A Learned Man was first published in Electric Spec I based the story loosely on an El Salvadorian folk tale I read in a book while I was traveling there. It was a collections of local legends, oral tales, etc. retold by different people from the area. The one I based “A Learned Man” on was about a page and a half and very spare. Here’s the reference: “La Leyenda de Bolsa Salgado.
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