Fiction
2002
Black & white
Photo essay: Sadeq Hedayat's personal photos
Compiled by Jahangir Hedayat
The
Pearly Cannon
Tup-e Morvari
By Sadegh Hedayat
A
different sort of Christmas
The duck has to be talked into getting
cooked
By Hossein Samiei
Bozorgraah-e
405
Christmas on Highway 405
By Sadaf Kiani
Yaah!
... Aaah! Aahhfalalala!
Omar shared a caravan with a circus
elephant-trainer sadly dreaming of Christmases
By Kristopher
Kolumbus
Three
Persian kings
A Christmas tale
By Marjaneh Zahed - Khorassani - Kindersley
Beh
lezzat-e booseh fekr kon
The (thought of a) kiss
By M.M.
Words
When you were little you were ashamed when I came to your school
By Sepideh
Apple
pie
Mohammad to Mike
By Assal Badrkhani
Frozen in a cat's
stare
You this month
By Madame Bayaz
Kissed
in Valencia
He swirled his silk cape and thrust
his sword in the bull's jugular crying
CARMEN !
Short short story
Valleys pushing up heaving hills without a wonderbra
By Marjaneh Zahed - Khorassani - Kindersley
Magical
chair of nails
Becoming a writer in a second language
By Roya Hakakian
Anjaa
Tehran bood
That was Tehran
By Sadaf Kiani
High
on freedom
They marched with the belief
that Iran would finally be the master of
her own destiny
By Banafsheh Dastyari
Map
in the cat
I held her childhood picture
and had a vision
By Reza
Izad
Bacheh-haaye
sarzamin-e sakhreh-haa
Short story
By Shabnam Ebrahimi-Nejad
The
Giants
War and peace and people
By Siamak Vossoughi
A
little flashback
Short story
By Mammad Aidani
Mardi
dar asaansor
Short story
By Qasem Nosrati
A
university acceptance
He had wanted to be a man fighting
against an unjust system instead of living
as part of it
By Siamak Vossoughi
For
the explorer
Luristan, 1930
By Freya Stark
A
kick in the ass
Let him who is without sin, throw the
first Empty Without Me, CD
By Kristopher
Kolumbus
Outside
the tunnel
Story of an escape
By Banafsheh Dastyari
Gentle
strength
A revolutionary speaks on violence
By Siamak Vossoughi
Days
of our lives
A memoir in comic strips
By Marjane Satrapi
A
separate world
Novel
By Anahita Firouz
No
hell on earth
Meeting amazing people
By Lilly Benevis
Boo!
Crescent moon in Calpe
Firdowsi and I planted roses in the
castles of Spain
By Kristopher
Kolumbus
All
the king's men
Short story
By Farrokh A. Ashtiani
Perhaps
or maybe
Still no word from Abbas
By Heather-ley Peckham
On
the road to Ashod
Short story
By Michael A. Burris
This
wide-eyed nightmare
A short piece on prison
By Ramtin
Sophy
and the Persian prince
Shakespeare and Persia
By Sami Gorgan Roodi
I
love this shit
Thick white clouds sweep across the
Costa Blanca
By Kristopher
Kolumbus
Where's
the firrrrrrrrrrre?
Short story
By Arash Emamzadeh
The
prey
Short story
By Ghazi Rabihavi
Carlos
I got to come out here to make a buck
By Shahriar Zahedi
Nazanin's
great leap
Part 1
The
necklace
Short story
By Azin Arefi
Beautifully
short
Short story
By Farooq Azam
Compatriots
Short story
By Abbas Mehdibeigi
Dar
jostojooye eshgh
Short story
By Namdar Nasser
The stars are gone
Fuck you for existing in the first place
By Madame Bayaz
Nazi
Abadism
Short story
By Rasool Nafisi
GHETTO
QUA RAN HAS HIT THE FAN
Sailing over the Atlantic, crossing
back with C. Columbus
By BURNTOAST
Broken
heart
You in September 2002
Madame Bayaz
The
Messiah's Cousin
The Book of Asghar
By Ramin Tork
The
art of cooking
Short story
By Saghi (Sasha) Michaelis
MUJAHIDEEN
They told a million lies
By BURNTOAST
Photographs
Short story
By Azin Arefi
Hamishe
no
Takht hozi songs
By Morteza Ahmadi
Man
yek javaane Irani hastam
I am young Iranian
By Galony
Beh
farang meeravi?
Leaving Iran on a trip
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
Coming
back
Short story
By Azin Arefi
All,
but indifferent
Short story
By Reza T. Saberi
Dropping
a (LP) needle on the matter
You in August 2002
By Madame Bayaz
Khaaneye
afaaf
Official brothel
By Hossein Nushazar
Goftegoo
baa Iran Khaanoom
Satire
By Hossein Nushazar
Khaabe
aakhar
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar
Parandeh
Short story
By Jahanshah Javid
An hour
later
Short story
By Heather-ley Peckham
Aah
o naaleh
Sadegh Hedayat's post cards
Sadaf
khaaliye yek tanhaaee
I can still hear his warm voice
By Sadaf Kiani Abbasian
Taaghoot
va Yaghoot har do zan boodand
Fiction
By Elahe Arouzi &
Homa Katouzian
Taaghoot
va Yaghoot har do zan boodand
Fiction
By Elahe Arouzi &
Homa Katouzian
Nimeye
Ghaayeb
Excerpt
By Hossein Sanapour
Sheklgeereeye
yek gaaf
Fiction
By Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
RED
JELLO EATS WH$TE AMER$CA
What you see is what you see
By BURNTOAST
The
Wolf-man
Short story
By Sasan Hamidi
Cell
phone fever
You in July 2002
By Madame Bayaz
YES
YES YSSS......BALE?
Hafez agreed to waste money on the
gulls picking off ticks on the rhinos
By BURNTOAST
Mazra'e sag
koshi
Short story
By Payam Rafighi
The
richest fruit
They cared so much about what other
people thought about them
By Azin Arefi
Khare
Moghilan
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
L'AMOUR
NARANJESTAN
Antoinette wanted to hide in Naranjestan
till it blew over in Paris
By BURNTOAST
Sobh
beh kheyr
Short story
By Hossein Nushazar
Getting
your gestures down...
You in June 2002
By Madame Bayaz
Pickled
things
There is no denying it: it's a red
alarm, code for a bombing raid
By Azin Arefi
ANNOYED
IN NAIN
He had come to Persia determined
to be a moslem
By BURTOAST
Panjshanbeh,
dovom khordad
Cream of society
By Sadaf Kiani Abbassian
Khanoom
Book
Excerpt from Massoud Behnoud's latest book, "Khanoom" (Tehran, 2002,
Nashre Elm).
Little
red
I liked the feeling against my skin,
a little cool, a little rough
By Niki Tehranchi
RUDYARD
KIPLING TABRIZI
We opened the box and smoked one
of the famous Tabriz cigarettes
By BURNTOAST
The
old photograph
Short story
By Sasan Hamidi
Adams
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Nima
Short story
By Payam Rafiqi
Scarlett's story
She bit me. I felt pain, no, just a little pain but pure ecstasy
By Layla
Adult subject
To keh neestee aabe dahaanam raa paak koni
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Sarhangaane
tareeghat
Short story
By Payam Rafiqi
Chaarshanbeye
nahs
Short story
Cyrous Moradi
Little
red
I liked the feeling against my skin,
a little cool, a little rough
By Niki Tehranchi
RUDYARD
KIPLING TABRIZI
We opened the box and smoked one
of the famous Tabriz cigarettes
By BURNTOAST
THE
BATHHOUSE OF BABA TAHER
Meeting between two poets
By BURNTOAST
Anjomane
khaaneh
va madreseh
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
To
Lili ro booseedee!
Short story
Translated by Namdar Nasser
Back
to you
Poem
By Cyrous Moradi
Destiny
and the flamenco dancer
Short story
By Persian Poetress
Screen
memories
You in May 2002
By Madame Bayaz
Ice
cream
Short story
By Ali Hosseini
(Persian text "Bastani")
Kafka's cockroach
Short story
By Reza Ordoubadian
Flushing
sabze down the toilet
Short story
By Arash Emamzadeh
Abbas
Korki
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
TOASTED
IN YAZD
By the weeping cherry tree was my first garden
By BURNTOAST
KRUSHED
IVORY IN KERMAN
A pink salmon drifting over dusk, his footprint in the mud
By BURNTOAST
Polhaaee
keh deegar veeraan nemeeshavand
Internet's publishing revolution
By Esmail Nooriala
Mehmaan
Short story, in memory of Sadegh Hedayat
By Omid Rahim
Da
Capo!
You in April 2002
By Madame Bayaz
TWO
OLD BURNED BRIDGES
Perhaps he could see the old burned bridge in Isfahan again and grow roses.
By BURNTOAST
Coupon
kaarmandi
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
Gorbeh
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Eid
Short story
By Shirin Vazin
FIVE
BLOCKS FROM BERKELEY GATE
It was raw, irritating and urgent as ever to be Iranian with iranian.com filling
our tortured need for friendship, affection and acceptance
By BURNTOAST
Coming
to terms
Review of Shokooh Mirzadegi's "That Stranger Within Me"
By Tara Taghizadeh
Future
of turmoil
When hell itself seeped its way into the most hopeful of dreams
By Norris R. Peery
Rahaavarde
Noroozi
Short story
By Ali Hosseini
HAFIZ
- SAD SAAL BE IN SAAL - HA
On the last Wednesday of the year Hafiz jumped over the fire
By BURNTOAST
WHITE
BUFFALO CHIPS
I had no difficulty recognizing the authentic character of bizarre visions
of mandalas in my Abadan dreams
By BURNTOAST
Don't
speak Persian
Language school in Iran
By Cyrous Moradi
Seh
rooz
For Elham
By Namdar Nasser
Out
of the fog
Everything started and ended with Jamshid
By Reza T. Saberi
Searching
for Hassan
An American Family's Journey Home to Iran
Book review by Bruce Bahmani
The
sexoculinary self
You in March 2002
By Madame Bayaz
Sayonara
Kimosabe
He knew death would come soon as
white winter follows the red of autumn
By BURNTOAST
Beyond
time and place
Sadeq Hedayat was a non-conformist
in every respect
By Homa Katouzian
The
wizard of odd
When the White man really goes berserk
By Saeed Tavakkol
Zari
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Kraavaate
aabi rang
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
Shimeko's
last Valentine
I never thought I would know love
so deep
By BURNTOAST
Tashrih
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Abar
soosk
Short story
By Moji Agha
Dobaare
saazihaaye Ataabak
Short story
By Yashar Ahad Saremi
Khaaneh
siaah ast
To Forough Farrokhzad
By Namdar Nasser
Baazgasht
Meeting my teacher, years later
By Saeed Tavakkol
Massih
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Your
wishes are granted
You in February 2002
By Madame Bayaz
A
winner
Novel
Roodkhaaneh
Short story
By Omid Rahimi
Black
apple
Short story
By Arash Emamzadeh
Shokolaat
What will you do with all those chocolates?
By Zari Naimi
Anjoman
khaaneh o madreseh
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
Paayaane
yek rooz
End of a day
By Saeed Tavakkol
Maraaseme
todee va moaarefe
Short story
By Cyrous Moradi
Auratic
space of the nation
You in January 2002
By Madame Bayaz
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