“It Was the Pishtaco” by Juan Carlos Cortázar

“It Was the Pishtaco” is a translation of “Fue el pistaco,” a short story by Santiago de Chile–based Peruvian writer Juan Carlos Cortázar from the collection El inmenso desvío. Translated from Spanish.

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