Don Sakers had been queering science fiction and fantasy for three decades. Meat and Machine collects 24 short pieces of science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and erotica. Meet Mauzy Broadway, a genderless alien with a career as a female impersonator; Bobby (who went to Vietnam), Kevin (who stayed home), and the weird power that brought them together; Captain Quasar, superhero with a secret; Nicol and Eryn, lesbian couple living on the fringes of a colony world; as well as many other gays, lesbians, drag queens, bad boys, and a centaur or two.