1991-2016
Written by Stan Allen
Work of Various
31,500 pages (Paperback), published by MAGIC Magazine
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
7,086 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Chad Long Circle of Gold imaginary ring becomes real
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 82
Gene Castillon Prismatic Pack chosen card matches prediction, rest of deck is rainbow deck
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 83
Bob Farmer Mel Stover, They Want You Back On Your Planet
  • Flim-Flam
following scams received from Mel Stover
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 86
Mel Stover Spinner coin with scratched edge, head & tail of spinning coin can be divined by sound
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 86
Mel Stover False Odds bet about odd/even number of coins in hand
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 86
Mel Stover EquivoCoin odd/even word-play with three coins in hand
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 86
Mel Stover Home Run baseball bet
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 86
Mel Stover Cheating At Checkers
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 87
Mel Stover Hooked On Phonies word play cons
  • High Pressure Hose
  • Calendar Cons
  • Stranger That You Should Say That
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 87
Mike Caveney Top Ten Disparaging Magician Slurs
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 88
Martin Gardner The Candle See-Saw
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
balancing candle that is burning on both sides
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 88
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 88
Who's Where
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 89
Finally Jack Gwynne photograph
Vol. 4 No. 8 Apr. 1995 98
Stan Allen Righting Assignments
  • From the Editor
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 7
Mica Calfee, Rich Walker, Barry Andrews, Brad Hyman, Tim Felix More on "Magic or Sex"
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 11
Marisa Leva On a Relative Note
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 12
Eric Schmid Help!
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 12
Mike Rogers Charge!
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 12
Paul Gertner Trust Me
  • Questions
Related to Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 16
Max Maven Ceci N'est Pas Une Pipedream
  • Parallax
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 18
Kees Schoonenberg Reverse
  • Hmmmmmm
Related to Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 21
Scott Wells "Foreign" Conventions
  • Conventions
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 23
Elizabeth Warlock Blackpool Magicians Club Convention
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 23
Luciano De Pazos Flasoma '95
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 24
Jim Hyams, Paul Sorrentino Winter Carnival Of Magic
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 26
Beth C. Sheligo East Coast Magic Spectacular
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 27
Inside Magic
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 30
Ali Bongo Thoughts On The F.I.S.M. Competition
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 32
Stan Allen, Michael Finney Love him or hate him ... He is Michael Finney
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 35
Mike Caveney Top Ten Magic Themed Snack Foods
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 39
Stan Allen Heat Stroke of Genius Contest! contest to come up with color-changing heat-sensitive paper
Related to Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 41
William Schmeelk Magic At The New York World's Fair
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 42
John Moehring Saved By The... Birds?
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 48
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 53
Johnny Paul Purse-Frame Finesse sponge ball from purse frame
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 54
Marc Serin Snap-Slap Transpo card held face-down by spectator visually transposes with card held face up by performer when the cards are slapped against each other
  • Racherbaumer Addition
  • Signed Version (Serin)
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 55
Donn Davvi, Michael Rubinstein Scrupulous Spellbound fingertip change
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 57
Jim Krenz Skinned And Covered case load from perpendicular control
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 59
Bob Farmer The Trick That Can Be Explained (Again and Again and Again)
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 60
Bob Farmer Ultimate Done Deal
  • Selecting The Hole Cards
  • Selecting The Hands
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 60
Bob Farmer No-Skill Psychological Ten Card Deal
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 61
Bob Farmer Ten Card Deal Combo combining previous two routines
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 61
Martin Gardner Headline
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
Bernoulli effect demonstration be blowing on balancing ruler
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 61
Michael Close, Mac King The Mike And Mac Show
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 63
Michael Close (reviewer) Roberto Giobbi's Card College, Volume One by Roberto Giobbi
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 63
Mac King (reviewer) Magic and Meaning by Eugene Burger, Robert E. Neale
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 65
Michael Close (reviewer) Great Tricks Revisited by Robert Parrish
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 66
Mac King (reviewer) Much Ado About Something by Karrell Fox
reviewed together with Michael Close
Related to Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 67
Who's Where
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 69
Finally
Vol. 4 No. 9 May 1995 77
Stan Allen Re: Mr. Ed
  • From the Editor
on Ed Alonzo
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 7
David Martin Magician of the Year
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 9
Jeff Dehmel Finally
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 9
Bram Charles Linetsky Art Unlimited
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 10
Larry White, John Johansen, Andrea R. "Ashera" Crocco, David Tower, Earl Ray Wilcox, Bob Klase, Carol-Ann Maurer, Alan Wassilak, Jim Snapp, Douglas Young, John Moran, Donald Dunphy "Magic or Sex" - The Sequel
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 10
Todd Robbins It's All Geek To Me
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 12
Patty Sielbert Good Question
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 12
Paul Gertner Offstage Perceptions
  • Questions
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 16
Max Maven Depresstidigitation
  • Parallax
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 18
Dan Stapleton The Many Faces Of Dan Manchu
  • On the Road
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 21
Kees Schoonenberg Numbers
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 23
Scott Wells One Minute Magic Convention
  • Conventions
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 25
Mike Miller Bob Little's Super Sunday For Super Sorcerers
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 25
Marc DeSouza Allentown Magic Expo (51st)
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 25
Scott Wells Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic (25th)
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 26
Scott Wells Magician's Alliance Of Western New York (50th)
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 28
Claude Crowe Magic Collector's Weekend '95
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 28
Stephen Fernandes Hank Lee's Cape Cod Conclave (7th)
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 28
Jim Reilly New Zealand Magician's Convention (23rd)
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 30
Inside Magic
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 36
John Moehring Four Decades of Theme Park Magic - Part I: The Early Years
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 40
Darren Romeo 1995 Park Magic
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 43
David Charvet Houdini's Last Wish Fulfilled?
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 46
Rob Allen The Hall of Fame
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 49
Michael E. Johnson "Staring" David Copperfield star on walk of fame
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 50
Stan Allen Wishing Upon A Star on David Copperfield
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 53
Amy Stevens Dignity Personified on Ricardo Fantasio
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 54
Fantasio Almost 30 Years Ago
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 59
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
  • Still Lost In Cyberspace
  • Shades Of Dunninger
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 61
Marc Serin One-Kai one-handed optical revolve
Inspired by Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 62
Chad Long Pen-Thru-Looking-Glass pen vanishes in napkin, using Cornelius' "Pen Through Anything"
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 63
Christian Chelman Belgian Travelers four Jacks produced, assembly with four additional indifferent cards
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 64
Tom Gagnon Riffle-Toss Force using Outward Bottom Deal
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 66
Bob Farmer Nothing To Lose
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 68
Bob Farmer One Card 10/20 Poker four players name a number between ten and twenty, that card is counted to, high card wins, performer controls outcome
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 68
Bob Farmer Pat On The Back arranging five pat hands from twenty-five cards
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 68
Bob Farmer Flush With Cash proposition bet about the suits of three random cards
Related to Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 68
Martin Gardner Blacker Than Black
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
white paper appearing blacker than black paper
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 69
Grand Delusion Morgan cartoon
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 69
Mike Caveney Top Ten Indications You've Gone To A Bad Convention
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 69
Michael Close, Mac King Double Dealings
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 71
Michael Close (reviewer) David Roth's Expert Coin Magic Made Easy, Volumes 1-3 by David Roth
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 71
Michael Close (reviewer) Easy to Master Money Miracles, Volumes 1-3 by Hannah Ammar
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 71
Mac King (reviewer) The Magic of the Hands Trilogy by Edward Victor
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 73
Mac King (reviewer) The Magic of Edward Victor's Hands by Rae Hammond
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) Bound to Please: The Collected Early Works of Simon Aronson by Simon Aronson
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 74
Michael Close (reviewer) Illusionworks: Music for Modern Magical Performances by Steve Wiliford, Rand Woodbury
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 75
Who's Where
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 79
Finally Blackstone photograph
Vol. 4 No. 10 June 1995 90
Stan Allen Good Ol' Days
  • From the Editor
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 7
Mark Kalin, Jinger Leigh, Ken Trombly Altered Straights
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 13
Driscoll, Fred Scott Donaldson, Bruce Jacobson, Hank Miller, Michael Eakins Re: Mr. Ed
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 13
Paul D. Baker Even Radio?
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 14
Dota C. Brown, Stan Allen Much Ado
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 14
Randy Wakeman Magician of the Year
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 14
Bill McIlhany Cy Endfield
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 14
Robb Roloff Chapter and Verse
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 16
Tom Ladshaw Arresting
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 16
Darwin Ortiz The Spectator's Prospective
  • Stronger Magic

  • Words, Words, Words
  • Effect and Method
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 19
Max Maven Better Desolate Than Never
  • Parallax
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 20
Paul Gertner It Can Happen To The Best Of Us
  • Questions
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 22
William Goldman You Had To Be There
  • On the Road
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 24
Kees Schoonenberg In Short
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 27
Scott Wells Fun of Flying
  • Conventions
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 29
Richard Hughes International Battle of Magicians (5th)
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 29
Vinny Giordano Magic in the Mountains
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 29
David Charvet Northwest Magic Jamboree
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 30
Ronald Zollweg U.S./Canada Convention (1st)
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 30
Charlie Randall Louisiana Magic Weekend
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 30
Inside Magic
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 35
Robert Wolf Higher Magic fiction winner
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 38
John Moehring Four Decades of Theme Park Magic - Part II: The Boom
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 40
Truly A-May-Zing Network Specials
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 46
Mike Caveney Carter The Great
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 50
Mike Caveney "The Levitation" on Carter's levitation
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 57
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out effect description of having four Aces, three indifferent cards put on one, other three Aces lost in deck, the indifferent cards are now the other Aces
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 61
Chad Long Rollover Opener coin taken out of purse, then purse flipped over on table to produce three more coins one by one underneath
Inspired by
  • “Rollover Half Dollars” (Magician Tested: Audience Approved, 1985)
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 62
Cushing Strout 3-D Further Than That
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 64
Charles McFarland Ghost Coin coin stand up on its edge by itself on the spectator's hand
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 66
Marc Serin Hofzinser Homage deck shuffled face-up/face-down, Aces found with double Hofzinser toss and deck shown rightened
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 68
Bob Farmer Interview With The Scampire
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 70
Bob Farmer Reversal Of Fortune bet about reversing the order of a stack of coins
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 70
Bob Farmer Spin to Win head and tail distribution bet when removing a bunch of coins from under a tray, parity
Related to Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 70
Bob Farmer Coin Roulette sucker game with coins in a circle that are counted out
Variations Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 71
Martin Gardner Mysterious Circles
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
card with straight lines is spun and circles are visible
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 73
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 73
Mike Caveney Top Ten Most Popular Tricks For Dogs
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 73
Michael Close, Mac King The Jokes On Who?
  • Product Reviews
joke books
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 75
Mac King (reviewer) Sleight of Mouth by Harry Allen
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 75
Mac King (reviewer) Practical Parlor Prestidigitation - A Lecture Demonstration by Marko
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 76
Mac King (reviewer) The Great Eyeless Vision Act by Marko
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 76
Michael Close (reviewer) Steve Forte's Gambling Protection Series Volumes 1-4 by Steve Forte
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 77
Mac King (reviewer) Self Working Close-Up Card Magic by Karl Fulves
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 78
Mac King (reviewer) The Silver Fox Strikes Again! The Scotty York Video Volume 3 by Scotty York
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 79
Michael Close (reviewer) Wonderful Routines of Magic, The Second Addendum by Ellison Poland Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) React by Aldo Colombini Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) An Encyclopedia of Lies, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural by Amazing James Randi Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) Double Take by Gregory Wilson Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) The Video Encyclopedia of Silk Magic Volume 1 by Mark Trimble Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) The Magic Mystery School Video by Jeff McBride, Eugene Burger, Robert E. Neale Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) Pride and Joy gag, Lee Jacobs Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) "Have I shown you a picture of my kids?" gag, Lee Jacobs Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) What If? by Chuck Smith Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 81
Who's Where
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 83
Finally rising sausages
Vol. 4 No. 11 July 1995 94
Stan Allen Four Down...
  • From the Editor
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 7
Larry Martin The Saga of Ed
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 11
Graham Rogers Secrets Down Under
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 11
John Osborne Will Rock
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 11
Carlini Real Treasures
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 11
Mike Easterbrook Info vs. Knowledge
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 12
Alan Wassilak Magician Found
  • Letters
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 12
Gary W. Keates Hmmmmmm Reverse
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 12
Jeff Davis Star Speech
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 12
Simon Lovell Talk Nice?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 12
Max Maven Gloominous Plaint
  • Parallax
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 17
Kees Schoonenberg Swords
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 19
Darwin Ortiz Making Dollars And Making Sense
  • Stronger Magic
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 20
Scott Wells Relationships Are Magic
  • Conventions
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 25
Hank Moorehouse Three Lands Magic Kongress
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 25
J. C. Hiatt, David Stahl Florida State Magic Convention (30th)
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 29
Jim Surprise Las Vegas Close-Up Classic
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 30
Charlie Randall World Magic Summit III
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 31
Stan Allen IOM International Magic Congress (2nd)
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 32
Inside Magic
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 36
John Moehring Four Decades of Theme Park Magic - Part III: New Directions
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 40
Stan Allen Foreign Boom?
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 44
Stan Allen Tenko Goes Toon!
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 46
Hiawatha 'Twas Better Than A Tea Party Society of American Magicians 67th Annual Convention
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 48
Jennifer Sils Fame
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 52
Dan Piraro Bizarro cartoon
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 57
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 63
Gregory Wilson Box Spring Aces lost in deck, deck put in case, Aces penetrate case one after the other in different ways
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 64
Zane Zerbe Remaining Wired spectator cuts into three piles, one is turned over and deck assembled and a card removed, repeated a few times until four Aces are found, retains divided deck
Inspired by Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 67
Barrie Richardson There Are Two Sides To Every Prediction word and drawing put in two envelopes, performer divines both
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 68
Bob Farmer Mr. Grift Goes To Washington
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 70
Bob Farmer Spin To Win Again face-up/face-down distribution bet when removing a bunch of cards from under a tray, parity
Related to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 70
Al Thatcher Thirty Pieces Of Silver coins on table are turned over one is covered and heads/tails is divined
Also published here Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 70
Norman Beck Pay Your Money And Take Your Choice verbal ploy
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 71
Martin Gardner The Enchanted Die
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
hollow form optical illusion
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 71
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 71
Michael Close, Mac King How We Spent Our Summer Vacation...
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) In A Gilded Cage Collector's Workshop Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) Magical Heroes - The Lives and Legends of Great African American Magicians by Jim Magus Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) The Rat Trap & Other Snappy Effects You Can Do With Your Little Deck by Chuck Fayne Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) Fusion Loops by Ken Martin Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) Star Gazer by Anthony Linden Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Michael Close (reviewer) Ultra Collectors by Don England Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Michael Close (reviewer) Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure by Val Andrews Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Michael Close (reviewer) Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright by Val Andrews Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) Stretcher by Hiroshi Sawa Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) Zone Infinity Tenyo Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) See-Thru Guillotine Wellington Enterprises Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) Jump! by John Kennedy Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) The Tiny Human Being by John Kennedy Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) Wizard's Cellular Phone by John Cornelius Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) The Best Rising Card Gimmick in the World by Vanni Bossi Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 74
Mac King (reviewer) Now Look Here by Chad Long Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 75
Michael Close (reviewer) Steve Bedwell... Taped! The Steve Bedwell Video, Volume One by Steve BedwellRelated to Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 75
Mac King (reviewer) Expert Sleeving Made Easy by Carl Cloutier
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 75
Mac King (reviewer) Expert Topiting Made Easy by Carl Cloutier
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 75
Who's Where
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 79
Finally
Vol. 4 No. 12 Aug. 1995 90
Stan Allen The Big Guy
  • From the Editor
on Mike Caldwell
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 7
John R. Pullum, Jeremy Burell Police Brutality
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 11
Bob Bloenk, Thomas Breesadola Carter the Great?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 11
Eugene Poinc Now That's Special!
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 11
Walter Zaney Blaney Exposure: Answered
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 11
Patrick Livingston, Jr., Ross Johnson Spoiled Ads
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 11
Bev Bergeron Honk!
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 12
Bob Miller Nice Return
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 12
Bill Kerwood Thanks for the Tricks
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 12
Steven Marion Dilemma
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 12
Paul Gertner Dream Sessions
  • Questions
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 17
Darwin Ortiz Picking Assistants
  • Stronger Magic

  • Helpers Who Hurt
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 19
Max Maven Tormentalism
  • Parallax
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 20
Scott Wells It Is Hot, Man
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 23
John Miller Southeastern Association of Magicians (S.E.A.M.)
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 23
James Barron, Kathleen Barron Abbott's Magic Get-Together
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 25
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 32
Jon Racherbaumer I.B.M. Was H.O.T.!
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 36
Michael Bailey England's New Home Of Mystery Magic Circle headquarter
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 40
Young Magician of the Year Dominic Wood
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 43
Susan Orlean Seriously Silly on Silly Billy/David Kaye
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 48
David Friedman Kid-Show Magic: It Ain't Child's Play!
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 52
David Friedman Kid-Show Survey Says...
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 53
Rory Johnston Zap! Kaa-Pow! lightning struck performer
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 57
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 61
Jon Racherbaumer Solution To The Wide-Track Baffler four Aces, three indifferent cards put on one, other three Aces lost in deck, the indifferent cards are now the other Aces
Inspired byRelated to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 61
Terry Lunceford Silly Is As Silly Does Two of Clubs selected, performer finds Three of Clubs, then tears out center pip, mutilated card changes into Two and is then restored
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 62
Val Le-Val Re-Confabulation credit information
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 63
Chad Long Look Snooker written messages on cards ("LOOK IN YOUR POCKET", ...), scavenger hunt
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 65
Peter Duffie The Diary forcing the 14th or 22nd of a month, card predicted, using stunumber force with four blank cards that have numbers on both sides
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 66
Tomohiro Maeda Pinhead
  • Stand-Up Japan (Steve Cohen)
card chosen from hand-drawn jumbo cards, cards spread out on a sketchbook, one pierced with a pin, it is one off, but pip comes away with pin and correct card is found to be permanently drawn on the sketchbook page itself
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 67
Bob Farmer, Max Maven Fifty Years Ago in Magic
  • Flim-Flam
on the Billy O’Connor's backcount force in "One Card 10/20 Poker", back and forth letters between Max and Bob
Related to Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 70
Max Maven Coin Roulette Variation sucker game with coins in a circle that are counted out
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 71
Michael Close, Mac King My Cup Runneth Over
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 73
Michael Close (reviewer) Duffie's Card Compulsions by Peter Duffie
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 74
Michael Close (reviewer) New Card Control Systems by Joseph K. Schmidt Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 74
Michael Close (reviewer) M.I.N.T. Volume 2 by Edward Marlo Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 75
Michael Close (reviewer) Encounters of the Close-Up Kind by Dan Fleshman Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 75
Mac King (reviewer) Jeff McBride: The Art of Card Manipulation by Jeff McBride Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 76
Mac King (reviewer) Paul Gertner's Steel and Silver Video Series: Volume I by Paul Gertner Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 77
Mac King (reviewer) Daryl's Expert Rope Magic Made Easy by Daryl Martinez
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 78
Michael Close (reviewer) Quintuplicate Coincidence: Revolutionary Routines with Aces by Scotty York Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 79
Michael Close (reviewer) Dr. Faustus by Tom Stone Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) Abacus by Al Smith Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) MO by Jon Racherbaumer Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) Facsimile Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 83
Finally Blackstone photograph
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 94
Stan Allen Why?
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 9
J. Peter Watt Fame
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Bill Smith, Jennifer Sils Why?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Jack K. Greenberg Thanks
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Rick Waterhouse It's About Wonder
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Terry Lunceford Silly Addition
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Paul Rylander Different View
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Graham Stringer Here, Here to Crap
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Bram Charles Linetsky Unfocused
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Michael Marlin Find Your Style
  • Insight/Incite
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 18
Darwin Ortiz Suspense vs. Surprise
  • Stronger Magic
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 21
Max Maven I'll Build A Stairway To Paradox
  • Parallax
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 23
Kees Schoonenberg Motive
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 25
Scott Humston Confessions Of An Educated Entertainer
  • Guest Editorial
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 26
Scott Wells If You Billed It, They Will Come
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 31
Charlie Randall Midwest Magic Jubilee
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 31
Scott Wells Texas Association Of Magicians
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 32
Simon Lovell Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 35
Michael Gerson West Coast Wizards Magic Camp
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 35
Jim Flagg Tannen's Magic Camp
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 37
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 44
Stan Allen Heat Stroke of Genius Contest Winners winners of contest to come up with color-changing heat-sensitive paper
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 48
Martin Lewis Chromagrams selected card appears and vanishes on 3-D "Magic Eye" image in visual way, heat-sensitive paper, first place in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 48
Peter W. Tappan Coin Divination spectator holds up one of five coins and puts it back on plate, performer divines the coin, impression heat-sensitive paper, second place in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
Gary Darwin Bright Idea drawn light bulb on business card changes color visually, heat-sensitive paper, third place in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
Gordon Bean Sun, Sand and Wind stencil used to make sun-burn image on heat-sensitive paper, same design is burned onto performer's body, "Honorable Mention" in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
George Sprague I Knew That! one of two skull drawing of different colors chosen, it is predicted, heat-sensitive paper, "Honorable Mention" in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
Richard Kaufman The Handmade Books Of Masklyn ye Mage
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 50
David Charvet Beatrice Houdini
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 54
David Charvet Edward Saint
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 58
David Charvet Houdini: The Film That Perpetuated The Legend
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 64
Janet Leigh, David Charvet "Bess" Speaks: Janet Leigh talks about the making of "Houdini"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 66
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out rule of three
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 71
Alexander de Cova Flash Restoration card torn into quarters which are placed on tabled deck, flat hand hits deck and card is restored instantly except one corner
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 72
Tim Ellis Cellular Telepathy spectator names card and then phones person on a business card, person on other end names card
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 74
Jon Racherbaumer Clean-Sweep Thought Penetration odd-backed, two packets of four Aces each, thought Aces transpose, repeat, by "The Boys of Bennigans" (Doug, Jason and myself)
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 75
Hiroshi Sawa Japanese Papercraft
  • Stand-Up Japan (Steve Cohen)
blank pieces of paper change into money, money multiplies repeatedly, large fan
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 77
Bob Farmer The Scam That Rocks The Cradle
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 80
Bob Farmer A Penny For Your Thoughts proposition bet with head/tails triplets
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 80
Bob Farmer Catch 23 wordplay where spectator has to answer three questions and loses money
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 81
Martin Gardner The Frustrating Papers
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 83
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 83
Michael Close The Dog Days Of Summer
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 85
Michael Close (reviewer) What's Up Deck? by Aldo Colombini
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 85
Michael Close (reviewer) The Ultimate Bill Switch by Kevin King Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 86
Michael Close (reviewer) Anti-Drug Routines for Magicians by Roger Linden Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 86
Mac King (reviewer) The Fun Approach to Children's Parties by John Cooper Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 86
Mac King (reviewer) Illusionworks 3, An Illusionist's Notebook by Rand Woodbury
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 87
Elizabeth Warlock (reviewer) A Candid View of Maskelyne's 1916-1917 by John Nevil Maskelyne (written by Anne Davenport, John Salisse) Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 87
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 89
Finally Houdini's grave photograph
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 98
Stan Allen Magic Works!
  • From the Editor
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 9
Danny Orleans, Bill Perron, Tom Dobrowolski Kid-Show Magic
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 15
Jarret Hastings, Stephen Kradolfer, Jon Racherbaumer I.B.M. Is Still H.O.T.!
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 15
Eric Mead The Nerve!
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 16
Graham Stringer How Do We Do It?
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 16
David Ashton Guardians of Magic?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 16
Brian L. Upton Help!
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 18
John R. Pullum Sounds Like...
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 18
Max Maven Shouting "Fire" In A Crowded Theory
  • Parallax
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 23
Darwin Ortiz The Magic Scene
  • Stronger Magic
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 25
Paul Gertner Magicians Need Not Apply
  • Questions
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 27
Michael Marlin To Breathe Into
  • Insight/Incite
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 29
Kees Schoonenberg Behold
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 31
Scott Wells Variety Is Spicy
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 33
Jim Heuser Magic on the Beach
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 33
Johnny Berfield International Festival of Children's Magicians
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 34
Simon Lovell Magicians Alliance of Eastern States
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 37
Michael E. Johnson The Young Professional's Workshop
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 38
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 44
Eric Mead "Break" Through on a broken thumb
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 46
Rory Johnston Caesar's New Empire: Modeled For Success
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 48
Mike Caveney The Tina Lenert You Don't Know
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 52
Tina Lenert, Stan Allen Tina Talks: An Exclusive Interview
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 55
David Copperfield On Tina Lenert
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 58
Harry Anderson Poem On Tina Lenert
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 59
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 63
Jon Racherbaumer Who Kissed The Frog? credit information
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 63
Aaron Fisher Delayed Bluff Placement control to near the bottom
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 66
Takeshi Nemoto It's A $100 Mystery To Me! three cards chosen, one produced from front trouser pocket and placed in a Bendix Bombshell wallet, second from rear pocket, last one from zippered compartment
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 68
Hindu Shuffle Force dropping block at "stop"
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 68
Gordon Bruce Palmed Card from Pocket Technique trouser pocket, front or rear
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 69
Edward Marlo Rule-Breaking Aces spelling to the four Aces as they are named, last one turns over
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 70
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 70
Steve Cohen Stand-Up Japan on The Magic Napoleons
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 73
The Napoleons Clear And Present Odor psychometry routine with items in zip-lock bags based on the premise of smell
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 74
Bob Farmer The Ten Scammandments
  • Flim-Flam
article on ten humorous rules for bet and scams
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 76
Bob Farmer Catch 24 scam bet on guessing the date on a coin from its other side
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 78
Martin Gardner Stabbing an Eggshell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
piercing a piece of egg shell with a knife
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 78
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 78
Michael Close, Mac King Not For Sale To Minors
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 81
Mac King (reviewer) The Crimp by Jerry Sadowitz Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic by Dai Vernon (written by Lewis Ganson)
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 81
Mac King (reviewer) Paul Harris' Cardian Angel by Paul Harris Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 83
Michael Close (reviewer) The Magic Menu: The First Five Years by Jim Sisti
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 84
Mac King (reviewer) The Lost Cheesy Notebooks Volume One and Two by Chad Long
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 86
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 89
Finally photo of truck from David Copperfield and old-time truck
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 102
Stan Allen Yep, We're Having Fun Now!
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 11
Dick Newton, Lee Edwards, Bev Bergeron, Owen Anderson Bess and Saint
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
June Horowitz Mike Caldwell
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
Neil Kessler Educated Reader
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
Steve Hart Credibility
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
Norman Lambert Heat's Off
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 14
Brian Wendell Morton, Darwin Ortiz Status Quote?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 14
Graham Stringer, Richard Myer, Chris "Doc" Dixon, Kevin Baker Rylander Refuted
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 16
Darwin Ortiz The Illusion Of Impossibility
  • Stronger Magic
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 21
Kees Schoonenberg Dealers
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 23
Max Maven Iconoclast Call
  • Parallax
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 24
Michael Marlin Magic ... With A Capital "M"
  • Insight/Incite
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 26
Scott Wells Saturation Point?
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 31
Elizabeth Warlock British Ring Convention
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 31
Ronald Zollweg New York and Canada Conclave (NYCAN)
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 32
Hiawatha Tannen's Magic Jubilee
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 33
Brad Ball C.A.M.A.S. Calvert Conclave Cincinnati Academy of Magic & Allied Sciences
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 36
Stephen Minch The Innovations Conference
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 37
Pete Petrashek Magic in the Midlands
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 39
Robert LaRue Magic in the Rockies
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 39
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 44
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) The World's Greatest Magicians - Blow By Blow... (list of the acts) Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 48
Mac King, Stan Allen Mac King Tells ... (How) Why He Did It!
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 51
Daniel Waldron Robert Lund & the American Museum of Magic
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 52
Robert Lund Magic excerpt from "Michigan History"
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 55
Brad Ball "Paging... Mr. Cardini!"
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 57
John Moehring Those Cardini Cards on the Peau-Doux deck of cards
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 60
Stan Allen (reviewer) It's Magic! Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 65
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 69
Jon Racherbaumer Lost In Cyberspace chosen card vanishes from deck, effect description without method
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 70
Gene Castillon A Stitch In Nine spelling discovery with eighteen cards
  • A Two-Deck Version
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Nine- Card Problem Recycled (treatise by Gene Castillon)
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 70
Dave Jenkins, Donn Davis Cogently Clean Break requires a bunch of rubber bands on one wrist
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 72
Gerry Griffin Blind Swivel Cut three packets, mostly swing cuts
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 74
Edward Marlo According To Veeser Aces are stolen from coat and added to packets one by one
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 76
Edward Marlo Paper Clip Hold-Out for four individual cards, under coat
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 76
Steve Cohen Stand-Up Japan on restaurant magic in Japan
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 79
Kennichi Kuroki Cotton Candy sugar poured in hat, wooden stick moved around in it and cotton candy appears on it
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 80
Bob Farmer It'a A Wonderful Lie
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 82
Bob Farmer Snow Job game about each hiding an odd or even number of coins
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 82
Bob Farmer Scrooge's Penny Pincher game about each hiding coins in the hand and asking yes/no questions
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 82
Bob Farmer Merry Cashmas adding consecutive numbers quickly
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 83
Martin Gardner Light From The Wrong End
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bottom end of just-blown-out match light another match
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 83
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 83
Michael Close, Mac King Stocking Stuffers
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 87
Michael Close (reviewer) Cardshark by Darwin Ortiz
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 87
Mac King (reviewer) The Art of Astonishment by Paul Harris
reviewed together with Michael Close
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 89
Mac King (reviewer) VIP: Very Impossible Penetration by Michael Powers
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 90
Michael Close (reviewer) Scary Hotels by Tom Frame
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 90
Michael Close (reviewer) Cabaret Connivery by Dan Garrett Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 92
Mac King (reviewer) Miller's Dice by Paul Green
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) Standing Ovation: The Larry Becker Videos Volume One by Larry Becker Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) Mental Masterpieces: The Larry Becker Videos Volume Two by Larry Becker Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) Mugged by Rich Marotta Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) The Buford Table by Jerry Winn Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 94
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 97
Finally Aladdin Magic Outfit
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 109
Stan Allen Here's Mine
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 11
John R. Pullum Mis-Edited
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
John Lenahan, Ron Calhoun Bad Before Good
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
John C. Hinson Topped
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
Fred Zimmerman Responsibility
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
John R. Pullum, Gene Anderson Tina
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 16
Mark Sparks, Eugene Poinc, Sharon Edmundson "World's Greatest" Exposure
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 16
Tim Catlett, Jim Wallace Tenko
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 16
Mike Rogers, Hank Lee Dealers
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 18
Andrew Lightwood "It's Sexist?"
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 18
Loren Michaels Robert Lund
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 18
Max Maven Happy New Jeer
  • Parallax
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 20
Paul Gertner Evideolution
  • Questions
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 22
Dan Stapleton Magna Charter
  • On the Road
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 25
Kees Schoonenberg Lectures
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 26
Darwin Ortiz Logic And Drama
  • Stronger Magic

  • Logical Content
  • Dramatic Content
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 28
Darwin Ortiz A Logical Premonition presentation
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 28
Scott Wells Unsung Heroes
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 31
Simon Lovell Sorcerer's Halloween Observance Weekend
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 31
Michael Lair, Gordon Miller Abbott's Triple Play Lecture Day
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 33
Lee Freed The Inn Event
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 34
Steve Shaw Weerd! Weekend IV
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 37
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 42
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) World's Greatest Magic II: Inside the Numbers Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 44
Bill McIlhany Magic And The Movies: Part 1
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 46
Mike Caveney The Blue Room
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 52
Stephen Minch The Los Angeles Conference: The Net Of Magic History
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 56
Charles Reynolds Magie et Illusionisme
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 60
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out on a second-dealing monkey, Ed Marlo anecdote, 51 faces north
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 65
Frank Thompson Sand Ace Assembly only effect description, Aces in T-formation are covered with sand and travel together
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 66
Walter Rollins Technicolor Torn Card card signed on face, one quarter torn off, rest torn in pieces and put in case, card restored, corner has odd back
Variations Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 67
Mike Rogers Rogers Method card signed on face, one quarter torn off, rest torn in pieces and put in case, card restored, corner has odd back
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 68
Mark Elsdon Cardtoon, Too deck shown normal, card with stick figure put on deck and it animates when riffled, deck shown normal again
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 69
Reinhard Müller, Frank Thompson Okito Concealment box shown empty, coin remains hidden inside
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 70
Bob Longe Simplex Follow-The-Leader eight reds and eight blacks
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 72
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Ubiquity chosen card put in center, it is then shown on top and bottom as well, packet of all selections shown, previously tabled card is then shown to be the selection
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 74
Edward Marlo T.K. Drop Sleight Variation spread tip-over sleight
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 74
Steve Cohen Stand-Up Japan on first and last names in Japanese
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 77
Hiroyuki Sakai E-Z Steal flash thread is burned and changes into silk, ball produced from it, system for freeing a load in the sleeve
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 79
Bob Farmer The Third Scam... A Column To Honor Martin Gardner
  • Flim-Flam
more on the referenced proposition bet with head/tails triplets
  • Irwin Stern Calls Flim-Flam's Bluff
  • Debruijn Doublets
  • Hustler TH, Mark HH
  • Hustler XX, Mark YY
  • It's Triplets, Mr. Farmer
  • The Secret Formula
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 80
Martin Gardner The Mysterious Balloon
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
inflating a balloon inside a bottle
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 83
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 83
Michael Close, Mac King Winter Wonderland
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 85
Mac King (reviewer) Carter the Great by Mike Caveney Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 85
Michael Close (reviewer) Simply Simon by Simon Aronson
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 86
Michael Close (reviewer) The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 86
Michael Close (reviewer) After Craft by Jerry K. Hartman Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 87
Michael Close (reviewer) Eugene Burger's Gourmet Close-up Magic by Eugene Burger Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 87
Michael Close (reviewer) Magic with Rubber Bands, Volumes 1-3 by Dan Harlan Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 88
Michael Close (reviewer) Magic, Mastery, and You: The Michael Ammar Lecture '95 by Michael Ammar Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 89
Michael Close (reviewer) The A-1 All Stars Video Series, Volume 2 by Various Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 89
Michael Close (reviewer) Pocket Power by Jarle Leirpoll
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 90
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 93
Finally Tagrey cartoon, "Magic has a great Future"
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 102
Stan Allen Airdates!
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 9
Carl Ballantine, Jeffrey Mielke, Doug Edwards, John Moehring Cardini
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
J. Peter Watt Product Reviews
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
Don Potts True Originality
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
Guy M. Townsend Marlin
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
Kent Cummins Mind-Over Matters
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Ryan Oakes, Alan Borg, Roger Linden T.W.G.M II
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Graham Stringer Whining
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Jerry MacGregor, R. G. Smith, Mike Easterbrook, Stan Allen, Augustin Coppey, Lee Cole, Alan Wassilak Dealers
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Ron Blake Bess
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 16
Darwin Ortiz Doing What Comes Naturally
  • Stronger Magic

  • Learning by Watching
  • Parting Thoughts
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 18
Paul Gertner Trading Secrets
  • Questions
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 20
Max Maven Brother, Can You Spare A Paradigm?
  • Parallax
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 23
Kees Schoonenberg Daydream
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 24
Scott Wells Quality Control
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 27
Elizabeth Warlock Ron & Martin MacMillian's International Magic Convention
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 27
Kevin Bird Magic Effects Convention
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 29
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 32
Bill McIlhany Magic And The Movies: Part 2 - Houdini Goes To The Movies
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 36
Rory Johnston 1995 - A Special Year!
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 42
Stan Allen Sarmonti on Siegfried and Roy comic
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 48
Michael Diliberto Attracting Attention: Self-Promotion for the Working Pro
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 55
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out on Brick Tilly
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 61
Jon Racherbaumer Snooker Location effect description of shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 61
Eddie Fields Invisible Signature Location card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen"
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 62
Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 63
Jon Racherbaumer Attribution Retribution credit correction
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 63
Mike Gallo, Lou Gallo Jazz Aces Re-Jazzed transformation kicker
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 64
Slide Under Switch
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 64
Edward Marlo Scoop Up Addition
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 67
Data entered by Denis Behr.