Mehrnaz Shirazi-Adl

Mehrnaz Shirazi-Adl was born in Tehran in 1981. She received her doctorate in linguistics and Persian literature. She writes fiction in addition to being a practicing translator into Persian herself. Her short-story collection This May Be the Only Way (2015) and her novel Mana (2017) have been published in Iran. “Anahita” appears in This May Be the Only Way.

  • A dimly-lit figure, hooded and shrouded in black
    January 2022
    Mehrnaz Shirazi-Adl
    In a dimly lit crypt, a woman loses her way and finds her thoughts toggling between a mysterious man in the dark tunnel and a childhood friend. The sun was setting when she got off the bus....

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