Dear Reader,

Welcome to my Compendium of Seriously Silly and Astoundingly Amazing Stories. It's a great joy to be able to publish this trove of treasured tales, what with the state our world's in right now. Doom and gloom are annexing this poor planet of ours and I felt the time had come to take a stand and make a difference. So forget about all those long heart wrenching nights of weeping into your pillow about global warming or the Middle East. Finally you can be part of the solution to these tiresome and tawdry affairs!

All you need to do is buy as many copies as you can of this magazine and give them to everyone you know. The more people that read it, the more people that will be laughing. They'll all be laughing too hard to be cutting down trees or blowing up anything at all. As my grandmother Dolores used to say, "There's no better cure for your troubles than putting a smile on your face."

Yours with Warmth and Sincerity,

Viola Beadleton

VOLUME TWO: Volume Two is coming out this Spring! Pre-Order your copies now and ensure many days of future joy and happiness!

STOCKISTS

I am very pleased to announce the locations that my Compendium is available. As you no doubt are aware it can be found at Kwanzaa (119 Manners St), or Magnetix (by Midland Park). And as you are about to find out, a wonderful shop called Eyeball Kicks (225 Cuba St) is now also stocking the Compendium. They have a very interesting website, if you wish to learn more about the other unusual things they stock: http://www.eyeballkicks.com/