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I read most of the stories in this book in their other incarnations, some of them on the 'Net and others in print.  They've been revised for this edition, but that should only had to their effectiveness.  Hardboiled prose, noir sensibility, and all very effective.  Check it out.

Amazon.com: Roachkiller and Other Stories eBook: R. Narvaez: Kindle Store: A pregnant single mother who becomes a numbers runner in 1970s Brooklyn; an ex-con fighting against insurmountable odds not to kill again; a middle-aged tax lawyer who’s discovered the secret to happiness—at any cost: these are just a few of the hard-luck characters you’ll meet in Roachkiller and Other Stories, the debut collection of short stories from exciting noir writer R. Narvaez. Included are 10 hard-boiled tales, many with a dash of dark humor. Get-rich schemes gone violently awry. A slacker detective far out of his depth. A reformed criminal who can’t get past his killer instincts. The action moves from Brooklyn to Puerto Rico, from the ’70s to the near future, from deadly divorces to homicidal hipsters. Narvaez travels down the dimly lit side streets of noir you’ve never seen before.