Author's Journey

Discover the Author's Journey

M S Rayed is a Bangladeshi‑American novelist whose work braids speculative imagination with the everyday complexity of immigrant life. After earning a degree in Business Administration in Dhaka, he immigrated to the United States nearly a decade ago, trading monsoon skies for the restless glow of New York City. That pivot—from spreadsheets to subway platforms—shapes both his craft and his characters: people caught between inherited duty and self‑invented destiny.

Rayed’s fiction ranges from dystopian fiction set in a Bengal-inspired land and a near‑future cyberpunk meditation on morality to a sprawling historical fantasy epic set in Ancient Rome. Across genres, his stories probe the porous borders between home and exile, faith and futurism, communal responsibility and individual yearning.

Now based in Queens, Rayed navigates the same tightrope his protagonists do—honoring cultural roots while carving an authentic path in a city that prizes reinvention. He is currently editing his historical fantasy project and working on first drafts for a handful of others.