Kootie works the night shift at Lobster Liquidators Seafood Restaurant, boiling lobster after lobster for the hungry clientele. But Kootie has a dream of stardom. He wants the ultimate six pack of abdominal muscles; his key to happiness.
One night at work, Kootie tosses a strange lobster into the boiling water. The lobster turns out to be an alien visitor; it manages to escape the boiling kettle of death.
From that night on, Kootie's life changes forever... and glorious abs are only the beginning.
Stephen Beam is a native Californian. For many years he was a video game artist, starting out freelancing, then later employed full time at Interplay Entertainment. He created game art as diverse as Nintendo's Mario Brothers to realistic Star Trek worlds. He moved on to work as a graphic artist and web designer, creating games and presentations for various government services such as the Long Beach MWD and many VA hospitals around the country. He is now writing bizarre mixed genre fiction.