Lusus Naturae: a short story by Margaret Atwood

LUSUS Naturae is a short story from a new collection by Margaret Atwood, titled Stone Mattress . WHAT could be done with me, what should be done with me? These were the same ... “Freak of nature,” the doctor said. He was from far away: we’d summoned him. Our own doctor would have spread rumours. “It’s Latin. Like a monster.” ................
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