I write stories set in worlds I build myself.

I am Vishnu Prasad V, and I write fiction. The stories, chapters and poems on this site are set in worlds I make up, and I build those worlds from the ground: the geography, the history, the politics and, where the story needs it, the language.

I come to this the way I come to everything else, by working out how the parts fit together before deciding what happens. A world has to hold up under questions, such as who feeds the city, who owns the road and what people argue about at night. The story is easier to trust once those answers exist.

Beyond the stories

By day I am a lawyer in Kozhikode, Kerala, working in privacy law and commercial contracts. That work is separate from this site, and the two do not share a home. If you came here for the law, my articles are on vishnuprasadv.com.

What you will find here

Serials published chapter by chapter, short stories, and the occasional poem. Each piece shows the date I wrote it. Everything here is fiction, and any resemblance to real people is coincidental.