The Quotable is the quarterly publication of quotable writers. Each issue focuses on a theme and a quote. The theme for our Winter 2012 issue is "Beginnings & Endings." The issue features excellent short fiction, poetry and art by emerging writers and artists.

Fans of old Saturday afternoon creature features and Alfred Hitchcock mystery anthologies will relish this thrilling collection of stories from author M.V. Montgomery. These are tales of haunted Hollywood, from an ill-fated vampire documentary to the tragic case of a method actor who takes his latest monster assignment too seriously. And for those whose sense of humor may sometimes stretch beyond the pale, rest assured you will find plentiful zombies, witches, spirits, and other creatures of the night that prefer to bump against the funny bone. Welcome!

Mark Twain in Outer Space is a comic space western featuring a not-so-innocent abroad. It also offers a serious reflection on the universality of storytelling, and the dangers of getting carried away with the sound of one's own words.

The Double Dare Devil features Skip Eubanks, an old cowboy-turned-stuntman who is paralyzed after a fall from a helicopter. His wife Bonnie now runs the business, but something very sinister is happening to the stuntmen she supplies to the studios.

This speculative fiction collection includes traditional stories as well as highly imaginative pieces crafted out of scholarly essays, ersatz book and TV reviews, a glossary of lost cults, a self-guided museum tour, and even a nonsensical diet plan. M.V. Montgomery continues to spin fiction out of practically anything, and it is invariably the kind that makes you laugh and think, and then perhaps surf the Internet to see whether groups like the Verticists or Thecans ever existed . . . by which point, youll be wishing they did.