This is the Decmeber 2012/January 2013 edition of The London Magazine, the UK's oldest literary journal.In this edition:Short stories from Peter Ainsworth and Juliet BatesPoetry from Alison Brackenbury, James Simpson, Gaye Guerin, Suzi Feay, Carrie Etter, David Sergeant, Robert Hamberger and James AitchisonFeatures from Norman Buller, Peter Davies, Alan Blackwood, John Gimlette, Peter Abbs as well as The London Magazine's very own Steven O'Brien.Reviews by Derwent May, John Weston, Peter Robinson, Andrew Houwen, William Bedford, Michael O'Neill, David Cooke, Geoffrey Heptonstall and Robin Schofield