In the Twinkling of an Eye is a collection of short stories by renowned Iranian author, Seyed Mehdi Shojaee. This collection of stories juxtaposes the misdeeds of imperfect human beings with the interconnectedness of the natural world and the metaphysical world of supernatural beings. The soft blue-green clouds of an impending storm against the surreal half statue-half human serenity embodied in the womanly face on the cover, invite the reader to experience a thrilling contemplation of the human condition which is fraught with foibles and weakness in its evolution towards perfection.

Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee (Persian: سید مهدی شجاعی‎), was born on August 1960 in Tehran, Iran. He is an active author, novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He focused more on fiction and wrote many short and long story in children and adolescent literature and religious literature. He also has worked as a screenwriter and several films were made from his screenplays in television and cinema. Shojaee has effective activities in the field of journalism, too.