December's cover photo, "Northern Lights," comes to us from Christer Mattson in Turku, Finland. More of Christer's work can be seen at his flickr gallery at http://flickr.com/photos/cricce/

December reviews:

• DENYING ABSURDITY David Gregory Moser

• DESCENT Clayton Eshleman

• PROPER RED STUFF Steve Donoghue

• TWO FROM NO TELL BOOKS Jeffrey Eaton

• THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE Joanna Scutts

• WHISPERS THROUGH THE CURTAIN Karen Vanuska

• THE LATEST FROM YASNAYA POLYANA Steve Donoghue

• THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB Greg Waldmann

• LANDFALL AT LAST Panagiotis Polichronakis

• PROPER READ STUFF Steve Donoghue