Morality in Esquire

Lou_Sytsma

The July issue of Esquire magazine, which should be out this week, contains a new King novella: Morality.

Lou_Sytsma

Cool. Thanks for the heads up!

BevVincent

Chad, an aspiring writer who is teaching school until he lands a publishing contract, and his wife, Nora, who is working as a home nurse for a retired minister, are like most people these days struggling financially. Nora is approached by her employer with a proposition that could make their dream of a home in Vermont a reality. But will it be worth the moral consequences?

BevVincent

Esquire is taking the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue approach to magazine sales, as they have a naked, painted on Bar Refaeli on the cover of their July issue.



The Israeli beauty sexes up fiction and has the magazine's contents scrawled across her body, with a new Stephen King short story teased on her arms.



Here's the front cover







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Lou_Sytsma

Bev_Vincent wrote: Chad, an aspiring writer who is teaching school until he lands a publishing contract, and his wife, Nora, who is working as a home nurse for a retired minister, are like most people these days struggling financially.  Nora is approached by her employer with a proposition that could make their dream of a home in Vermont a reality.  But will it be worth the moral consequences?

Continuing proof that King remains plugged into the life of regular folk.



As to that cover -

BevVincent

Can't help but envy the painter, eh?

jhanic

And he probably got paid for doing it, too! I want that job!



John

BevVincent

Model Bar Refaeli's curvaceous body serves as a page for King's latest short story, "Morality," on the cover of July's Esquire magazine.



Refaeli's body is adorned with the first 48 of 6,657 words in the tale, which is published inside in full.



When pitched the novel idea of tattooing Refaeli with King's writing, the supermodel didn't think twice.



"I haven't seen anything like that ever," the stunner said. "So I wanted to be the girl who did it."



The Israeli beauty also offered a tip to aspiring Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover girls about a little-known secret to looking sexy in pictures: Give 'em some collarbone.



"Pop it up, pop it out. It's all in the definition of the bones," said Refaeli, flexing her chest so her collarbone is more defined.



>> NY Post

BevVincent

Esquire article about painting Bar Rafaeli, with comments from the artist and the proof reader!

"I had to read her three times because the first read was a wash — I felt disoriented, I wasn't used to the medium, I was rapt by King's wordsmithing. So the real work began on the second and third passes. As I scanned each line, reading the words out loud, checking for trouble spots (afterward, not afterwards, for instance), Refaeli slowly — but all too perceptibly — moved her body according to whatever I needed to get a good look at. Which was distracting, but I thank her for it."

BevVincent

I picked up my copy at the local grocery store yesterday.

Lou_Sytsma

Bet he used very small brushes to prolong the process.

BevVincent

The story is now online at Esquire along with a contest.

Lou_Sytsma

Esquire is going to be swamped. ;D

Lou_Sytsma

The story was well constructed. The story line was reminiscent of Apt Pupil which explored it in greater detail.

BevVincent

The story was just nominated for a Shirley Jackson award in the novelette category.

BevVincent

“Morality” won the Shirley Jackson Award for novelette.