A Strange Object

Ethan Rutherford's gripping, haunting "Angus & Annabel"—part of his collection FARTHEST SOUTH, out next month—is up now on Cutleaf. Go and read.

Angus & Annabel - This was the tree their mother had loved and named, decorated in the spring when she was still herself. The decorations were gone now—their father, in his anger and grief, had seen to it—but the thick tree still stood.

Over the moon to see BELLY UP in the New York Times Book Review today.