Muscle Bottom

Five tawdry tales follow the life and adventures of bodybuilder Shamus Little. Shamus can snatch, clean, and jerk with the best of the muscle men in Venice, CA, but he's missing something below the belt. He more than makes up for it on the back end. In “Little Shamus” the bodybuilder recounts his sexual awakening and his love of bodybuilding. In “Muscle Beach,” Taryn Rearden has a crush on Irish bodybuilder Shamus Little. Both are burdened by size, whether too much or too little. A bet leads to the discovery that size isn't everything. “The Spotter” introduces Shamus to Garret, a man with a massive problem that only Shamus can resolve. In “Dirty Cop,” Detectives Rocco Pounder and Ash Hunter stake out Shamus, who is now a steroid dealer. They find out their partnership is far more than a job. Rocco, Ash, and Shamus reappear in “Hardhats and Nightsticks,” the fifth and final story about Shane Biggars, a construction worker whose anatomy causes him to lose his balance and his job.