E. Leslie May

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Theodore Annemann	A Real Psychic Card Test	stacked deck and slates	Variations Controlled Thot (E. Leslie May, 1969) Also published here Psychic Slate Test (Theodore Annemann, 1944)	Dec. 1934	The Jinx (Issue 3)	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Slate / Normal Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
E. Leslie May	A Handkerchief is Selected	silks are put in unprepared bag and mixed, performer takes one out, force		1934	SH-H-H--! It's A Secret	8	Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
E. Leslie May	The "ELM" Card Change	signed card in pocket transposes with card in deck	Also published here The "Elm" Card Change (E. Leslie May, 1972)	Apr. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 7)	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
E. Leslie May	Lexicon Test	alphabet cards spell selection from regular deck		Oct. 1938	The Jinx (Issue 49)	345	ABC Cards / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
E. Leslie May	Magic versus Mentalism Addition	thought-of card predicted, six out index		Jan. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 52)	363	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
E. Leslie May	Pocket Presto	nice transposition presentation		Mar. 1939	The Jinx (Issue 54)	384	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
E. Leslie May	A Napkin Sewn	comedy restoration with visible sewing lines		1939	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)	413	Paper / Torn & Restored Paper / Paper Napkin / Table Napkin
E. Leslie May	The "ELM" Card Change	signed card in pocket transposes with card in deck		1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Bill Bowman	Clipped	clipped, two paperclips on folded bill link, see p. 56 for variation with three clips	Related to Linked Paper-Clip Idea (1969) Variations Clipped Again (Stewart Judah, George Karger, Al O'Hagan, Jesse J. Langston Jr., G. E. Emme, Stewart James, Paul Curry, Ronald B. Edwards, 1955) The Corsican Silks (Stewart James, 1955) Clip as I Clip (E. Leslie May, 1955) Linked Paper-Clip Idea (1969) Unclipped (Karl Fulves, 1997) Also published here Flying Clipper (Bill Bowman, 1977)	June 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 310)	38	Paper Clip Bill / Miscellaneous
E. Leslie May	Clip as I Clip	Clipped variation	Inspired by Clipped (Bill Bowman, 1954)	Oct. 1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 331)	133	Paper Clip
Al Thatcher	Numismatrick!	coins on table are turned over one is covered and heads/tails is divined	Variations Revelation (E. Leslie May, 1965) Also published here Numismatrick (Al Thatcher, 1984) Thirty Pieces Of Silver (Al Thatcher, 1995)	Oct. 1962	The New Phoenix (Issue 373)	319	Coin / Effect Themes / Head & Tail Games / Instruction Games
E. Leslie May	Revelation	cards on table are turned over, one is covered and card is divined	Inspired by Numismatrick! (Al Thatcher, 1962)	1965	The New Phoenix (Issue 399)	423	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Lu Brent, E. Leslie May, Paul Sweetman, David Price, J. M. Levatino	Etcetera	with rant on "too many card tricks" by Levatino		Jan. 1966	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 3)	15	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
E. Leslie May	En Rapport	two ropes, sympathetic knots, knots are tied in one rope and then knots are found in second rope		1968	Give a Magician Enough Rope... and he'll do a trick!	118	Rope / Knot Effects / Miscellaneous Rope / Knot Effects / Appearance Rope / Knot Effects / Vanish
E. Leslie May	One Over the Eight	gag with 15 of Diamonds, spectator apparently drunk		1969	HEX!	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
E. Leslie May	Thank You, Ted	two people select mates in fair manner		1969	HEX!	51	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates
E. Leslie May	Thoughts From Thin Air	alphabet cards produced from air that spell out chosen word		1969	HEX!	52	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
E. Leslie May	Nelson's Column	three people choose colored balls, performer knows who has which and has it predicted		1969	HEX!	54	Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
E. Leslie May	Penny for your Thoughts			1969	HEX!	56	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Spectator
E. Leslie May	Controlled Thot	ESP card chosen, written on slate by spectator and performer and they match, see also p. 283 & p. 348 for references	Inspired by A Real Psychic Card Test (Theodore Annemann, 1934)	Sep. 1969	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 11)	281	Slate / Normal ESP Cards / Divination
E. Leslie May, Kenn Eastin, Greg Moore, Robert Byrne, Bill Taylor	Etcetera			Feb. 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4)	402	Articles / Letters
E. Leslie May, Bob Still, Cushing Strout, Trevor Dawson	Etcetera			May 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 7)	420	Articles / Letters
E. Leslie May	The Fortune Telling Book	two decks and two spectators, fortune-telling book with cards for each dates, selections match cards on birth date		1972	Magick (Issue 40)	197	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Birthday Book & Variations
E. Leslie May	The "Elm" Card Change	signed card in pocket transposes with card in deck	Also published here The "ELM" Card Change (E. Leslie May, 1935)	1972	The Living End	74	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Gene Nielsen	Mindwave Two	with four cards with letters on it, see also p. 460 for suggestion by Robert Schwartz	Inspired by Four Card Brainwave (Roy Walton, 1967) Variations Mindwave Two... and a Half! (E. Leslie May, 1973)	1973	Magick (Issue 75)	373	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
E. Leslie May	Mindwave Two... and a Half!	with four cards with letters on it, variation of handling	Inspired by Mindwave Two (Gene Nielsen, 1973)	1973	Magick (Issue 86)	428	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / B'Wave & Variations
Ken De Courcy	A Not-so-Proper Charlie	unusual method to multiply two numbers by continuously dividing and multiplying them by two	Variations The Charlie Chronicles (E. Leslie May, 1976)	1973	Pentertain	7	Numbers / Calculating / Mental Arithmetic
E. Leslie May	Asulikeit	a set of ESP cards is used to reveal chosen symbol, "trick that cannot be explained", multiple out, see also p. 758 for comment by Marvin Johnson		Feb. 1974	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 4)	708	ESP Cards / Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Trick That Cannot Be Explained
E. Leslie May	Tri-Mental	three ESP cards selected from a deck, divined		1975	Magick (Issue 121)	601	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical / Tetradistic ESP Cards / Divination
Ken De Courcy	No Time For Work	gag calculation in which is shown that there are no days in which anyone works	Variations A Sanguinary Rise (E. Leslie May, 1976)	1975	Son of Pentertain	5	Numbers / Gag
E. Leslie May	Spotting the Spot	card stab with paper-knife, the card found is blank and the value is now on the paper-knife		Jan. 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)	208	Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Ralph L. Erlewine	The Seven Dwarfs	dividing 28 diamonds through seven dwarfs	Variations The Charlie Chronicles (E. Leslie May, 1976)	1976	Mistress of Pentertain	9	Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
E. Leslie May	The Charlie Chronicles	different presentation for division puzzle	Inspired by A Not-so-Proper Charlie (Ken De Courcy, 1973) The Seven Dwarfs (Ralph L. Erlewine, 1976)	1976	Mistress of Pentertain	11	Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
E. Leslie May	A Sanguinary Rise	alternate presentation	Inspired by No Time For Work (Ken De Courcy, 1975)	1976	Mistress of Pentertain	12	Numbers / Gag
E. Leslie May	In the Good Old Days	total of calculation is predicted		1976	Mistress of Pentertain	13	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
E. Leslie May	Tricky Crosswords	gag crosswords with same word in every row		1976	Mistress of Pentertain	14	Words & Letters / Puzzle/Test
E. Leslie May	Discount Coffee	addition puzzle in which money ends up missing in total		1976	Mistress of Pentertain	15	Numbers / Puzzles & Bets
Charles Cameron, E. Leslie May	The Alternative Prediction	spectator write a three-digit number with identical figures, either number is predicted or total after calculation		1976	Mistress of Pentertain	16	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Multiple Out
E. Leslie May	Medical Magic	letter puzzle with four names and two rooms		1976	Mistress of Pentertain	22	Words & Letters / Puzzle/Test
E. Leslie May (reviewer)	What they said about "the other book" by Karrell Fox	by Karrell Fox		1979	Another Book	257	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
E. Leslie May	Mit Dank and Joseph und James	three cards chosen with "cut a packet and turn it over", divined or predicted	Inspired by "Nullifactor" (Stewart James, 1951) Also published here Pentagram, Dec. 1959	Dec. 1979	Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Thomas Alan Waters, E. Leslie May	Cue-Bic	two lists of words, medium erases same as spectator	Inspired by Leslie May's "Double-Deletion" in "Pentagram" Vol. 5, No. 12 1951. P. 91.	1985	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Fynys)	730	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy

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