"Rape Fantasies" is a short story by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
The narrator, a woman named Estelle, discusses her feelings about fantasies of rape.
She recounts a story about her lunch break with three other women, her office co-workers, where they discuss their fantasies of rape over a card game.
Estelle breaks the trend by sharing fantasies of thwarting a rape attempt through humorous turns of events.
Wanda Campbell, writing for Thresholds, states that "Rape Fantasies" explores "urban fear" and anxiety influenced by crime-victim statistics and shows how assumptions can be made about unfamiliar menaces.