"Erotic, and original, state-of-the-art science fiction." -Ernest Hogan "A totally unique and truly fascinating voice." -Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award winning science fiction author At Last M.Christian's Highly Anticipated Sequel to His Legendary Erotic Science Fiction collection The Bachelor Machine With The Bachelor Machine, M.Christian set the bar for erotic science fiction stories. Now he has returned to the genre with a brand new collection that will amaze as well as arouse: Skin Effect - tales that push the envelopes of both science fiction as well as erotica in innovative and stimulating ways. Here are stories voyaging to the near as well as the far future, exploring the ultimate limits of sex and arousal. With an introduction by the Chicano science fiction legend Ernest Hogan (author of High Aztech and Cortez On Jupiter), the stories in Skin Effect - some never before seen - are beyond BDSM, beyond fetish, beyond kink ... and even beyond the limits of science fiction Story contents include: Title Forgotten] Pret-A-Porter The Subsequent State The Bell House Invitation The Potter's Wheel Double Toil And Trouble A Kiss Goodnight -and more Plus a special, and very thoughtful Afterword by the author: IT'S "NOT" THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - AND I FEEL FINE "M.Christian is a hybrid artist and knockout stylist on the order of Jonathan Lethem. Hard-boiled, sharp-edged, funny and fierce, his tales brim with unbridled imagination and pitch-perfect satire." -Jim Gladstone "M.Christian is a writer who takes you for a long walk down a dark wet street at midnight. You can't get much more edgy and still be legal. His fiction never disappoints." -Nancy Kilpatrick, The Power of the Blood series and In the Shadow of the Gargoyle"