Small graphic story about a young girl rediscovering her authentic self, dealing with problem of self-acceptance and seeing the world around her in its true colours. One more thing to mention—the world, the true colours of which she wants to see, is full of people who, besides clothes, hats, and shoes, wear a pair of wings behind their back.

Written by Luka Siberia

Visualized by sakana

In a family where its members are considered to be colleagues to one other and a line of work is connected to rewriting desired-by-nobody directories and glossaries, ten-year-old Aster can seek support only from his Mum. Together, they make up magical games, explore unfamiliar territories, and keep being two closest people to each other. And when time comes for Aster to join the family business, Mum is aimed to help him escape the gray and dull reality. Because instead of outdated dictionary, she will introduce him to the world of magic stories, narratales, and it is hard to tell whether they are fiction or reality.

Narratales are six completely ordinary stories that happened in a completely unordinary world. Around here, three witches, who are constantly seeking for a fourth one to join them, run the show. Around here, the most disastrous calamity is a stealer of colours. Around here, winds are terrified of flying, and princes escape their royal duties by burying their heads into books. This is a world of all things magic, but its inhabitants face troubles that no enchantment is able to solve...

I opened the box with wings.

Strange I had never noticed it before. It had never caught my eye even though it was red in colour and lay in an open space. It might have happened because the red was not bright enough. Or, which is more probable, because I rarely ever notice anything around me...