Richie Narvaez

Named as a Letras Boricuas Fellow

Named as a Letras Boricuas Fellow Today, the Flamboyan Foundation’s Arts Fund announced a new cohort of Letras Boricuas Fellows, and I am proud and humbled to be named as one of them. From the foundation: “Established in 2021, the fellowship aims to identify, elevate, and amplify the voices of emerging and established Puerto Rican writers across literary genres, including fiction, creative nonfiction, children’s literature, poetry (including spoken word), and

Pre-Order THE SPECULATIVE DETECTIVE AGENCY Anthology

The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic (October 2026) Co-edited Richie Narvaez and Matthew David Goodwin Pre-order: here. This collection of 16 interconnected suspense stories involves investigations of myths, monsters, and personal mysteries: a young girl’s sister kidnapped by djin, a woman’s errant husband transformed into the moon, an age-shifting detective sent undercover at a middle school, a luchador who may/may not have lost his last

“Last Dance” for Mystery Most Senior

I’ve a new, fun new story called “Last Dance” in the new anthology Mystery Most Senior, edited by John Betancourt, Michael Bracken, and Carla Coupe. Available through Wildside Press. The anthology features elder-oriented mystery and suspense stories by William Ade, Brenda Buchanan, Ellen Byron, Marla Cooper, Brian Cox, Mac Daly, Annette Dashofy, Kate Gallison, Patricia Gouthro, Matthew Greene, Christina Hoag, Eleanor Ingbretson, Frances McNamara, Sharon Michalove, Donalee Moulton, me, Nancy