In the literary trajectory of the writer Salma Ferraz, the short story “O ateu ambulante”, belonging to the book of the same name, emblematizes the talent and some of the intertextual sources that compose the artistic work of the author in her other works. In this sense, this text intends to demonstrate how the ferrazian artistic construction dialogues with texts by José Saramago, Augusto dos Anjos, Raul Seixas and the Bible.