Friends of The Duck & Herring Co.

How are your holidays going? Good, we truly hope.

We’re writing to tell you about our latest Pocket Field Guide for Cold Weather 2006 - 2007, which just arrived from the printer. Ya’ll, you guys, people: This is one pretty issue - pure snow white cover, except for the light gray lettering falling down it like snowflakes.

And inside you’ll find some of the best stuff we’ve ever published. Get this:

- International correspondent and novelist Chuck Rosenthal reports on his stalking of the Yeti in India (no kidding; he actually went to India and looked/listened for their version of Bigfoot! And he found something!)

- Atlanta memoirist and humorist and all-around good motherist Hollis Gillespie shares with the world her splendid (and cheap) Killer Cupcakes

- Jack Pendarvis, whose newest short story collection (”Your Body Is Changing”) arrives in bookstores in 2007, bestows upon us an excerpt from that collection

- Plus: Fiction from Camille Osborne, Trae Brookins, Al Kaufman, Dan Kopcow, and Nadine Darling

- Also: Funny things from Michael Fowler, Stewart Haddock, and Linda Sands

- And: Recipes for Steel Cut Oatmeal and White Hot Chocolate

- As well as: The Duck & Herring Co. offers readers Cold-Weather To-Dos, Signs That You Might Be Alcoholic, and How to Build a Snowcave

This gift is a great stocking stuffer; however, being the honest sort, we can’t guarantee Christmas delivery. But we can guarantee that if you order it for someone, we’ll send it to them, and it will be one of the best and most original gifts they receive.

A must for the winter weather: $10.

Keep warm, and enjoy your holidays!

Sincerely,
The Editors
The Duck & Herring Co.
www.duckandherring.com