Coldness Stories

The cold seeped into Sienna's bones as she sat huddled in the darkness of the Siperia's cockpit. Her breath misted in the frigid air, the temperature steadily dropping as the ship's life support systems failed one by one. She glanced over at Inesh, his face pale and drawn in the faint light from the emergency beacons. They had been on a routine mission to survey a nearby asteroid, a simple supply run that should have take...

They sit there--hungry eyes looking at the hips and thighs of shop girls walking to their tables. The room spins for the hot touch of fingers on flesh. The artificial smiles flicker like stars burnt out light years ago, and the gestures, sly and clever, mannered after movie stars, are meant to bring the hungry ones together for a nibble. And if some two should meet tonight--cold in the hot arms of each other, will they th...