Cocooned inside the planetside outpost, we donned extra clothing and turned the heaters up.
Junie insisted we were experiencing the coldest she'd ever felt in the base, and she had been here the longest of any of us.
I hoped her recollections were correct as my fingertips were turning blue and I didn't want to experience any colder temperatures.
outside temperature
plummeted
absolute zero storm
A haibun is prose followed by a 'ku', a haiku or scifaiku.
About the Creator
Roxanne Barbour
I have been reading science fiction since the age of eleven when I discovered 'Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars'. AN ALIEN COLLECTIVE, AN ALIEN CONFLUENCE, SACRED TRUST, REVOLUTIONS, ALIEN INNKEEPER, ALIEN INNKEEPER ON PARTICLE, KAIKU.
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