Whether a hundred times life size on a billboard or romping through the pages of a glossy magazine in his Calvins, Tommys or Ralphs, the male model is the gold standard for masculine beauty. The characters in these stories run the gamut, from the billboard-gracing Aiden in Cynthia Hamilton's Big Picture to life models in drawing classes and ordinary guys immortalised in a catalogue shoot in T. Hitman's When Gary Met Larry. They hook up with artists, photographers, roommates and lovers in locations from New York and Miami to a beach in Australia.

Reviews

"Overall, this anthology is about fantasies becoming reality. Each author brought to life at least one scenario that anyone can imagine while looking at the exquisite men in advertising pictures and magazine covers. Each story allows us to feel that the dream can come true. Enjoy!"
--Arketipo 187

Praise for Plakcy's "Hard Hats"

""Hard Hats" is a felicitous example of gay erotica that surpasses its stereotyped subject. Edited by Neil Plakcy, who is also one of the anthology's 21 contributors, "Hard Hats" offers a cover-to-cover smorgasbord of carpenters, contractors, demolition men, delivery guys, electricians, repairman -- just about any hot man in any situation where a hard hat is required and a hard-on is soon to follow." -- "XX Factor"

"Editor Neil Plakcy, a former construction boss himself, has tapped the best of today's erotica writers for the steamy salute to those irresistible symbols of masculinity who keep the world tuned up -- and turned on." -- Erotica Readers & Writers Association