Girl in Ice

by Erica Ferencik

You’ve heard about the ice winds, haven’t you? It’s been in the news. Those three hikers in the White Mountains in New Hampshire who froze to death instantly? One minute it was forty degrees near the top of Mount Washington, the next it was thirty-five below zero, and that was it. They didn’t have a chance. Didn’t know what hit them. Died instantly. Midsentence. Midthought.”