Crooked Tales

A New Collection of Card Tricks

Book
1994
Written by Karl Fulves*
Work of Karl Fulves*
130 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
87 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Karl Fulves* Psychology 101 on spectators who wouldn't suspend disbelieve
 		4
Karl Fulves* You, Babe after counting procedure with birthday a card with value Nine is selected, ninth item on a list matches spectator in humorous way
Related to 5
Karl Fulves* One Of Us Is Lying counting location
 		6
Karl Fulves* DU/Process thirteen-card packet distributed via down/under deal, two four-of-a-kinds and a royal flush come out
 		7
Karl Fulves* Sacked deck sprung into paper bag and cards removed singly unter stopped, that card matches prediction
Related to 8
Karl Fulves* Sacked Notes multiple cards variation of "Sacked", problem of having named card in paper back with odd back
Related to 12
Karl Fulves* Centralism black aces put on piles, AS is on pile it is not expected and AC between red aces
 		13
Karl Fulves* Center Pull-Out
Related to 13
Karl Fulves* Practicing Push-Off Count see box
 		14
Karl Fulves* Strip Search paper strip folded and cut into deck and used to locate selection when pulled
Related to 15
Karl Fulves* Power Eject packet moves out of banded deck, mate found
Related to 18
Karl Fulves* Cleaver performer removes red and black cards, performer forms two packets behind back with same number of reds and blacks each
 		21
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up/face-down mixed packet behind performer's back, two piles formed with same number of up and down cards, brief
 		21
Karl Fulves* No Fidget Add handling of the Vernon Strip-Out Addition
 		22
Karl Fulves* Bug Holdout Load bug holdout below table
 		23
Karl Fulves* X's Are Aces four random cards are openly stacked for two and then become aces when dealt
 		24
Karl Fulves* Blue Moon blackjacks chosen despite random cuts and then counting to twenty-sixth card, spectator's blackjack changes back color
 		25
Karl Fulves* Double Time riffle shuffle control, shuffled and two piles formed and top cards named
 		28
Karl Fulves* Sandbagged blue- and red-backed deck sprung in paper bag and shaken, performer then reaches in an produces one color until all are separated
Inspired byRelated to 31
Karl Fulves* Psychic Self
33
Karl Fulves* Psychic Triumph weird procedure, two-step revelation, first all face-down, then selection
 		34
Karl Fulves* Day One date chosen by choosing some face-up and face-down cards from grid layout, looked up in diary, card noted there predicted, tapestry
Variations 35
Karl Fulves* Triumph With Math tapestry layout and foldover
 		39
Karl Fulves* Foldover Notes
Related to 40
Karl Fulves* Techni-Trap duplicate sandwich card, also with odd-backed sandwich cards
 		41
Karl Fulves* Trapped By Strangers odd-backed sandwich cards
 		43
Karl Fulves* Strangers Call odd-backed sandwich cards, two selections
 		45
Karl Fulves* Rome and Juliet Theme making drawing over two cards, presentation idea
 		46
Karl Fulves* In Captivity signed card trapped by odd-backed sandwich cards, then the sandwich cards have regular back and selection an odd back
 		47
Alignment Move
47
Karl Fulves* Red Square guessing color of next card, spectator has chance score, performer all correct
 		51
Karl Fulves* Dextral Draw spectator thinks of card in five-card-packet
 		53
Karl Fulves* Odd Number Theory five odd-valued cards, one thought of and performer removes four cards from pocket that are missing thought-of card to complete straight flush
 		54
Karl Fulves* Isolation Add packet a bit isolated during add on
 		56
Karl Fulves* Isolationist Poker five random card change into 5 (!) kings
 		58
Karl Fulves* Remember This shuffled deck apparently memorized, one riffle shuffle, performer checks and then names cards at 3 different positions, "Spread Correction"
Inspired by 59
Karl Fulves* Cutting Corners two decks, pocketed by performer and spectator, each removes a card, corners torn off, rest exchanged in decks, cards and corners match
Inspired by 64
Dr. Stanley Jaks, Karl Fulves* Jaks Two Deck Trick commentary by Fulves
Related to 65
Karl Fulves* Escapist king and queen packets, a card travels over
 		66
Karl Fulves* Astral Aces four odd-backed aces cut into deck, suddenly they're together in deck, they change into 5-card royal flush
 		68
Karl Fulves* Sub Text dealing procedure with cut-off part of envelope resulting in a card transposing with a card inside envelope part à la sub trunk, posed as problem, Tantalizer
 		70
Karl Fulves* No Pre-set four random cards, one turns over, it changes into selection
 		71
Karl Fulves* Add-On Reverse strip-out addition in which added cards are reversed
Related to 71
Karl Fulves* Up & About two cards selected and lost, then four random cards indicated, two of them change into selections
 		72
Karl Fulves* Add-On Move very short bibliography for Vernon's move
 		72
Karl Fulves* Alpha Matrix 6x5 grid of cards, rows and columns selected via values from other deck until 1 card remains, it's odd-backed
 		73
Karl Fulves* Matrix Notes
74
Karl Fulves* Unthought cards chosen by spectator in 4x4 layout find color-matches, other cards don't
 		76
Karl Fulves* Unpaired Poker value matchings in 4x4 layout
 		77
Karl Fulves* Erdnase's Envelope signed cards, in nested envelope is odd-backed prediction which then has signature
 		78
Karl Fulves* Bottom Deal Load loading card under envelope
Related to 80
Karl Fulves* Thelma Thelma & Louise story trick with QC and QS and "stolen" diamonds
 		82
Karl Fulves* Jury Rigged card to cereal box, "cereal killer" patter
Related to 84
Karl Fulves* Covered Top Palm second from top, "Nottop Palm"
Related to 84
Karl Fulves* Gambler's Switch Method simplified "Jury Rigged", card to cereal box
Related to 86
Karl Fulves* Pendax one of five cards selected is divined, marks for long distance reading, three marking methods
 		87
Karl Fulves* Top Secret aces lost via tabled shuffles without crimps, then back on top
 		90
Frank Thompson Frank Thompson's Method top stock riffle control
  • Thompson Ace Cutting
 		94
Karl Fulves* Red/Black Shuffles red-black order which unmixes with faro combination, posed as problem
 		95
Karl Fulves* Trapper Keeper Triumph in which two cards are reversed at end that sandwich selection
Variations 96
Karl Fulves* Speed Counts clocking with stacked deck, posed as problem
 		98
Karl Fulves* Sub Plot card in case transposes with sandwich card in deck, "Sub Trunk Info", two methods
Inspired by 99
Karl Fulves* Transpo Info credit information on "double cut used in conjunction with a transposition effect"
 		101
Karl Fulves* Vertical Addition deck held vertically
Inspired by 102
Karl Fulves* Mitts card to glove
 		102
Karl Fulves* Who Calls? face-up/face-down mixed cards called to medium over phone who then names selection
 		105
Karl Fulves* Jonah & Jaws card placed in rubber banded deck vanishes and is brought in from waiter, card shoots away secretly
 		106
Karl Fulves* Auto Predict application of "Self Cutting Deck" problem to business card prophecy prediction
Related to 108
Karl Fulves* Repossessed
Inspired by 110
Karl Fulves* Black Widow background notes on effect
Related to 111
Karl Fulves* Transport Palm from deck to wallet
 		112
Tony Bartolotta Tony's Wallet temporary placement of card on sticky tape on shirt before later wallet load
 		113
Karl Fulves* Hofzinser's Wallet odd-backed Aces from wallet placed on deck, one changes into signed selection (now odd-backed)
 		114
Karl Fulves* Count & Aces false count when removing from wallet one by one
Inspired by 115
Karl Fulves* Logical Links starting and ending position is logical and what comes in between falls under the radar
Related to 116
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight
116
Karl Fulves* Interior Logic explanation of term
 		117
Karl Fulves* Transgression Pass "false-false cut", interrupted
 		118
Karl Fulves* Open Ended with transposition angle
Inspired by 119
Karl Fulves* Double Lift from Center
Related to 120
Karl Fulves*, Dai Vernon Devious
Inspired byRelated to 121
Karl Fulves* Top and Bottom Keys getting known cards to top and bottom
 		121
Karl Fulves* Parallel Offset automatic rear jog claim
 		123
Karl Fulves* Pile-Up six-card pyramid layout, top card switch consecutively downwards to base, total of bottom row predicted "with reasonable accuracy", inspired by Drop Case carnival con game
Variations 124
Karl Fulves* Passe Partout after seemingly fair cut & shuffle procedure spectator ends up with some face-up cards, this number is used to count down in second odd-backed deck, there is a card from first deck and its duplicate is found in original deck
Related to 127
Karl Fulves* Passe Part Two notes on Passe Partout, like retaining a stack
Related to 128
Karl Fulves* Overload variation of Vernon Strip-Out Addition
 		129
Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2016.