A supernatural goat, a young couple discovers the lair of a serpent god, a football game is interrupted by aliens, a jealous woman seeks revenge through obeah, a vacation romance turns deadly.
These and other hair-raising tales can be found in a new anthology published by the Dominican author collective, Piton Noire, called The Flying Crapaud – From Folklore to the Future.
This is the second volume of science-fiction and fantasy stories published by the group and will be launched on December 14.
The first edition of The Flying Crapaud was published in 2020.
This second edition explores new themes and uses local folklore as a launch point for creativity, explained Piton Noire co-founder, Nicole Bennett.
“Our authors incorporate aspects of Dominican culture into our creative writing. We use our cultural foundation as a launching pad to build and evolve new concepts and characters,” she stated.
The volume’s editor, Kristopher Noseworthy, pointed out that the science fiction and fantasy genres provide natural platforms for exploring Dominican, and by extension Caribbean, futurism.
“The authors in this collection pulled on a common frame of reference: Dominican folklore and oral traditions. This edition’s contributors pushed past the boundaries of those well-known stories to re-imagine their shared understanding of the world,” he said.
Noseworthy added that it is this collective evolution that enriches a society’s view of itself.
“This is the ultimate exercise in self-reflection that science fiction and fantasy are known for,” he remarked.
Contributing author, Sam George explained that the second volume’s subtitle, “From Folklore to the Future”, underpins this self-reflection “The title is a marriage between our traditional folklore and modern-day, science-fiction storytelling. We are not leaving our culture, folklore, and traditions behind, but rather propelling them to the future,” he stated.
The Flying Crapaud – From Folklore to the Future includes short stories from ten authors, who range in writing experience from first-time writers to award-winning published authors, including Kristine Simelda, Delia Cuffy-Weekes, Nicole Georges-Bennett; Sharon Dorival, Sam George, Kristopher Noseworthy, Erwin Mitchell, Dorothy Leevy, Maisha Euzebe, and Simon Morris.
The Flying Crapaud is now available for sale on Amazon.com, on Kindle e-books, and on www.theflyingcrapaud.com
Piton Noire is a collective of writers with interest in Dominican and Caribbean literature in the science-fiction and fantasy genres.
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