Author: Sam J. Miller
Narrator: Kevin Kenerly, Traber Burns, various narrators, Vikas Adam, Thom Rivera, Graham Halstead, Lisa Flanagan, Julia Farhat, Mark Sanderlin, Alex Boyles, Kelsey Navarro, Andrew Gibson, Krystal Hammond
Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 09/06/2022
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Collections & Anthologies, Lgbtq+, Literary Fiction
Sam J. Miller’s debut novel. The Art of Starving, was an NPR Best of the Year, and his second novel, Blackfish City, was a Best Book of the Year for Vulture, the Washington Post, Barnes & Noble, and more, as well as a “Must Read” in Entertainment Weekly and O: The Oprah Magazine. The last in a long line of butchers, Miller lives in New York City and at SamJMiller.com.
Kevin Kenerly, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, earned a BA at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in more than twenty seasons, playing dozens of roles.
Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.
Vikas Adam is a classically trained actor with numerous credits in stage, film, commercials, and television, in addition to his hundreds of recorded audiobooks. In 2025 he was named a Golden Voice, AudioFile magazine’s lifetime achievement honor for audiobook narrators. His narrations have garnered numerous other awards and nominations, including more than twenty-five AudioFile Earphones Awards, various Best of the Year lists, and the prestigious Audie Award. He was an inaugural inductee into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.
Graham Halstead, an Earphones Award and Audie Award–winning narrator, is a professionally trained actor and voice artist. As an actor, he has worked internationally in Edinburgh and London, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His youthful, easy-flowing voice can be heard on television and radio voicing spots for Airborne and Allegra.
Lisa Flanagan is a classically trained soprano, comedian, voice-over artist, and Earphones Award–winning narrator.
Mark Sanderlin is a talented voiceover artist who has worked on numerous audiobook projects.
Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater–acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn’t looked back!
Kelsey Navarro Foster grew up in Las Vegas with a background in film, singing, and acting. In her spare time, she reads voraciously and enjoys listening to a good podcast or audiobook.
Andrew Gibson is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning and Audie-nominated narrator who is a chemical engineer by day and storyteller by night. He is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and has performed roles ranging from YA coming-of-age tales to gruesome horror. He also tickles ears in the romance world under the pseudonym Blake Lockheart. He was brought into the audiobook world in late 2020 with a background of D&D and a lifetime of audiobook consumption, and looks forward to many more years of storytelling in all its myriad forms.
“Finding danger and humanity in their characters, the short stories of Boys, Beasts and Men marry emotional epiphanies with violence, resulting in imaginative, stirring meditations on LGBTQ+ struggles and acceptance.” Foreword (starred review)
“Miller’s debut story collection gathers together…[stories] of longing, heartbreak, and the deep desire for, but great difficulty of, love. Highly recommended for any reader interested in speculative fiction that concerns itself with queer themes, particularly messy or emotional ones.” Booklist (starred review)
“This is the collection you are looking for. Explosive, careening, shape-shifting tales…Haunting and defiantly tender.” Ben Loory, author of Tales of Falling and Flying
“Sam Miller is my hero: a fearless visionary whose stories are at once vivid, electrifying, brutal, and full of heart.” Sarah Pinsker, author of Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea
“Miller’s sheer talent shines through in abundance…Boys, Beasts and Men is an outrageous journey which skillfully blends genres and will haunt you with its original, poetic voices as much as its victims, villains, and treasure trove of leading actors.” Grimdark Magazine
“A nuanced and beautiful exploration of masculinity and the many faces of love, touching on romance, desire, family, and friendship.” A. C. Wise, author of The Kissing Booth