Glttl Stp – By Doritt Carroll. I know, I know ... poetry is not "fiction." But I don't have a poetry section. Yet. I’m getting there, thanks in large part to the works of two brilliant friends Doritt and Kristina Bicher (whose collection Just Now Alive is also on the list). Here is a sample poem from Doritt’s website that explains the title of her collection.
Glottal Stop
everything good
is in the things
that we don't say
if we were sculptures
in a gallery
it would be the elegant
space between them
carved by their marble arms
the moment after the scratch
when the match
flickers but doesn't yet
burst into flame
the tightening in the air
as the black hand
clicks to the minute
before
the minute
when the recess bell
is going to ring
if there were two birds
singing in two trees
it would be
the moment
when they both paused
not to take in air
but because it was
the right place
in both of their songs
to pause
the
glottal
stop