Indie Reads Aloud with Barbara V. Evers and "The Nature of the Beast"
- Diana Kathryn
- Dec 26, 2025
- 2 min read
Indie Reads Aloud Radio
Episode # 272
The Nature of The Beast
Written by Barbara V. Evers
Not All Beasts Hide in the Dark!
The Nature of the Beast is a spellbinding tapestry of speculative short fiction, where shadows slink and truths unravel. Between these covers, beasts roam-scaled and winged, furred and fanged, creeping through underbrush or beneath skin. Dragons take flight. Shifters fight instinct. Spiders weave silent traps. Insects whisper destruction. And often, at the edge of every tale, waits the most frightening creatures of all: humans. Light flickers. Darkness looms. And in the space between, the line blurs.
Who is the beast?
Who is the prey?
And in the end, who survives?
The Nature of the Beast invites you to wander into the wild-where the soul of the creature, and the creature of the soul, are never quite what they seem.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Barbara V. Evers hails from the mysterious Dark Corner of South Carolina where she crafts fantasy stories with strong women matriarchies and clever animals.
She is the award-winning author of THE WATCHERS OF MONIAH epic fantasy trilogy (The Watchers of Moniah, The Watchers in Exile, The Watchers at War) as well as numerous published short stories and essays. A two-time winner of the Imadjinn Best Fantasy Novel, she’s won many writing awards over the years including a Pushcart Prize nomination.
Her short stories and essays have appeared in multiple issues of The Petigru Review, multiple issues of moonShine review, Childof My Child, Stupefying Stories, A Magnificent Display of Marvelous Wonders, and her own short story collection, Pieces of Her: Being a Woman is Not for the Faint of Heart.
She’s currently working on an urban mountain fantasy series, The Matriarch Enchanter, and several other projects.
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