Rajan Narayan is an advertising professional, storyteller, and observer of life’s absurdities. With a career spanning over two decades across media and branding, he brings a keen eye for nuance and a flair for narrative to everything he writes. His stories—rooted in Indian middle-class realities—combine humour, heart, and unflinching honesty. He has published 4 books, 3 novels and one non-fiction book. His latest, Pitara, (May 2025) is a collection of essay short stories and poems drawn from lived moments, overheard conversations, and the chaos of being human. You can find him on Instagram: @lonely_cloud_consulting.
Flash Fiction by Rajan Narayan: ‘And somewhere in this city, perhaps not far from where he stood, lay something that was once human, broken and beaten by the vengeance that still radiated from the piece of wood, now quivering in his tiny hands.’