Verbatim

Issues 1 to 10

Magazine
1993-1994
Written by Karl Fulves*
Work of Karl Fulves*
146 pages (Stapled), 10 Issues, published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
112 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page Categories
Karl Fulves* Verbatim companion publication to Rigmarole
 		1 1993 2
Karl Fulves* (reviewer) Pallbearers Revue by Jerry Sadowitz
comments on BBC show, reproductions of numerous print reviews from newspapers 		1 1993 2
Notes & Quotes
1 1993 7
Karl Fulves* Dream Machines on using a personal computer, macintosh
 		2 1993 9
Karl Fulves* Notes on Contemplation see following tricks
Inspired by
Related to
 2 1993 12
Karl Fulves* Me Thinks one of thirteen cards thought of, dealing procedure according to thought-of card (color, value, suit), selection narrowed down by having one key card
Inspired by
 2 1993 12
Karl Fulves* You-Me Poker two poker hands, one card moved to spectator's hand, spectator thinks of one of his cards, dealing procedure according to thought-of card (color, value, suit), selection narrowed down by having one key card
Inspired by
 2 1993 13
Karl Fulves* Group of Seven "Contemplation" plot streamlined with seven cards
Inspired by
 2 1993 14
Karl Fulves* Cult Poker two poker hands, one card moved to spectator's hand, spectator choses a hole card, it is the same card, posed as problem
Related to
 2 1993 15
Karl Fulves* Zig Zag Bill on the flap card case and the history of the Zig Zag illusion
Related to
 3 1993 17
Karl Fulves* Birthday Value, Birthday Suit two decks, reversed card in one deck, birthday count procedure with other deck to arrive at a "birthday card", it matches prediction
Related to
 3 1993 18
Karl Fulves* Joseph Schmidt's Cops metamorphosis presentation for "Cops", one card sandwiched and one in jacket pocket
Inspired by
 3 1993 19
Karl Fulves* Twas Brillig on a Joe Stevens dealer's item "Time Freeze" that makes the sand flow in an hourglass stop
Related to
 3 1993 20
Karl Fulves* Flickers credit comment on Card-Toon
Related to
 3 1993 20
Karl Fulves* Wraparound credit comment on the tapestry procedure, Tom Daugherty's "Folderol"
Related to
 3 1993 20
Karl Fulves* Notes & Quotes
3 1993 21
Karl Fulves* Verbatim on magazines and the publisher's taste,
 		4 1993 23
Karl Fulves* Q & A joke questions
 		4 1993 24
Karl Fulves* World's Longest Palindromes?
4 1993 24
Karl Fulves* Silhouettes by Vernon - 1930 with reproduction of four silhouettes
 		4 1993 24
Karl Fulves* Mugged recounting a meeting with Harvey Rosenthal and the waiter knew Ken Allen
Related to
 4 1993 25
Martin Gardner* Fortune information on the petal principle force
Related to
 4 1993 25
Karl Fulves* Interval of Darkness "By Any Stretch - Part Two of a continuing series"
rubber band on performer's finger, spectator holds finger and closes eyes, rubber band is released, repeat phase
Also published here
Related to
 4 1993 29
Karl Fulves* Card to Wallet & Himber Ring credit information on Himber Ring and linking finger ring effect
 		4 1993 32
Karl Fulves* (reviewer) Card to Wallet by Jerry Mentzer 4 1993 32
Philip T. Goldstein* Birthday Value Birthday Suit variation of procedure
Inspired by
 4 1993 32
Philip T. Goldstein* The Diary Trick credit information and references
 		4 1993 32
Help "grammar hotline" joke
 		4 1993 34
Karl Fulves* The New Graphology computers that are able to recognize handwriting with stylus on tablet
 		5 1993 36
Karl Fulves* Line of Credit credit information on this routine
Related to
 5 1993 37
Karl Fulves* Miko credit information on the 3,5 of Clubs trick
Related to
 5 1993 38
Karl Fulves* Tilt/Depth Illusion credit fight
Inspired by
  • comments by Jon Racherbaumer in "Flashpoints"
Related to
 5 1993 38
Joseph K. Schmidt Simulated Vision further details on the trick
Related to
 5 1993 39
Karl Fulves* Capped cap in bottle, fresh bottle hit and cap inside, posed as problem
Related to
 5 1993 40
Karl Fulves* Packed taking long cards from a normal case, posed as problem
Inspired by
Related to
 5 1993 40
Karl Fulves* World's Longest Palindromes?
5 1993 41
Karl Fulves* Anagrams
5 1993 41
Frank Thompson Box Bounce bouncing coins back
Related to
 5 1993 42
Karl Fulves* Shocked
  • finger ring moves on table to ESP symbol (no method)
  • car magazine rolled up and car sounds come out of it (no method)
  • joy buzzer as sound generator, lie detector with five cards on plastic tray
Related to
 5 1993 42
Karl Fulves* Guess Again explanation of the principle at work, with variation in which five cards are put into five packets, packets dealt in pairs and color matches are found
Related to
 5 1993 43
Karl Fulves* Zenmemory memorizing twelve picture cards, posed as problem
Related to
 5 1993 44
Karl Fulves* Spinout on Mora's original wand spin, sequence with coin outlined
 		5 1993 44
(reviewer) The Healing Revelations of Mary Baker Eddy by Martin Gardner*
reproduced review 		5 1993 45
Karl Fulves* One Word anagram challenge, "new door" and "new doors"
 		5 1993 45
Karl Fulves* Dining Out on dining in New Jersey, Suburban Diner, Bendix Diner
 		5 1993 45
Karl Fulves* Glass House card chosen and signed, odd-backed prediction in glass matches, then it also has signature
 		5 1993 46
Karl Fulves* Unload under Deck face card of double unloaded under deck in Bottom Change type action
Inspired by
 5 1993 47
Karl Fulves* Pitch Out pitch of music used to code information
 		5 1993 49
Karl Fulves* The Boys From The Girls on differences between men and women, proposing blind test to figure out gender
 		6 1993 51
Karl Fulves* Night School court cards removed and some cased, one of the remaining ones signed, counting ritual according to number cards that are cut to, selection found
Inspired by
 6 1993 52
Karl Fulves* Where She Stops "a money maker trick"
cut-out newspaper column strip is in money maker prop and cut where the spectator wants
 		6 1993 54
Karl Fulves* World's Longest Palindrome?
6 1993 57
William P. Miesel Spell Green spelling red, black, suits with packet, ending with "green" written on a card as well as a rainbow car
Inspired by
 6 1993 58
Howard W. Rheam Carlisle Fair Cards
Inspired by
 6 1993 60
Sam Schwartz Sam's Monte tips on the handling
Related to
 6 1993 63
Don Nielsen, Karl Fulves* Impromptu Topit further comments on its use
Related to
 6 1993 63
Jay Weiler Roadside Service car tire inflates itself, at night with assistant
 		6 1993 64
L. Vosburgh Lyons Dunninger's Secret proposed switch with envelope for Q&A act, accidental tripping
Related to
  • The Sphinx, Dec. 1945 (written by Bill Frazee)
  • Joseph Dunninger (Karl Fulves*, Verbatim, 1993)
  • … and 1 more
 7 1993 67
Karl Fulves* Tic Stax Toe using cards to indicate which square has to be used next, Eight Kings or Si Stebbins stack
Related to
 7 1993 68
Karl Fulves* Close Encounter examination of H. S. Paine's 14-15 stack
  • 4-Way Force
  • Toggle Force
  • Flip Force
Related to
 7 1993 71
Howard Wurst Howard Wurst on Scarne's Shuffle Systems
Also published here
Inspired by
 7 1993 74
John Scarne 3-4-3 Shuffles Aces do not start together, from 1974
 		7 1993 75
Karl Fulves* R.I.P. gag paper fold, design becomes a waste bin in the end and is about funeral
 		7 1993 77
Rick Johnsson A Sailor's Story
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, June 1987)
 8 1993 81
Karl Fulves* Deadly Dagger comedy card stab, comb dagger, two handlings
 		8 1993 84
Joseph K. Schmidt Super Fast Shuffle with packet in middle, only injogs
Related to
 8 1993 86
Sez The Gambler quotes from David Sklansky and anonymous
 		8 1993 88
Philip T. Goldstein* Quoth The Maven comments on various things, see references, with Frank Thomposon anecdote and his "Master Deck" demonstration
Related to
 8 1993 89
Karl Fulves* Early Indications sixteen cards used, cut and several milk build shuffles done, two cards at two positions are predicted
 		8 1993 91
Karl Fulves* Stripped Down two poker hand shown, both are five Tens, then one changes into Royal Flush
Related to
 8 1993 93
Karl Fulves* Five as Five
8 1993 94
Karl Fulves* World's Longest Palindrome?
8 1993 95
Karl Fulves* First Future handling variation with Devano Deck
Related to
 8 1993 96
Karl Fulves* Intruder Braue Reverse type intro to the trick
Related to
 8 1993 96
Karl Fulves* Zen Memory on memorizing twelve court cards
Related to
 8 1993 96
Karl Fulves* Mechanic's Grip "being an inquiry into the origin and derivation of the mechanic's grip"
Related to
 9 1993 98
Karl Fulves* Joseph Dunninger
Related to
 9 1993 99
Karl Fulves* Impromptu Topit credit information
 		9 1993 101
Karl Fulves* Think Ace handling detail
Related to
 9 1993 101
Karl Fulves* Crime Pays Naught credit information
Related to
 9 1993 101
Karl Fulves* Crazy Quilt credit information
Related to
 9 1993 102
Karl Fulves*, Norm Cummins Three Bottles bottle whistles by itself
Related to
 9 1993 102
Karl Fulves* Freeze Frame credit information
Related to
 9 1993 102
Karl Fulves* Freeze Out two decks, performer signs one in his deck and spectator in his, decks exchanged but each still has the original deck color (decks switch places)
Related to
 9 1993 103
Karl Fulves* Tear It "A force method by Karl Fulves"
tearing paper with different colors
Related to
 9 1993 105
Jean Hugard All Backs reprint of Hugard's 1930 marketed method, with added illustrations
Related to
 9 1993 107
Karl Fulves* Nothing Changes article about three-card monte hustling
Related to
  • Nothing Changes (Interlocutor, 1978)
    • also in: "A Swindle, but Not Quite a Con" (New York Times, Feb 12, 1978)
 9 1993 113
Karl Fulves* (reviewer) Magic Eye 3D pictures 9 1993 113
Karl Fulves* Spook Slate small slates, bills cling to them and move, then bill prediction appears on one slate, off-beat use of flap
Related to
 9 1993 114
Karl Fulves* To Flourish on displaying skill
 		10 1994 118
Mel Bennett Three Card Tricks six-card pyramid layout, folding, number nine can be forced
  • Cheaper By The Dozen (forcing twelve)
  • At The Strike of 10 (ten-card pyramid, forced 25)
Also published here
Inspired by
 10 1994 119
Mel Bennett, Karl Fulves* Petals & Roots more on the dice puzzle
Related to
 10 1994 122
Karl Fulves*, Jesse Demaline Numeration Ace through Six given to spectator, one chosen, performer has packet behind back and gives back five, chosen one is missing, posed as a problem
 		10 1994 124
J. W. Sarles Coaster Coast routine with Coin Coaster prop and two blank cards
 		10 1994 125
Paddle Move with Card
10 1994 125
John Scarne Invisible Seconds top half shuffled, four obvious seconds dealt, those four cards are Aces, featuring a Bottom Deal handling from straddle grip
Related to
 10 1994 127
Karl Fulves* The "Holy" Pack credit information about holes in cards
Related to
 10 1994 129
Karl Fulves* Memphis Mix handling detail
Related to
 10 1994 129
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Magic Teaching card selected, down under deal with a packet, last card used to count to selection, every other card Ace through King
 		10 1994 130
Mel Bennett S.P.A.T. letters associated with numbers, credit information
Inspired by
  • Lee Sallows idea in Word Ways, Feb. 1990
 10 1994 133
Karl Fulves* Jumble number up to twelve chosen, letters that spell the number taken from letter deck, second number as well, performer looks at all letters shuffled together and announced both numbers, with two more uses of Sallows Square
  • Crosswords
  • Si Minus (card counting analog)
 		10 1994 137
Karl Fulves* Sympathy for the Devil twelve cards removed from shuffled deck, a packet of cards is removed from envelope and both dealt simultaneously, one card is reversed in prediction packet and it matches the card in the other packet and also a prediction
Related to
 10 1994 141
Hideo Kato Open Add-On from top during strip-out, faces towards the spectators, Optical Add-On
 		10 1994 141
Karl Fulves* Cedric's Applause using a pocket index
Related to
 10 1994 143
John Scarne Card To Wallet bottom placement loading for wallet
Related to
 10 1994 143
Karl Fulves* Spook Slate two small slates are initialed, headline prediction by performer and page number by spectator, sealed in envelopes, one kept by spectator, several days later: headline on chosen page is predicted on slate
Related to
 10 1994 144
John Scarne Scarne Card Problems
  • 21 Card Trick with two selections
  • Diagonal Palm Shift with two of three cards
 		10 1994 145
John Scarne Ovette Master Move Cop directly into cop position
 		10 1994 145
John Scarne Thought Cards to Pocket one spectator thinks a red card from a five-card packet, another a black card from another packet, shuffled back in deck, both cards named, then produced from pocket
 		10 1994 145
Karl Fulves* World's Longest Palindrome?
10 1994 146
Philip T. Goldstein* Perfect Palindrome "S. W. Erdnase? He's Andrews!"
 		10 1994 146
Ali Bongo Anagrams
10 1994 146
Data entered by Denis Behr, September 2018.