The Rift 2

by Douglas E. Richards

crackled like the soundtrack of an old cassette,

Cassettes hiss, vinyl records crackle.

emergency landing on frozen tundra with an almost entirely unresponsive plane is beyond me.”

Tundra does not grow on ice, it grows on the ground.

Darkness was quickly falling, as was the temperature, which meant the terrain would soon all become ice.

Was this in the summer where the temp can reach a maximum of between -2℃ and 8℃?

Erin stared at the case as if it were a poisonous snake.

For a snake to be poisonous, you would have to eat it.