The Flying Crapaud


Piton Noire is a collective that aims to nurture and encourage writers with an interest in Dominica and the Caribbean to produce science fiction and fantasy literature.

Our mission is to create a unique body of work that speaks to Caribbean futurism. while simultaneously preserving and building on the islands’ mythologies and folklore.

Our first book in the series: The Flying Crapaud was published on February 3rd, 2020. TFC Collective

A boy terrified to fetch water from a nearby spring; a man on a remote mountain track suddenly realizes he is not alone; a girl receives homework help from an apparition; A teacher struggles to discern the truth behind a
village folklore; A young woman is haunted by a creature of native legend; A boy discovers his latent genetic gift. These are the stories of The Flying Crapaud – a collection of folklore, fantasy and more, from writers of the Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies.

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