Core Deep
This is my Winter Holiday Contest Entry for 2008. Enjoy! –Selena —– Twenty-six degrees below zero, almost total darkness and white-out conditions, but Mary didn’t notice any of it as Finn trudged up behind her, the thick cloud of his breath misting over her shoulder as he watched her work. ‘What’s your depth?’ He had to yell to be heard over both the drill and the generator running it, but Mary didn’t acknowledge his question, too engrossed, determined. Another ten feet. And then another....