Check out of the cover of NOIRYORICAN (Down and Out Books, November 2020), designed by Zach McCain. In 13 fast-moving stories, the author of Hipster Death Rattle explores the tragic world of noir fiction with a wide range of Latinx characters. These stories define noir as tales of people who fall not from great heights but from the stoop and the sidewalk. “With considerable style, poise, and humor, Richie Narvaez’s

I’ve a new story out in PANK as part of their #LatinxLit Celebration called “Creature Feature.” It’s another in my series of fictionalized memoir pieces. Here is an excerpt: My cousin came from Puerto Rico and killed our dog. That summer of 1972, our dog Barbie had been acting bizarre. My sister had named the dog after her doll. She had curly white hair (the dog, not my sister) with