Got a big pole that needs planting? Need help getting the heat turned back on? Well, strap on your tool belt and get ready for a rough ride! The hunks of Hard Working Men will do whatever it takes to get the job done. These sweaty studs, brawny bears, and cocksure construction workers go all out to turn on, tune up, and fulfill every work order. When a man living in wintry seclusion is visited by a cable repairman in Marvin Richmond's "Service Call," things start to heat up. William Holden sets loins ablaze when a lonely neighbor gets a house call from a couple of horned-up tree trimmers in "Out on a Limb." In the world of Hard Working Men, hats aren't the only things that are hard.

Shane Allison has been published in countless literary journals and publications, such as McSweeney's, Velvet Mafia, Mississippi Review, New Delta Review, and Outsider Ink. He is the editor of Backdraft and Hot Cops. His stories have also appeared in anthologies such as Best Black Gay Erotica, Truckers, and Cowboys. He lives in Tallahassee, FL.