Artistically Yours

Art mirrors life, right? Or is it the other way around?

In Drawing Conclusions by Andy Slayde and Ali Wilde, Alex Harper and Zed Roxbury have been friends since age two. They're at college now, and Alex is fed up with drawing his girlfriends for art class so he decides to use his best friend as a model. Zed's not too happy about being drawn on the sly, but he might just be convinced to like it.

In Solitude of the Photo, by C.T. Piatt, Johan makes decent money taking photos, but he's never has he done a model's portfolio. Until Michael asks him. The photos torment Johan, long after he's completed the shoot, and only when he sees Michael with his wife, happily spending time at an event, does Johan swear to forget. So when Michael turns up at his door, magazine in hand Johan, has no idea what to do.

Finally, in The Artist's Model by Z.A. Maxfield. Emile Laurent had a child's fascination for artist Auguste Fournier. Now a grown man, he pursues Fournier with a passion born of worship. Fournier has denied his nature for the whole of his life. Paralyzed with fear, he rejects Emile's advances, even in the face of desire that threatens to consume them both.