Two Dogs at Night

Short story by Iranian novelist Aida Moradi Ahani.

Set against the intense bombing of Iran, two disparate men go on a harrowing journey through the streets of Tehran. One traverses by choice, and the other forced until they both inexplicably collide on a paradoxical barren road surrounded by ravenous street dogs. Includes a personal essay, “Don’t Look at the Rooftops", about the nightmare visions of chador-clad Jinn from her childhood.

ISBN: 978-1-892494-85-6 / Rate it on Goodreads.

Release date: Fall 2026.

Aida Moradi Ahani is an Iranian novelist, essayist, and translator based between Tehran and New York. She is the author of three novels: Golfing on Gunpowder (2013), Lost Cities (2018), and Songs of Several Elephant Riders (2026). She is also the author of the essay collection Other People’s Beds and has edited anthologies exploring the relationship between literature and the visual arts. Her fictions and essays have been translated into English, and her short story “Lariyan’s Day in the Sun” was included in the Akashic Books anthology Tehran Noir (2014).