The new issue of Esquire features a new short story by Stephen King, as well as literary contributions by several other prominent authors of our time.

Supposedly, anyway. It's a bit difficult to focus on or care much about that when they put this picture of Bar Refaeli naked on the cover. Call us crazy.

Perhaps she was feeling inspired to top Rolling Stone's cover of Miranda Kerr nude. Or perhaps she just got paid a lot of money. Either way, check it out

Bar Refaeli covers Esquire, covered by nothing but ink.

They're taking the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue approach to magazine sales these days/ Not that we're complaining anytime we see the Israeli beauty.

After all, what better way to make fiction sexy than have the men's magazine's contents scrawled across her naked body, with stories teased on her arms?

Exactly. Click to enlarge more Bar Refaeli photos below ...