Vortex

A whirlwind of routines, tricks, ideas and opinions — inspired and inspiring.

2010
Written by Tom Stone
Work of Tom Stone
254 pages (Hardcover), published by Hermetic Press
Illustrated with drawings by Tom Stone
Language: English
125 entries
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Tom Stone Debts of Gratitude
vii
Peter Rosengren Tom asked me to write this introduction
ix
Tom Stone "Ding!"
xv
In the Eye (and up close)
1
Tom Stone Champagne short one-coin sequence with full glass and shoe production climax
Also published here 3
Tom Stone Shoe Duplication splitting a shoe in two, brief
 		7
Tom Stone Loading Strategies methods for obtaining loads without body loading
  • lifted up with magnet on shoe behind table
  • stealing from case as one picks something up from the floor
  • mechanical arm moves from table to other side of body with load
Also published here 9
Tom Stone Princess Salome's Drink to vanish a glass close up
Related toAlso published here 13
Tom Stone Prov. 31:6 performer turns around and suddenly has drink in hand
 		15
Tom Stone Card, Deck & Case selection disappears, then deck vanishes, reappears in card case with selection face up, seated
 		17
Glenn Morphew, Jason England Rub-a-Dub Vanish Variation
18
Tom Stone Case Removal Cut deck is cut as it is removed from case, used to load a card into center of deck
 		20
Tom Stone Subliminal Persuasion secret message appears as cards are riffled, nudist deck presentation
Also published here 21
Tom Stone Camera Gag film is pulled out of camera
Also published here 22
Tom Stone Loading Display displaying sandwich cards while loading odd-backed card
Also published here 22
Tom Stone Monty Walks Again four coins in coin box transpose with finger ring on string
Inspired byAlso published here 23
Box Turnover brief
 		23
Emile Clifton Clifton's Ring Move
24
Tom Stone One-Handed Turnover
25
Tom Stone Protection Against Chameleons idea
Inspired by 26
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Reality Glitch off-beat sandwich-transposition combo
Also published here 27
Tom Stone, Tomas Blomberg Gesture Transfer Switch one small spread held in each hand, during gesture some cards are secretly transferred from hand to hand
Also published here 28
Tom Stone Calculated Aces four spectators with a fourth of the deck do some dealing/spelling procedure and end up with an Ace on top, based on Jim Steinmeyer's "Nine Card Problem"
Also published here 32
Tom Stone King Castling sandwich-unequal transposition combo, two Kings tabled and other two Kings used to find selection, but they find two Kings and on table is found selection in place of the two other Kings
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 33
Frank Simon, Tom Stone Versatile Outjog Control Handling
34
Tom Stone Misdirection Ditch from deck onto tabled packet
 		36
Tom Stone Ringbound borrowed ring is threaded on thread, transforms into cheap ring
Also published here 39
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Ring from Ring Box Extraction
42
Tom Stone Spoon Jumper plastic spoon jumps out of cup, gag
Also published here 43
Tom Stone Hoarders faro
Also published here 45
Tom Stone Minus Deck ATFUS table, handling away from deck
Related toAlso published here 45
Carmen D'Amico Multiple Shift sliding block, hindu shuffle
 		48
Tom Stone Stripper Finesse handling the selection and replacement for one-way deck
 		51
Tom Stone The Annoying Four presentation for eleven-card trick with four cards
 		52
Tom Stone Among the Mad Men odd-backed handling for Daryl's effect
Inspired byAlso published here 53
Brother John Hamman, Daryl Martinez Two-for-Four Count
54
Daryl Martinez Rising Crime Sequence
55
Lee Asher Asher Twist Half Pass
57
Edward Marlo Olram Subtlety brief
 		58
Eddie Taytelbaum, Tom Stone Flustered Display Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 59
Tom Stone Gap Drive coin travels from hand to elbow and back
Also published here 61
Masao Atsukawa, Tom Stone Coin Propulsion Variation coin is shot into other hand without visible movement
Inspired byAlso published here 61
Tom Stone Killer Gap Launcher idea for devise that shoots a coin
Also published here 64
Tom Stone Freedom Cuts choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle
Also published here 65
Roy Walton Free Cut Principle Handling choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle, see footnote
Also published here 67
Tom Stone Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle some ideas
Also published here 67
Tom Stone Problems with the Memorized Deck rants
 		68
Tom Stone The Etude two spectators cut off piles, remember bottom cards and shuffle, memorized deck or new deck order
Also published here 69
Tom Stone Hand Rothing idea for climax for David Roth's "The Sleeve" (Expert Coin Magic)
 		71
Tom Stone Victorious Mead idea
Inspired by 72
Tom Stone Matchbox Calculator writing on matchbox changes
Also published here 73
Tom Stone ElectroMatrix idea for matrix in spectators' outstreched hands
 		75
Tom Stone Poltergeist idea in which something falls off the shelf without performer being present
Also published here 76
Up the Funnel (and onto the platform)
77
Tom Stone Tracking Mr. Fogg thoughts on the Ambidextrous Travelers plot
  • Footprints
  • Passepartout
  • The Wager
  • Introducing Fix
Inspired byAlso published here 79
Tom Stone Ambivalent Travelers Travelers with two torn cards (four pieces)
Also published here 83
Transfer Switch here with torn pieces
 		86
Tom Stone Half-Card Vanish packet of half cards vanishes as hand waves over them
 		90
Tom Stone Warning - Bridge out further thoughts on the Ambidextrous Travelers plot
  • Slap!
  • A Sinister Man (includes letter exchanges with Stephen Minch)
Also published here 92
Tom Stone Mr. Fogg four signed cards travel into one pocket, then in different pockets
Also published here 95
Tom Stone Timing Fan Force one of four
Also published here 96
Dai Vernon, Tom Stone Multiple Shift Variant relativity push-in
Also published here 99
Allan Ackerman Swing Cut Bottom Palm
Related toAlso published here 101
Multiple Buckle
104
Tom Stone Jinx Change Variation
Also published here 105
Tom Stone Mr. Fogg's Codicil comments on previous routine
Also published here 112
Tom Stone Concerto for Cutlery Piano Card Trick with silverware
Related toAlso published here 113
Michael Weber Gaffed Spoon/Fork with credit information
 		113
Tom Stone Wooing Annette idea for blocking balls-and-net routine
 		115
Tom Stone Nullified! stand-up handling with glass
Also published here 117
Guy Hollingworth Optical Alignment
121
Tom Stone Color Steal & Change with small packet
Also published here 124
Tim Star, Baltazar Fuentes The Momentum Color-Change card on lower half of deck changes, card slides forward with wrist flick, with credit information, for more information see the "Sherwood Shake" reference
Related to
  • "The Sherwood Shake" (The Linking Ring, Vol. 91 No. 3, March 2011, p. 90)
Also published here 		127
Karl Germain, Tom Stone Flash Card Change jacket cover
Also published here 130
Dave Rumfelt Card from Breast Pocket
130
Tom Stone, Looy Simonoff Shoe Loads money from shoe, severed foot from shoe
Inspired by 132
Tom Stone Rope Segments
133
Tom Stone Almost Restored rope cut, safety pin appears and joins the rope together again
Also published here 133
George Sands The Sands End Switch with extra piece
 		135
Tom Stone Sharp Fingers fingers cut rope
Also published here 136
Tom Stone Drop and Restored visual restoration, magnet
Also published here 138
Tom Stone Benson-Frakson Combo idea for design for clear bucket for miser's dream
Also published here 139
Tom Stone Whip Restoration visual restoration
Also published here 140
Tom Stone Conic Relief ideas and sequences for Dai Vernon's "Ball, Cone and Handkerchief"
  • The Cone as a Holdout
  • The Cone as a Servante
  • Combinations
  • Vernon's Basic Vanish
  • Changes
  • The Surprise Load
  • Extending it Outward
Related toAlso published here 141
Dai Vernon Vernon's Basic Vanish ball & cone vanish
 		150
Tom Stone Light Bulb & Lampshade Idea
157
Tom Stone Let Them Eat Cake idea for comedy routine, picture of cake instead of real cake is "baked" in dove pan
Also published here 158
Into the Sky (and onto the stage)
159
Tom Stone The Monodextrous Brigand several ideas for Sawa's Slot Machine plot
Also published here 161
Tom Stone Microphone Stand Load
Also published here 162
Tom Stone An Addition to John Carney's "Hot Slot" idea
Inspired byAlso published here 164
Tom Stone Work in progress glass production followed by Silk and Silver routine
Also published here 165
Jardine Ellis, Tom Stone Jardine Ellis' Glass Production steal from chair
Also published here 166
Tom Stone Coin Holder underneath glass
Also published here 168
Tom Stone Jardine Ellis Glass Production idea with spectator's hand
Also published here 168
Tom Stone Silk and Silver Ammar coin clip in silk, idea
Also published here 169
Cardini Coin Softener making soft coins
Related toAlso published here 170
Tom Stone Pocket Shots: Ten Card Rhythms ideas
 		171
Tom Stone Incompetent Cards to Pocket idea for routine, no method
 		171
Tom Stone Disembodied Cards to Pocket pocket is ripped out and put on table, idea
Inspired byAlso published here 172
John Houdi Burning Things on Stage tip to avoid failing lighter
 		172
Tom Stone A Toast for Charon three coins appear with glass, travel to silk, vanish, bottle production
Inspired byAlso published here 173
Fingertip Rest to Lower Downs Palm
179
Geoffrey Latta, Tom Stone Multiple French Pop one-handed multiple coin vanish
Also published here 185
Tom Stone Light Stretching production of Fantasio Appearing Candle
 		188
Tom Stone Roomtone idea with sound
 		189
Tom Stone Salt-X-Change white silk in hand changes place with salt in saltshaker
Also published here 191
David Williamson, Tom Stone Thumb Tip Silk Vanish
Related toAlso published here 192
Tom Stone Salt Container
Also published here 193
Tom Stone Mental Sports sport objects, idea
 		194
Tom Stone Benson Burner stand-up Benson Bowl routine with dozens of sponge balls as final load
Also published here 195
Tom Stone The Servante servante for a stand-up table
Also published here 200
Tom Stone Black Drop black art, vanish of small object
Also published here 206
The Wand Spin brief
 		207
David Williamson, Tom Stone Whirly Bird Vanish Variation table edge unload
Also published here 210
Spongeball Vanish
Also published here 211
Tom Stone Helena of the East color of lipstick prediction, idea
Also published here 226
Tom Stone Gold Wielder
Inspired byAlso published here 227
Tom Stone Hotel Psychometry idea with hotel key cards
Also published here 236
Among the Clouds (thoughts and theories)
237
Tom Stone Resonance Theory
Also published here 239
Tom Stone Too Perfect Imperfect on the Too-Perfect Theory
Also published here 241
Tom Stone Rejection
247
Tom Stone Acknowledgements
253
Tom Stone Publishing History
254
Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2010.