Stephen King’s new story “Morality” was just published in the July issue of Esquire. A few sentences of that story appeared on the front cover in a manner which cannot be matched by a Kindle.

I recommend the piece, which is quite dark, reminding me a bit of the film Crimes and Misdemeanors. Not in any aspect of the plot, but rather in its bleak outlook.

The cover, however, was neither dark nor bleak … nor did its design have anything to do with the story itself.

You can find out more about the creation of the cover here.

Contrary to what the cover blurbs would have you believe, those sentences printed on model Bar Refaeli are not the opening sentences of the story, which confused me a bit when I tried to read them as such and then continue on inside.

I’m not sure why after having gone to all that trouble they let stand what appears to be a crossed-out typo just above her knee. But perhaps you were too distracted to notice.