Aristide of Firewright

Aristide of Firewright  Chapter Two   Written by: Arash Mashhadi Illustrations by: Parmida Vahdatnia Edited by: Selva Safineh Story by: Arash & Parmida   CHAPTER TWO Patriots     For the first time in a while, Aristide felt like he had a family again.   Not that he didn’t enjoy his time with his Pa, but he felt like he had to be something that he was not to have any conversation with him.   That, however, was not the case with Philo in the house.    As the owls started hooting under the pale moonlight, Aristide laid on his bed with a stomach full of buttered chicken, and a mind empty of anxious thoughts. He started digging in his right pocket, to get the wooden figure out, a habit he had developed over time.     Although he had closed the door behind him, Aristide could hear Pa and Philo talk in the small living room. They used to smoke and discuss events in the village. Crops and harvest, the weather, and the news o...

              Aristide of Firewright  Chapter One   Written by: Arash Mashhadi Illustrations by: Parmida Vahdatnia Edited by: Selva Safineh Story by: Arash & Parmida   PROLOGUE   “How about I read ‘The Great Pillage of Juvenous’ again?” asked the father.   “You already read it. And mom has read it to me twice,” said the daughter, hiding her ginger head under her blanket.  “ I'm telling you, there aren't any new books left to read. ”   The girl couldn’t have been more than twelve. The father’s messy hair was mostly grey. Just a hint of red was visible in his hair, showing the family connection.   He sighed and flicked the robe he wore over his clothes away and stood up to observe his daughter’s bookshelf.   “Read this one… finished this one last week… ‘The Flying…’ no already read it to you.”   “I told you. There aren’t any books left,” said the girl in a muffled tone fr...