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Theodore Annemann Pseudo-Psychometry marked envelopes and personal items, see also page 404
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 9) 36
Mel Stover Days of Force calendar number force
Related toVariations 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 77) 313
Bill Simon The Simon Fan Steal perpendicular position
Related to 1952 Effective Card Magic 102
John A. M. Howie John Howie's "Ring and Ribbon" ring falls off ribbon, wax
VariationsAlso published here
  • John Howie's "Thanks to Ellis" in "Pentagram" Vol. 3, No. 8. 1949.
 1952 Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick and Ring on Rope 6
Harry Lorayne Coincidentally Yours three four of a kinds are produced via some layout and counting procedure
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 44
Lu Brent Card Stab Outdone with knife, card split in two sheets
Related to Oct. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 12) 128
Edward Marlo Who's Hockley inspired by John Derris' "Hockley's Prediction", two methods (biddle type stop force)
Related toVariations 1970 Hierophant (Issue 4) 205
Karl Fulves Four Gone 4&4, oil and water type routine, unequal transpo kicker
Variations 1973 Notes From Underground 53
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on the popularity of ESP symbols, Stephen Minch, Micky Hades, Robert Schwartz
 		1973 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 74) 370
Stephen Minch Forward
1974 The Book of Thoth 3
Stephen Minch The Magician's Choice 21 card trick, with tarot cards
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 5
Stephen Minch The Telling Talisman of Theodoris coin is wrapped in paper and out on tarot deck, then it's burnt coin vanishes and appears above selection
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 7
Stephen Minch The Yin-Empress and the Hermit of Yang twelve cards, two are predicted
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 10
Stephen Minch King of the Thought Ways
1974 The Book of Thoth 12
Stephen Minch The Heavenly Gambit prediction of eight cards
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 13
Stephen Minch The Tryst do as I do with tarot, emperor and empress
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 15
Stephen Minch Traveling the Ethers ten cut to cards are divined, the a reading with selcted cards, eight kings stach with Minor Arcana
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 16
Stephen Minch The Justice of the Gypsies face down cards are named, then a reading, Si Stebbins adopted to Major Arcana
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 18
Stephen Minch The Lonely One card from the Major Arcana is predicted
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 20
Stephen Minch The Wheel of the Heavens combination of zodiacs and tarot cards
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 21
Stephen Minch The Force of Fate tarot card is named before the dealing starts, with Minor Arcana
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 23
Stephen Minch A Prudent Pause glide
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 25
Stephen Minch Death's Grip card is found with small skull on chain (Skull-ocation)
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 26
Stephen Minch The Temperance of the Elements four tarot cards matching the elements are selected, four pieces of paper where a writing appears, with the elements theme too
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 28
Stephen Minch The Satan's Pendulum card is found by pendulum
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 30
Stephen Minch Towering Prediction cards are laid out and spectator follows instruction from a tape recorder
Related toAlso published here 1974 The Book of Thoth 31
Stephen Minch The Star Crystal selected tarot card is seen in crystal ball by second spectator
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 34
Harry Lorayne, Stephen Minch A Lunar Fating "Coincidentally Yours" with tarot cards
Inspired by 1974 The Book of Thoth 35
Stephen Minch A Solar Happenstance with tarot cards, card is between his two lucky cards
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 38
Stephen Minch The Judgement of Twin Souls two spectators think of the same tarot card
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 39
Stephen Minch Psychometry Worldly Rampant Pseudo Psychometry with tarot cards
Related to 1974 The Book of Thoth 40
Stephen Minch Fortunes of a Wise Fool based on an idea by Ed Mellon, matrix force
Related toVariations 1974 The Book of Thoth 41
Stephen Minch Epilogue
1974 The Book of Thoth 44
Stephen Minch Bibliography tricks using a tarot deck
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 45
Stephen Minch A Note on Credits
1975 Ever So Sleightly 5
Stephen Minch Introduction Martin A. Nash - The M.A.N. and his Philosophy
 		1975 Ever So Sleightly 9
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Book of Thoth by Stephen Minch 1975 Interlocutor (Issue 2) 6
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on exposure, Stephen Minch, Pete Biro
 		1975 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 142) 710
Stephen Minch Forword
1975 Mind & Matter 7
Stephen Minch Some Preliminary Remarks and Opinions of the Performing of Psychokinetic Effects in Particular and Mentalism in General also on disclaimers
 		1975 Mind & Matter 9
Stephen Minch Mental Metals nail bending
 		1975 Mind & Matter 13
Stephen Minch PK Plant galvanometer in leaves of plant buzzes when certain actions are done to plant by spectators
 		1975 Mind & Matter 15
Stephen Minch Pipe-Plex heavy iron pipe rolls back and forth, plate lifter
 		1975 Mind & Matter 17
Stephen Minch Powers that Shatter glass drop shatters at will, Devil's Tears
 		1975 Mind & Matter 22
Stephen Minch Confusing the Compass needle of compass dances, knee magnet attached after searching of performer
 		1975 Mind & Matter 26
Stephen Minch Psychic Sculpting lump of initialed clay or dough changes shape in box
 		1975 Mind & Matter 19
Stephen Minch Nutty-Kinesis inside of chosen walnut is shredded with mind power, verified after opening
 		1975 Mind & Matter 23
Stephen Minch "We Interrupt this Program" running radio is made to malfunction with mind power
 		1975 Mind & Matter 27
Stephen Minch Burning Thoughts magazine chosen, page number chosen from bag with numbered discs, chosen page is burned
 		1975 Mind & Matter 29
Stephen Minch Jumping Jehosephats Jehoshaphats, borrowed small object place in box by spectator, tapping heard from inside box, rapping can be controlled and answer questions, gaffed table
 		1975 Mind & Matter 32
Stephen Minch Nervous Matches small items on table move, invisible thread
 		1975 Mind & Matter 35
Stephen Minch St. Vitas' Table and Pendulum pendulum inside glass bottle starts to swing
 		1975 Mind & Matter 37
Stephen Minch Poltergeisties! rocking chair starts to rock, pictures on walls tilt, objects move on shelves, books fall over, plates tip, MO wire
 		1975 Mind & Matter 39
Stephen Minch Television Telekinesis television picture wiggles and splits with mind power
 		1975 Mind & Matter 41
Stephen Minch Turn of the Century Tiltings and Tappings balsa wood tear shape under glass dome starts rocking, then screwdriver moves under the jar
 		1975 Mind & Matter 43
Stephen Minch Wilting Coinage bending borrowed coin visibly
 		1975 Mind & Matter 47
Stephen Minch Black Thoughts water instantly turns black, chemical details, yellowish variation
Inspired by
  • "Think Ink" (Orville Meyer)
 1975 Mind & Matter 51
Stephen Minch In the Name of Historical Curiosity introduction to PK effect from sphinx
 		1975 Mind & Matter 53
Fred Robinson (reviewer) Ever So Sleightly by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) Aug. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 12) 291
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Ever So Sleightly by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) 1976 Interlocutor (Issue 12) 46
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Mind and Matter by Stephen Minch 1976 Interlocutor (Issue 12) 46
Raymond Hafler Window to the Mind six symbols on a board, one is selected and divined by performer
Variations 1976 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 147) 731
Stephen Minch Mind-Link! object in box makes rapping sound, microphone used
 		1976 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 162) 807
Stephen Minch Introduction - A Second Helping of the M.A.N. and his Work
1977 Any Second Now 141
Stephen Minch A Left-Handed Foreword written for left-handed magician
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 7
Stephen Minch Anthropophagic Jacks Jack put on card, card becomes blank with bone picture, more cards become blank between two Jacks, rubber-banded Three become miniature card, card with fly picture vanishes, Jacks transform in flap card case, partial rough-smooth
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 11
Stephen Minch Bookleaf Change center card of sandwich changes, here with double facer
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 19
Stephen Minch Added Note on the Bookleaf Change face-up card between two face-down cards changes into selection, see also p. 19
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 21
Stephen Minch A-Ten-Tion prediction on table, three cards removed, two spectators are shown the cards, one sees three Threes of Hearts, the other three Sevens of Hearts, prediction card is Ten and the three cards change to other Tens
Also published here 1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 23
Stephen Minch, Edward Marlo Quick Three-Way Display alignment move, with extra card
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 24
Stephen Minch Variations on the Showing-Three-as-One Swindle Quick Three-Way type, with or without extra card
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 31
Stephen Minch Small Packet Double extracting double from center of four-card packet
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 31
Stephen Minch Prediculous cards dealt face-up, all cards are seen to be Kings of Hearts, only odd-backed card is stopped at
Also published here 1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 34
Stephen Minch A Light Fandango selection rises from fan, wiggles and goes back down, then vanishes from deck
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 37
Stephen Minch Fan Steal
Related to 1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 39
Stephen Minch Swami Fly comedy routine with mind-reading plastic fly, buzzes at correct card from three cards, joy buzzer
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 43
Stephen Minch Fly-Catcher plastic flies in amber-colored plastic, two in the hands and one in the pocket routine, plastic frog finale
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 49
Stephen Minch Cups and Flies balls change into plastic flies one by one, plastic spider final load and bug aerosol can
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 53
Stephen Minch The Torn and Restored Fly miniature newspaper is torn and restored, with sucker explanation with falling pieces
Also published here 1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 58
Stephen Minch Out of the Flying Pan... card chosen and put in pan, fire made, lid closed, giant flapping fly inside, it holds selection
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 63
Stephen Minch The Match Monster animated acrobatic matchbook, eyes stuck to it, thread
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 69
Stephen Minch The Ribbon That Was Something Ellis ribbon, small metal ring appears, penetration routine
Inspired by 1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 76
Stephen Minch Milo the Magnificent comedy routine with puppet, comedy wands
  • ball & cone phase
  • milk pitcher
  • finds card after many failed tries, puppet assistant brings jumbo card
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 87
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Any Second Now by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) 1978 Interlocutor (Issue 25) 98
Stephen Minch Time Will Tell! revealing a number or a word with a digital watch
 		1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 197) 983
Stephen Minch Quatrain four ESP cards are predicted, spectator deals and stops
Also published here 1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 215) 1071
Stephen Minch, Harry Lorayne Spread Lapping from tabled spread
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 376
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Triple Triumph red black kicker and four king production
Related to June 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 6) 207
Stephen Minch Introduction - The Final Course
1979 Sleight Unseen 293
Stephen Minch Toward a Unified Mythology or The Dutch Boy's Lament additional crediting for the series
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 441
Stephen Minch Introduction to the Ceremony on performing those ceremonies, story-telling magic
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies i
Stephen Minch The Setting
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies v
Stephen Minch The Stigmata of Cthulhu stigmata marks appear on skin of spectators
VariationsAlso published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 2
Stephen Minch The Fungi from Yuggoth ceremony where life from another sphere is created, fungi from chosen star appears in pan, chemical
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 6
Stephen Minch The Eye of Alhazred chosen symbol appears chemically on paper, with fire
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 11
Stephen Minch Pickman's Model stain appears on table under statue, then statue moves and disappears
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 16
Stephen Minch The Silver Key haunted key on second finger, key also turns on spectator's finger, signet is found by using key as pendulum, then key vanishes in box
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 21
Stephen Minch Dreams in the Witch-House water turns to blood (chemical) and back to water when stirred with a bone, coin travels to cloth bag in locked box, case moves on table uses Joseph Fenichel's "The Crawler"
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 27
Stephen Minch The Music of Erich Zann séance performance, metronome starts moving and violin and music box start playing under glass bowl
Also published here 1979 Lovecraftian Ceremonies 36
David Britland (reviewer) Sleight Unseen by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) Sep. 1979 The Talon (Issue 5) 50
Stephen Minch Falling Leaves variation of Jon Racherbaumer's "Penetrating Sandwich"
 		June 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 6) 355
Stephen Minch My Typing-Machine's An Old Woman
1980 Mind Novas 7
Stephen Minch Genesis prediction of named ESP card, with deck
Inspired by
  • J. G. Thompson Jr.'s "Extra Sensory Perfection"
 1980 Mind Novas 11
Stephen Minch Genesis II performer reverses ESP card under table, spectator names a symbol and it matches the prediction
 		1980 Mind Novas 14
Stephen Minch Secret Chauvinists two spectators select an ESP card from a deck, performer divines both
 		1980 Mind Novas 16
Stephen Minch Either/Or two cards from ESP deck, spectators think of a number and count to card
Also published here 1980 Mind Novas 20
Stephen Minch Doppelgänger spectator and performer have five ESP cards, matching routine
 		1980 Mind Novas 22
Stephen Minch Quatrain four ESP cards are predicted, spectator deals and stops
Also published here 1980 Mind Novas 24
Stephen Minch Pentapody performer finds all five duplicate ESP cards from face down spread, matching selection
 		1980 Mind Novas 27
Stephen Minch Contact performer finds selected ESP card, one way key card
 		1980 Mind Novas 31
Stephen Minch Retro-Cognizance spectator thinks of an ESP symbol and goes through deck deck, performer stops him five times at the thought of symbol
 		1980 Mind Novas 34
Stephen Minch Random Retro-Cognizance spectator selects four ESP cards and order is noted, performer stops spectator while dealing the cards one by one four times, same cards in same order
 		1980 Mind Novas 37
Stephen Minch A Cut Above prediction of freely cut to ESP card, Svengali type arrangement
 		1980 Mind Novas 39
Stephen Minch Rapid-Fire spectator cuts to an ESP card, after shuffling the deck performer removes all five duplicates
 		1980 Mind Novas 42
Stephen Minch Espimation several spectators cut an ESP deck and remember the symbol, after shuffling the cards performer divines each symbol
 		1980 Mind Novas 43
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1980 Mind Novas 46
Stephen Minch Megaphysics performer finds matching ESP card of two spectators, by stopping spectator deal cards, impromptu Mene-Tekel
Inspired by
  • Nick Trost's "Metaphysics" in "ESP Card Session", 1965.
 1980 Mind Novas 50
Stephen Minch The Sure-Fire Shuffle Challenge number is named, performer predicts an ESP card, then spectator shuffles deck and prediction is correct
 		1980 Mind Novas 53
Stephen Minch Bibliography A Brief Survey of the Literature Complete with Author's Biases
 		1980 Mind Novas 57
Stephen Minch The Act intro
 		1980 Jacks or Better 1
Stephen Minch The Act intro
 		1980 Ovation 1
Stephen Minch Introduction: The Puerto Rican Gambler Unmasked on Daryl and his magic
 		1980 Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 5
Stephen Minch The Act intro
 		1980 Colors on the March 1
Stephen Minch Mind Runes four rune sticks with one spot on one side and two on the other, stick thrown and card at spot-sum position in Tarot deck noted, number and card predicted as well as spot configuration on rune sticks
 		1980 Mind Runes 1
Stephen Minch Scoop Switch one of four rune sticks at table edge
 		1980 Mind Runes 5
Stephen Minch Interpreting the Runes list of actual meaning of different throw designs
 		1980 Mind Runes 8
Stephen Minch The Minch Ken two cards from ESP deck, spectators think of a number and count to card
Also published here 1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 255) 1271
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on Christine Mignosa, Romark, Stephen Minch, Ray Hyman
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 256) 1280
Stephen Minch Choice Beyond Chance psychological force with five different objects
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 265) 1325
Stephen Minch San-Sub
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 572
Leo Kostka Psychic Stigmata ESP sign appears on hand of performer and on various spectator, sugar cube as stamp
Inspired by 1981 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 285) 1421
Peter Marshall Apocalypse Variations Or Additions peeling stop trick
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1982 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 5 No. 8) 671
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Ovation by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) 1982 Epoptica (Issue 2) 86
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Jacks or Better by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) 1982 Epoptica (Issue 2) 87
Jeff Busby (reviewer) For Your Entertainment Pleasure by Daryl Martinez (written by Stephen Minch) 1982 Epoptica (Issue 2) 105
Stephen Minch Aces Over Teakettle
1982 Best of Friends 522
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stop
Related toVariations 1982 Best of Friends 528
Thomas Alan Waters Quintasense some tarot cards are selected via the matrix force, reading, written on paper matches the selected cards
Inspired byRelated to 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr) 279
Stephen Minch The Robin Hood Caper three cards are selected and spectator throw Aces in the deck, first spectator is close to his selection, second throws card next to his selection and third pierces his selection
Related to 1982 The Robin Hood Caper 2
Edward Marlo Bite the Buillet Aces are found with the teeth (!)
Related to
  • an effect in Linking Ring (described by Stephen Minch)
 1983 Marlo without Tears 35
Jon Racherbaumer Surprise Blue Intruder any named card turns blue, two selections are found on both sides of it, using index in lap, faro
Inspired by
  • "Blue Intruder" (Nelson Hahne)
Related to 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 78
Bill Kalush Trapped Triumph combination of Triumph and Sandwich effect, deck in order with card in correct position, with variations
Related to 1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 28
Don Tanner, Trevor Lewis, Phil Willmarth Six Card Mental Test Again! billet in envelope prediction
Variations 1984 Magic from the Parade #1 20
Stephen Minch Preamble on blindfold work
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza v
Stephen Minch The Effect description of blindfold card act, genuinely no vision, consisting of the following individual effects
Inspired by
  • "Miracle Blindfold Card Act" (Al Koran, Routined Manipulation Part 2, Lewis Ganson)
 1984 Eyeless in Gaza 1
Stephen Minch Preparation punch locator, all black cards
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 4
Stephen Minch Think Stop No. 1, card selected, performer deals face-up through cards, stops at selection, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 9
Stephen Minch Dealing Location No. 2, card selected, performer deals through face-down card and stops at selection, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 11
Stephen Minch Double Location No. 3, five black and five red cards removed by spectators, two cards exchanged, performer finds them, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 12
Stephen Minch Divination No. 4, spectator stops during riffle, the card is divined by performer, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 14
Stephen Minch Blind Poker No. 5, two poker hands dealt, performer divines card in one hand and help him play, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 15
Stephen Minch Card Prediction No. 6, during routine envelope with number and card prediction is opened, when counted down to number it is correct, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 17
Stephen Minch Blind Out of this World No. 7, with two spectators simultaneously and shuffled deck, one color punched, performer genuinely blindfolded, see also page 24
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 17
Stephen Minch Color Separation No. 8, performer separates colors by touch, punch, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 21
Stephen Minch Fine Points and Final Thoughts
1984 Eyeless in Gaza 23
Stephen Minch Bibliography of Other Blindfold Card Acts
1984 Eyeless in Gaza 27
Stephen Minch Foreword
1984 Mind Melds 7
Stephen Minch Mindcast written on six pieces of paper, non-forcing method
 		1984 Mind Melds 9
Stephen Minch Étoile D'Éventualité sealed prediction in wallet, two cards that match two selections, first card is stopped at and second selected by throwing a die, Himber wallet
Related toAlso published here 1984 Mind Melds 25
Stephen Minch Whatever's Right coin is hidden in hand, performer matches decision of spectator
 		1984 Mind Melds 33
Stephen Minch Coda - On the Problems of the Negative Outcome in Mentalism essay on accepted positive results over rejected negative ones
 		1984 Mind Melds 35
Stephen Minch New Wave Precognition prediction of a record and its prize, list with sixteen bands
 		1984 Mind Melds 39
Stephen Minch The Rosebud Prophecy prediction of torn piece of newspaper, Koran deck with Newspaper
 		1984 Mind Melds 45
Stephen Minch Plagiarists three predictions of symbols on a board, humorous and clever presentation
Inspired by 1984 Mind Melds 49
Stephen Minch Introduction - Sketch of an Unmet Omnium-Gatherum
1984 At The Table 1
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 4 by Stephen Minch 1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30) 306
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 5 by Stephen Minch 1985 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36) 395
Stephen Minch Main Attraction any named card turns blue, two selections are found on both sides of it
Inspired by 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 462
Stephen Minch Force Feed
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 468
Stephen Minch Author's Introduction
1985 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4 6
Harry Lorayne Stephen Minch mini bio
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 461
Stephen Minch About the Limits of this Volume's Ambitions
1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus i
Stephen Minch Two Bluff-Insertions
1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 54
Stephen Minch Ambitious Gimmickry
1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 98
Stephen Minch Four Finals
1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 110
Stephen Minch An Index to the Ambitious Card in Print Potter Index
 		1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 123
Stephen Minch Feed Force as cards are biddled in other hand
 		1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 34
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Colors on the March by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) 1987 Epoptica (Issue 10) 503
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Kings Incognito by Martin A. Nash (written by Stephen Minch) 1987 Epoptica (Issue 10) 503
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Neoclassics by Larry Jennings (written by Stephen Minch) 1987 Epoptica (Issue 10) 507
Stephen Minch Alignment Move credit information
 		1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 154
Thomas Alan Waters Stacks tarot stacks
Related to 1987 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.) 794
Stephen Minch Introduction
1987 Neoclassics
Stephen Minch Author's Introduction
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 viii
Stephen Minch The Vernon Chronicles about the books
 		1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8) 1
Stephen Minch Introduction
1987 The Three Faces of Steve 1
Stephen Minch Prediculous cards dealt face-up, all cards are seen to be Kings of Hearts, only odd-backed card is stopped at
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 2
Stephen Minch Unbalanced two black cards on table, four red cards in spectator's hand, one red card moved to black pile, now four red cards on table and black in spectator's hand
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Linking Ring Parade, July 1981
 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 4
Stephen Minch A-Ten-Tion prediction on table, three cards removed, two spectators are shown the cards, one sees three Threes of Hearts, the other three Sevens of Hearts, prediction card is Ten and the three cards change to other Tens
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 7
Stephen Minch, Edward Marlo Quick Three-Way Display alignment move, with extra card
 		1987 The Three Faces of Steve 8
Stephen Minch The Torn & Restored Fly miniature newspaper is torn and restored, with sucker explanation with falling pieces
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 11
Stephen Minch Either/Or two cards from ESP deck, spectators think of a number and count to card
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 15
Stephen Minch The Smaven Synthesis spectator moves hand over tabled spread of face-down ESP cards and stops where he like, card predicted, 1-0-1 stack
 		1987 The Three Faces of Steve 16
Roger Smith, Stephen Minch Ribbon Spread Range Force
Inspired by
  • Ultimate Card Book No. 2, Roger Smith
 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 17
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 19
Stephen Minch Étoile D'Éventualité spectator deals cards face up and stops, that card removed, die rolled and to that number counted to from stopped spot, both cards predicted, Himber Wallet
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 22
Stephen Minch Towering Prediction cards are laid out and spectator follows instruction from written scroll
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 27
Stephen Minch The Silver Key key turns on hand, then on spectator's hand, the key on chain swings by itself over selected disk, then key is wrapped in paper and vanishes in flash of fire
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 31
Jamy Ian Swiss, Stephen Minch Critical Mass routine, tube becomes solid as finale
 		1987 Critical Mass 1
Stephen Minch Push-Off Count and Pull-Down Move credit information
Related to 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 22
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus by Daryl Martinez (written by Stephen Minch) 1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 1) 3
Steve Beam Leftovers on David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone Jr., Stephen Minch
 		1988 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 22) 384
Stephen Minch, Roy Walton, Victor Marsh, Bruce Barnett, James M. Boyd Letters
1988 Interlocutor (Issue 50) 235
Stephen Minch Foreword
1988 The Cardwright ix
Stephen Minch Author's Introduction
1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 v
Ian Keable-Elliott, Bobby Cann, Stephen Minch Contents Bobby Cann, Stephen Minch, Piet Forton, Roberto Giobbi
 		Apr. 1988 Opus (Vol. 1 No. 8) 1
David Britland (reviewer) Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus by Daryl Martinez (written by Stephen Minch) June 1988 Opus (Vol. 1 No. 10) 6
Stephen Minch Riffle Force with credit information
 		1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 xv
Steve Beam Leftovers on Ron Bauer, Stephen Minch, The Precursor, Don Morris, Jim Culver, Gary Jennings, Harry Riser, Chris Kenner, Gordon Jeppesen, Dan Garrett
 		1989 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30) 544
Stephen Minch Coin Cut History history of the plot
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 38
Stephen Minch History of the Cavorting Aces
1990 Close-up Impact! 52
Stephen Minch History of the Progressive Aces Plot
1990 Close-up Impact! 59
Stephen Minch Plunger Principle credit information
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 112
Stephen Minch Card Tunnel Effects credit information
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 140
Stephen Minch On Lisa Menna short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 3
Stephen Minch On Rudy Coby short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 9
Stephen Minch On Geoff Latta short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 15
Stephen Minch On David Regal short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 27
Stephen Minch On Jay Sankey
1990 Spectacle 31
Stephen Minch On Louis Falanga short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 35
Stephen Minch On Ray Kosby short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 41
Stephen Minch On Richard Kaufman short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 55
Stephen Minch On David Solomon short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 59
Stephen Minch On Paul Cummins short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 63
Stephen Minch On Tommy Wonder short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 71
Stephen Minch On Daryl Martinez
1990 Spectacle 85
Stephen Minch On David Roth short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 89
Stephen Minch on Peter Samelson short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 95
Stephen Minch On Mike Montgomery short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 103
Stephen Minch On Jeff McBride short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 109
Stephen Minch On Finn Jon short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 111
Stephen Minch On Rocco Silano short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 115
Stephen Minch On Michael Rubinstein short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 119
Stephen Minch On Ray Grismer short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 135
Stephen Minch On Gary Lee Williams short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 139
Stephen Minch On Jonathan Pendragon short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 149
Stephen Minch On James Dimmare short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 157
Stephen Minch On Rick Anderson short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 165
Stephen Minch On Bill Goodwin short biography
 		1990 Spectacle 51
Stephen Minch Foreword
1990 Close-up Impact! iii
Stephen Minch Foreword
1990 Focus vii
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Close-up Impact by Ken Krenzel (written by Stephen Minch) June 1990 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 4) 16
Richard Kaufman (reviewer) Ultra-Cervon by Bruce Cervon (written by Stephen Minch) Dec. 1990 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 7) 13
Stephen Minch Introductory Encomia
1991 Carneycopia ix
Stephen Minch Alex Elmsley: The Man and His Book
1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 iii
Stephen Minch Introduction
1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 1
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Le Premiére Partie des Subtiles et Plaisantes Inventions & The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 2
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Libretto de Secreti Noblissimi et Alcuni Giocchi con Destrezza di Mano, Cose Vere e Experimentate (1585) 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 6
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Art of Jugling or Legerdemaine (1612) by Samuel Rid 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 7
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Hocus Pocus Junior (1634) 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 8
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Récréations Mathématiques et Physiques (1693) by Jacques Ozanam 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 9
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Merry Companion (1716) by Richard Neve 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 9
Stephen Minch (reviewer) White's Hocus Pocus (1715-1718) by John White 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 10
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Whole Art of Legerdemain (1722) by Henry Dean 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 10
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Nouvelles Récréations, Physiques et Mathématiques (1740) by Edmé-Gilles Guyot 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 12
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Works of Henri Decremps (1784-1790) by Henri Decremps 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 13
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Conjuror's Magazine (1791-1793) 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 14
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Conjuror's Repository (1803) 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 15
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée (1854) by Jean-Nicholas Ponsin 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 16
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Les Secrets de la Prestidigitation et de la Magie (1868) by Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 17
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Secret Out (1871) by W. H. Cremer 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 18
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Modern Magic (1876) by Professor Hoffmann 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 20
Stephen Minch (reviewer) Sleight-of-Hand (1877) by Edwin T. Sachs 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 23
Stephen Minch (reviewer) The Book of Card Tricks (1888) by Professor R. Kunard 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 25
Stephen Minch (reviewer) More Magic (1890) by Professor Hoffmann 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 25
Stephen Minch J. N. Hofzinser (1806-1875)
1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 27
Stephen Minch (reviewer) New Era Card Tricks (1897) by August Roterberg 1991 From Witchcraft to Card Tricks 27
David Britland (reviewer) The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley by Alex Elmsley (written by Stephen Minch) June 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 10) 5
Jack Carpenter, Stephen Minch Thoughts on the Reverse Assembly Plot
1992 Modus Operandi 70
Jon Racherbaumer What About the Buckle Count? credit essay referring to notes by Stephen Minch
Related to 1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 8
Steve Beam Leftovers on Alan Slaight, Jay Marshall, Stewart James, Stephen Minch, Abe Carnow
 		1992 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 44) 800
Steven Hamilton (reviewer) A Life Among Secrets by Eddie Fields (written by Stephen Minch) 1992 Profile (Issue 9) 12
Douglas Cameron (reviewer) A Life Among Secrets by Eddie Fields (written by Stephen Minch) 1992 Profile (Issue 10) 7
David Britland (reviewer) A Life Amongst Secrets by Eddie Fields (written by Stephen Minch) Oct. 1992 Opus (Vol. 4 No. 6) 15
Jon Racherbaumer, Stephen Minch More on the Buckle Count corrections and additions to the article, quotes from correspondence with Stephen Minch
Inspired by 1993 The Olram File (Issue 13) 6
Steve Beam Leftovers on opening lines by John Riggs, Dai Vernon, Stephen Minch, Lisa Weedman, George Sands, Don Morris, Dan Garrett, Earl Oakes, Ed Weiss, Alec Callow, getting booked on conventions, Richard Bartram
 		1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47) 860
Stephen Minch Acknowledgement
1993 By Forces Unseen ii
Stephen Minch Index of Sleights
1993 By Forces Unseen 205
Stephen Minch ATFUS Credit Information
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 116
Stephen Minch Automatic Placement - Credit Information
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 349
Stephen Minch Gray Code some credit information
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 406
Stephen Minch Mechanical Estimation some credit information
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 440
Steve Beam Leftovers on Tom Baxter, Bruce Fricker, Jon Racherbaumer, Stephen Minch, Steve Pressley, Doug Canning, Tom Craven, Scott Robinson, John Riggs
Related to 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56) 1072
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley by Alex Elmsley (written by Stephen Minch) 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 2) 28
Paul Harris Arrow-Split-Arrow card is thrown and caught in deck and splits selection which has a tear then
Related toVariations 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue New Stuff) 33
Stephen Minch Minch on P.H. essay on Paul Harris from Genii 1985
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue ) 297
Nick Trost Nick's Push-Thru Card Tunnel (tunnel change plot) without gaffs, includes history information for tunnel change plot
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 145
Harry Lorayne Choice And Chance two-card prediction with Himber wallet
Related to 1998 The Himber Wallet Book 76
Stephen Minch School of Eventuality sealed prediction in wallet, two cards that match two selections, first card is stopped at and second selected by throwing a die, Himber wallet
Also published here 1998 The Himber Wallet Book 82
Stephen Minch Aces Over Teakettle
1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 196
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items, instruction games, Stephen Minch comment on "Remote Control"/"Western Union Trick"
Related to 1999 The Fine Print (Issue 10) 336
Stephen Minch Infallible certain conditions posed as a problem, double-blank cards
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 72
Stephen Minch Itinerary
2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond xv
Karl Fulves, Ted O'Loughlin Cannonball Run "Problems"
cannonball changes into balloon and flies away, also reverse effect in which balloon becomes cannonball, Paul Curry, Rick Johnsson, credit information by Stephen Minch, posed as problem
Related to 2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 256
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Paul Curry Tricks by Paul Curry (written by Stephen Minch)
with credit discussions 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 274
Stephen Minch 1-2-3-4 credit information
Related to 2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 277
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Biddle Force BF
cards counted one by one from end grip into right hand and each card turned over until stopped, next card face-down and then face-up again, forced or switched
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 1
Stephen Minch Everything Old is New again
2004 New Era Card Tricks i
Stephen Minch Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle
2004 Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle 11
Stephen Minch The Common Tells
  • Exposing the Gap
  • The Fanning of the Cover Cards
  • Tipping the Deck
  • Raising the Block for Its Insertion
 		2004 Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle 12
Stephen Minch Promissory Note
2005 The Magic of Ascanio — The Structural Conception of Magic 14
Stephen Minch On Writing Magic guide on how to write technical descriptions of magic tricks
 		2007 On Writing Magic 1
Stephen Minch A Meditation on the Nealic Craft on Stephen Minch
 		Oct. 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10) 28
Stephen Minch Hijacked Voices
2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets xi
Stephen Minch The Lovecraftian Ceremonies introduction to reprint of Lovecraftian Ceremonies
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 3
Stephen Minch Introduction to the Ceremony on performing those ceremonies, story-telling magic
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 7
Stephen Minch The Setting
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 16
Stephen Minch The Stigmata of Cthulhu stigmata marks appear on skin of spectators, with sound effects from hidden sound device, stooge faints
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 17
Stephen Minch The Fungi from Yuggoth ceremony where life from another sphere is created, fungi from chosen star appears in pan, chemical
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 23
Stephen Minch The Eye of Alhazred chosen symbol appears chemically on paper, with fire
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 35
Stephen Minch Pickman's Model stain appears on table under statue, then statue moves and disappears
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 45
Stephen Minch The Silver Key key turns on hand, then on spectator's hand, the key on chain swings by itself over selected disk, then key is wrapped in paper and vanishes in flash of fire
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 55
Stephen Minch Dreams in the Witch-House water turns to blood (chemical) and back to water when stirred with a bone, coin travels to cloth bag in locked box, case moves on table uses Joseph Fenichel's "The Crawler"
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 69
Stephen Minch The Music of Erich Zann séance performance, metronome starts moving and violin and music box start playing under glass bowl
Also published here 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 89
Stephen Minch On the Material "It was eight years after the publication of Lovecraftian Ceremonies that I first performed any of its routines."
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 99
Stephen Minch Beyond the Mythos intro to second part
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 105
Stephen Minch The Ceremony of Atman-Ka toad and obelisk appears in drumhead production tube, tube clean at end
Also published here
  • "The Grimoire of the Mages" (Tony Andruzzi, 1978)
 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 107
Stephen Minch Introduction to next Piece on Tony Andruzzi and his Scroll
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 113
Stephen Minch The Stele of Khepera paper rubbing of stele with six hieroglyphs, chosen glyph appears in previously empty box (watch box)
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "The Legendary Scroll" of Masklyn ye Mage
 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 117
Stephen Minch Introduction to next Piece on Genii issue 666
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 127
Stephen Minch Apocalypse Later nine cards with persons on them laid out, spectator moves according to instructions, final resting place predicted, credit information on the parity instruction game
Also published here
  • Genii, April 1992
 2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 129
Stephen Minch A Vivisection of the Bizarre "Appendix I"
history of bizarre magick
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 149
Stephen Minch Before the Door Appendix II - Uninvited Collaboration with Franz Kafka
story
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 171
Stephen Minch Bibliography of Sources original publication sources of some of the material
 		2009 The Book of Forgotten Secrets 184
Karl Fulves Back Story further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 490
Steve Beam Rooms to Go anecdote with Stephen Minch
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 225
Stephen Minch A Slim Note on a Slim Man's Slim Book
2011 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2 8
Steve Beam The Trapdoor Issue #22 on Stephen Minch, Upwardly 1 &2, Card Cleavage, The Jogger, Tenkai Charlie
Related to 2011 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue Addendum) xli
Stephen Minch Acknowledgements
2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi iv
Stephen Minch Preface
2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi xiii
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer) The Books of Wonder Volumes One and Two by Tommy Wonder (written by Stephen Minch)Also published here
  • Genii, June 1996
 2017 Light and Heat 27
Harry Lorayne Force Feed Again card chosen and lost, Two-Card Toss used to produce it with its mate, also for four-of-a-kind production
Inspired by 2017 JawDroppers! Two 91
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stop
 		2017 JawDroppers! Two 91
Harry Lorayne Force Feed Once More card stopped at, matching four-of-a-kind produced
Inspired by 2017 JawDroppers! Two 132
Stephen Minch, Stephen Hobbs A Bibliography of Geoffrey Latta's Coin Magic in Print and on Video
2017 The Long Goodbye — Latta on Coins 321