the Canadian edition of Dancing Girls in 1977...
  
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• "Betty"
• "The Sin Eater"

n.b. the story list varies slightly from edition to edition.