Harris, Paul, Mead, Eric

Magazine

1996
Written by Paul Harris, Eric Mead
Work of Paul Harris

324 pages (Hardcover), 12 Issues, published by A-1 MultiMedia
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English

108 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Issue	Year	Page	Categories
Paul Harris	PHoot-In-Mouth-Note			00001	1996	vii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Paul Harris	Dedications			00001	1996	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Paul Harris	The Astonishing Editor: André Hagen	actually page 3 1/2		00001	1996	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
David Abrams	The Other Side of Astonishment			00001	1996	5	Articles / Theory & Essays
Paul Harris	The Shape of Astonishment	impression of coin in foil changes from heads to tails		New Stuff	1996	13	Foil Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Head & Tail
Paul Harris	Window of Opportunity	signed business card, three card monte type with three envelopes, card ends up in envelope		New Stuff	1996	17	Paper / Traveling Business Cards Paper / Envelopes / Loading
Paul Harris	Hot Chocolate	folded up chocolate paper is unfolded and chocolate reappears inside		New Stuff	1996	21	Food / Chocolate
Paul Harris	The Anything Deck	any named word is written on the backs of cards in a prediction packet, one letter on each card	Related to marketed 1934 also in: Tea Table Telepathy (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Word Perfect (Caleb Wiles, High Spots, 2009) Say Anything (Matt Baker, The Buena Vista Shuffle Club, 2019) … and 1 more	New Stuff	1996	23	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Spectator's Name on Card Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Packet Switch	while turning card case over		New Stuff	1996	25	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Changes with Props
Paul Harris	Peanut Butter and Jellyfish	top slice of sandwich floats up and moves around		New Stuff	1996	27	Food / Bread
Paul Harris	Rumpled Splitskin	two business cards are laid on top of each other and the layers penetrate to form an impossible object		New Stuff	1996	29	Paper / Miscellaneous Business Cards
Paul Harris	Free Ride	to use the case to add card(s) to the pack		New Stuff	1996	31	Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Arrow-Split-Arrow	card is thrown and caught in deck and splits selection which has a tear then	Related to Card Stab Outdone (Lu Brent, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) The Robin Hood Caper (Stephen Minch, The Robin Hood Caper, 1982) Variations Robin Hood (Friedrich Roitzsch, FFFF Lecture Notes 2015, 2015) also in: Robin Hood (Instructions for a few Miracles, 2022) Robin Hood (Instructions for Miracles, 2023)	New Stuff	1996	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card is tossed next to Selection
Charlier	Charlier Cut			New Stuff	1996	34	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts
	Boomerang Card Flourish			New Stuff	1996	35	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling
Paul Harris	Bat Fishing	borrowed dollar bill, eight cards selected, their values are serial number of bill	Variations Bat Fishing (Wonder Man Fred, Semi-Mental Journey, 2004)	New Stuff	1996	37	Bill / Number-Reading Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Paul Harris	Switching 8 Cards and a Bill	using a pillow		New Stuff	1996	39	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Changes with Props Bill / Switches / Props
Paul Harris	Membrane	spectator selects card with mark on back, mark on back is transfered onto card case		New Stuff	1996	41	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris, Eric Mead	Membrane with a Pack of Smokes	initials from paper are transfered to cellophane around cigarette pack		New Stuff	1996	45	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Cellophane
Paul Harris, Eric Mead	The Swing Thing	sugar packet is torn and sugar poured into folded bill, grains travel back and packet restors itself	Related to Eric Mead - Colorado (Eric Mead, New Directions, 1987)	New Stuff	1996	49	Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Torn & Restored or Sugar back Inside
Paul Harris, Eric Mead	Tic Tac	coin into tic tac box	Related to Hardcore DVD, 2010 also in: Entranced (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2, 2012) TacsMan (David Gabbay, Noteworthy, 2012)	New Stuff	1996	51	Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Through Something else
Paul Harris, Eric Mead	Leaf	leaf from plant is torn off and restored		New Stuff	1996	53	Flower / Real / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Vanish	card visually vanishes while spectator holds it	Also published here The Bizarre Vanish (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) Related to The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Variations Müzarre Vanish (Reinhard Müller, Spell-Binder, 1983) The Off Color Vanish (Michael Powers, Powerful Magic, 1983) … and 1 more	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Elmer Biddle	Biddle Steal			Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	58	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Daryl Martinez	Close Quarters	two quarters transform into half dollar	Also published here Close-Quarters (Daryl Martinez, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) Variations Fusion (Gary Kurtz, Powerful Magic, 1983) Heat (Frank Fogg, MAGIC, 2011) also in: Heat (Talk About Tricks*, 2022)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	63	Coin / Effect Themes / Splitting Currency & Fusions
	Click Pass			Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	64	Coin / Sleights / Passes / Click Passes
Paul Harris	Heartburn	corner of card stroken on match-book, ignites and burns	Also published here Heart Burn (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	65	Match & Matchbox / Matchbox & Matchbook Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain Light & Fire / Fire
Paul Harris	Mickey Mouse Math	cards change and split to display basic calculations with its spot values	Also published here Mickey Mouse Math (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) Variations Pasteboard Calculus (Doug Conn, MAGIC, 1997) The Acer File (David Acer, The Magic Menu, 1999) also in: Fission, Fusion, Confusion (MAGIC, 2000) Changes (Random Acts of Magic, 2004) … and 1 more Changes (More Power to You, 2011) … and 2 more	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	67	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Paul Harris	Torn and Restored Deck	using Hamman's "Micro Macro" method	Also published here Torn and Restored Deck (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Micro Macro Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Tearing Deck
Paul Harris	Shuffle Time	cards are cut in piles, numbers on top change into current time	Also published here Shuffle Time (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) Variations Wie spät ist es? (Bob Driebeek, Aenigmas Rätsel, 1996)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	75	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
Paul Harris	Strange Exchange	card and coin transpose	Related to A Very Strange Exchange (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) Variations Coin and Card Exchange (William Goodwin, Lecture 1988, 1988)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	79	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation - card-object / Other Object Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / with Other Object
Paul Harris	Card Appearance			Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / In the empty Hands
Paul Harris	Just Call Me Mr. Wonderful	one-handed method to take deck out of case and fan it	Also published here Just Call Me Mr. Wonderful (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	83	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	The Bill Collector	card is found with dollar bill and (more or less) rises out of pack when bill is pulled	Also published here The Bill Collector (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981) Variations Paul's Bill Comes Due (Richard Kaufman, The Collected Almanac, 1992)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	87	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
	Longitudinal Glide Switch			Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	87	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Glide
Paul Harris	Guts	signed card to wallet with interesting method and challenge conditions	Also published here Guts (Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies Finalé, 1981)	Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	91	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Signed Duplicate
Paul Harris	Tunnel Transformation	using half card		Close-up Fantasies Finale	1996	93	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Tunnel Effect
Paul Harris	Improvised Screwed Deck (revised)	deck (cut in 2 parts) is screwed together	Inspired by Screwed Deck (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	99	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Paul Harris	Hi There Baby Cakes	performer's name and phone number are written on two cards, one writing travels onto other card (on same side)	Also published here Hi There Baby Cakes (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	105	Cards / Effect Themes / Signature Effects
Paul Harris	The Perfectionist	The Perfectionist (red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated) Transposed Perfectionist (reds and blacks transpose) Mixed-Up Perfectionist (reds and blacks mix themselves)	Also published here The Perfectionist (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) also in: Transposed Perfectionist (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Mixed-Up Perfectionist (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Related to I. Shake Well Before Using (John Bannon, Mirage, 1986) also in: Shake Well Before Using (Smoke and Mirrors, 1991) Chase The Red (Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker, Blomberg Laboratories, 2014) Variations Chase The Red (Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker, Blomberg Laboratories, 2014)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Paul Harris	Red and Black Switch			Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	111	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
Paul Harris	Perpendicular Ribbonspread Hide-Out			Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	113	Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Ribbon-Spread
Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, Eddie Fechter	Instant Replay	card jumps off deck into other hand, then back	Also published here Instant Replay (Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, Eddie Fechter, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Related to Instant Replay (Paul Harris, Top Secret Stuff, 1990) Somersaulting Double (Dominique Duvivier, Magie Duvivier, 1996) … and 1 more Variations 8 Hour Fan Change (Andi Gladwin, Ashford Kneitel, Freebie 3, 2002) also in: 8 Hour Fan Change (Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman, 2006) The Fan Change (MAGIC, 2010) … and 2 more	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	115	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / One-Handed
Paul Harris	Bonus Effect - The Splatt Change	back-to-back card visibly changes as it flies from hand to deck, Instant Replay	Also published here Bonus Effect (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	117	Cards / Sleights / Color Change / free handed Cards / Sleights / Color Change / On the Deck
Paul Harris	Simple Switch	card from top visibly switches place with card in other hand	Also published here Simple Switch (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	119	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Headache	sword in picture of king of hearts apparently moves	Also published here Headache (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Variations Another Headache (Richard Kaufman, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	121	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing or Design on Card
Paul Harris	Bad Estimate	performer "accidently" does bad estimation about where the selection lies	Also published here Bad Estimate (Paul Harris, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	125	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Paul Harris, Ricky Sanchez, Doug Bennett	Return of the Bizarre Shrink	card visibly shrinks while held in spectator's hand	Inspired by Bizarre Shrink (Paul Harris, Doug Bennett, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	129	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris, Dick Ryan	Chocolate Coin	real coin is torn open as if it were a chocolate coin with tin foil	Also published here Chocolate Coin (Paul Harris, Dick Ryan, A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983) Inspired by Peeler (Paul Harris, Close-up Entertainer, 1979) also in: Peeler (The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996)	Close-up Kinda Guy	1996	133	Foil Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Torn & Bent Coin Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Card Cuffs	card with holes torn in is put on thumbs and changes into signed selection	Also published here Card Cuffs (Paul Harris, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983) Related to Houdini y sus pasiones (Daniel Ketchedjian, El Manuscrito, 2014)	Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	139	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Giggle Switch	bold, Flushtration type		Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	139	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Michael Ammar, Daryl Martinez, Paul Harris	The Bent Copper-Silver Transposition	one coin is bent, in spectator's hand	Also published here The Bent Copper-Silver Transposition (Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983)	Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	141	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / with Spectator
Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, Michael Ammar	A Hefty Penetration	card penetrates clear plastic bag	Also published here A Hefty Penetration (Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983) Variations Ultimative Münzendurchdringung (Alexander de Cova, Ein Profi packt aus..., 1992) also in: Porous Plastic (The California Lecture 2006, 2006) Porous Plastic (Burners — Vol. 4, 2016)	Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
Paul Cummins, Bill Herz	The Hedonists Make Up All The Rules	forcing a card with verbal magician's choice	Also published here The Hedonists Make Up All the Rules (Bill Herz, Paul Cummins, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983) Variations Verbal Force (Tyler Wilson, Paul Cummins, Bill Herz, The EH Team, 2014) also in: Verbal Force (Rocky Mountain Session, 2017)	Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	147	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / temporary category (content needs to be sorted)
Richard Kaufman, Michael Ammar, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez	A Card Well Hung	card penetrates wire of coathanger	Also published here A Card Well Hung (Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez, Richard Kaufman, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983) Inspired by Hang-Up (Richard Kaufman, Square One, 1991) Related to Hang-Up (Richard Kaufman, Square One, 1991)	Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous Coathanger
Paul Harris	Free Lunch	flesh colored ball appears between fingertips in front of eyes	Also published here Free Lunch (Paul Harris, The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas, 1983)	Brainstorm in the Bahamas	1996	157	Propless / Miscellaneous
Chuck Martinez, Paul Harris	Diary of a P.H. Video			Close-up Seductions	1996	161	Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	Limo Service	aces and jacks, jacks travel to card case (possible follow-up to Re-Set)	Related to Limousine Service (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984)	Close-up Seductions	1996	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Card Case
Paul Harris	Seductive Switch	"switching" a folded card with unfolded card, using an impromptu fake index	Also published here Seductive Switch (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984)	Close-up Seductions	1996	167	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with mutilated card(s) Cards / Principles / Duplicates / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Blue Tattoo (revised)	changing back color of deck one by one	Inspired by Blue Tattoo (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984)	Close-up Seductions	1996	173	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Paul Harris	Unhinged	full deck in case is folded in half	Also published here Unhinged (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984) Related to marketed 2001 also in: The Folding Deck (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3, 2012)	Close-up Seductions	1996	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Jay Sankey	"10"	Ace, Two, Three and Four are squeezed together into jumbo Ten spot, blendo	Also published here "10" (Jay Sankey, Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984) also in: "10" (Jay Sankey, The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2, 2012) Variations Mini Fusion (David Acer, Natural Selections, 1995)	Close-up Seductions	1996	181	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Card Blendo
Paul Harris	Bushwacker	bushwhacker, card penetrates other cards, apparently three cards used, no slit	Also published here Bushwhacker (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984)	Close-up Seductions	1996	185	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards
Paul Harris	Sweet Stuff	coin and sugar in sugar packet change places	Also published here Sweet Stuff (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984)	Close-up Seductions	1996	191	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Coin and Other object Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coin into sugar Packet Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Transposition
Michael Ammar, Paul Harris	Michael's Proposition	final phase for a matrix type routine, last card ends up under spectator's hand	Also published here Michael's Proposition (Michael Ammar, Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984)	Close-up Seductions	1996	195	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	Bleached Blackjack (revised from Bleached Blond)	to create blackjack a Six is "bleached" blank and an Ace printed instead, no gaffs	Inspired by Bleached Blonde (Paul Harris, Close-up Seductions, 1984) Related to Bill Kalush's Open Setup (Bill Kalush, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	Close-up Seductions	1996	197	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Bill Kalush	Bill Kalush's Open Setup	for Paul Harris' "Bleached Blackjack"	Related to Bleached Blackjack (revised from Bleached Blond) (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 3, 1996)	Close-up Seductions	1996	200	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Printing & "Unprinting"
Eric Mead	Eric Mead on P.H.			Magical Arts Journal	1996	205	Articles / Biographical Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	Whack Your Pack (aka Reflex)		Variations Quick Reflex (Edward Marlo, The Lost Pages of the Kabbala, 1981) Spl!t Second (Pit Hartling, Genii, 2000) also in: High Noon (Card Fictions, 2003)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	207	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Reflex (aka Whack Your Pack)
David Harkey	Juke			Magical Arts Journal	1996	211	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Reflex (aka Whack Your Pack)
Paul Harris	Free Flight	coins travel from hand to under card on table	Also published here Free Flight (Paul Harris, Magical Arts Journal, 1988) Related to Quicksilver Flight (Irshaad Hussain, Paul Harris, Apocalypse, 1981) Variations Quicksilver Flight (Irshaad Hussain, Paul Harris, Apocalypse, 1981)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	215	Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Coins from Hand to under Card Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / One Card
Paul Harris	The Tap Dancing Aces	Aces vanish and reappear, using the pack	Also published here The Tap Dancing Aces (Paul Harris, Magical Arts Journal, 1988) Variations Persistent Offenders (Jack Parker, 52 Memories, 2007)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	219	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Elmer Biddle	Biddle Steal			Magical Arts Journal	1996	221	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Paul Harris	P.H. Invisible Palm	no palming	Variations The Invisible Palm (Paul Harris, Eric Mead, Joel Paschall, Wayne Houchin, Remix, 2014) also in: The Invisible Palm (Houchin: French Kiss & The Invisible Palm, 2019)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	227	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Arturo de Ascanio	Ascanio Spread with Double Card Laydown			Magical Arts Journal	1996	228	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Ascanio Spread Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table
Allan Ackerman	Two Packet Display Switch			Magical Arts Journal	1996	230	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
	Rub-a-Dub Vanish			Magical Arts Journal	1996	230	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Paul Harris	Paul's Venezuela Vanish	Tent Vanish Variation		Magical Arts Journal	1996	232	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Tent Vanish
	One-Handed Double Card Snap			Magical Arts Journal	1996	233	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings
Paul Harris	Mondo Nifty Invisible Palm	using random cards	Variations The Invisible Palm (Paul Harris, Eric Mead, Joel Paschall, Wayne Houchin, Remix, 2014) also in: The Invisible Palm (Houchin: French Kiss & The Invisible Palm, 2019)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	235	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Paul Harris	Mini-Mondo	one-phase routine with just two cards		Magical Arts Journal	1996	239	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Open Travelers
Paul Harris	Big-Time Leaper	multiple phases		Magical Arts Journal	1996	241	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Paul Harris	Las Vegas Leaper Count	spectator counts		Magical Arts Journal	1996	243	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there)
Paul Harris	Overcount from Deck		Related to The Perfect-Pitch False Count (Dai Vernon, Dr. James William Elliott, The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1, 1987)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	243	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Francis Carlyle, Paul Harris	The Carlyle False Count			Magical Arts Journal	1996	246	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there)
Paul Harris	The Biological Shuffle (revised)		Related to The Biological Shuffle (Paul Harris, The Collected Almanac, 1982) also in: Biological Shuffle (A Close-Up Kinda Guy, 1983)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	249	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / All at once
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris	Galaxy	two piles	Also published here Galaxy (Wyman Jones, Paul Harris, Magical Arts Journal, 1988) Related to Rack and bled (Lewis Jones, Ahead of the Pack, 2002) also in: Rack and Bled (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) Into the next World (Jim Steinmeyer, Artificial conclusions, 2003) also in: Into the Next World (Allow me to give you some Really Awful Advice!, 2012) Variations Best of All Worlds (Michael Powers, Power Plays, 2006)	Magical Arts Journal	1996	253	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
	Spectator Riffle Shuffles Once			Magical Arts Journal	1996	254	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
Paul Curry, Paul Harris	The Break-Room Boredom Buster	business cards torn in half, coincidence effect		Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	259	Paper / Mental Stuff Business Cards
Francis Carlyle, ? Truzi, Burling Hull, Paul Harris	The Client Confidence Sugar Shocker	nine sugar packets are numbered on one side, double facer sugar packet is used to force a certain number	Related to Simply Mental (Jack Parker, The Magician's Ltd Cookbook, 2007)	Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	263	Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Sugar Packet / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	The Instant Incomplete I.Q. Test (a revised classic)	self working effect with business card (one secret double facer) and an instruction sheet		Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	265	Paper / Mental Stuff Business Cards Games / Instruction Games
Paul Harris	The Burbling of a Pea	floating a pea above the mouth		Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	269	Food / Fruit
Paul Harris	Perfect-Ten Paper Clip Paradox	puzzle with a complex layout of several object, e.g. paper clips		Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	271	Random Object / Miscellaneous Numbers / Principles / Counting Sides in Square or Triangle Paper Clip / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	The Late-For-Lunch Miracle Maneuver	coincidence with 2 watches that are randomly set, instant stooge		Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	275	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
Paul Harris, Milton Kort	Moms Come and Go but a Rolex is Forever	"A Revised Milt Kort Classic", 3 1/2 gag with a book page instead of cards, dial force		Secrets of the Astonishing Executive	1996	277	Book / Miscellaneous Numbers / Number Forces / Other Props
Harry Eng, Paul Harris	The Cube	cube is constructed out of six (folded) cards, one separate card vanishes and reappears as part of the cube		Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	281	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Effects that are simply too hard to explain Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Stretch			Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	285	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Paul Harris	Torn Mentalist	flap of card case is torn off to write prediction on it, flap restored		Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	291	Cards / Effect Themes / Torn & Restored / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Bill Simon	Business Card Prophecy Move			Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	292	Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force / Business Card Prophecy
Paul Harris	The P.H. Breakthrough (revised)	deck visually penetrates card case from outside to inside	Related to The P.H. Break-Through (Paul Harris, P.H. Break-Through, 1981)	Misc. Pieces of Paul	1996	295	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case
Chad Long	The Shuffling Lesson	spectator shuffles and cuts and turns over and gets Aces while performer demonstrates the actions with the other half and gets Kings	Also published here The Shuffling Lesson (Chad Long, Real Secrets, 2014) Related to Magigram, June 1976 also in: Matching "Do As I Do" (Matching the Cards, 1977) Luck Versus Skill (R. Paul Wilson, Chad Long, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8, 2010) … and 1 more Variations Predictext (Christopher Williams, Mind Blasters, 2008) The Gambling Lesson (Benjamin Earl, Gambit, 2009) … and 8 more	Astonishing Friends	1996	299	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator cuts to and turns over the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind Cards / Sleights / Force / Re-Deal Force
Paul Harris, Jay Ose	Spectator's Ose False Cut	spectator does the false cut	Inspired by Ose's Cut (Jay Ose, Close-up Card Magic, 1962) also in: Ose Cut (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8, 2020) Ose's Cut (Particle System, 2024) Related to Spectator's Ose False Cut (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5, 2004) Spectator's Ose False Cut (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7, 2006) … and 1 more Variations Shuffled Ose Control (Benjamin Earl, Less is More Bonus, 2015) also in: Shuffled Ose Control (Less is More, 2017)	Astonishing Friends	1996	300	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / Hands & Table
Guy Hollingworth, James Steranko	The Voodoo Card	selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched	Also published here Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, Drawing Room Deceptions, 1999) also in: The Voodoo Card (Guy Hollingworth, Renovations, 2015) Inspired by Voodoo Card (James Steranko, Steranko on Cards, 1960)	Astonishing Friends	1996	303	Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects / Miscellaneous
Fred Rohm	Dollar Box	origami figure		Astonishing Friends	1996	307	Bill / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects
Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez	Daryl's Hot-Shot Cut (Simplified)			Astonishing Friends	1996	311	Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / One Handed Cuts
Jay Sankey	A Lighthouse in the Fog	Sankey on Paul Harris (ca. 1982)		00100	1996	313	Articles / Articles
Paul Harris	Kitchen Magician	idea of having drawer box in kitchen		Conversations from the Edge	1996	317	Apparatus & Dealer Props / Drawer Box
Paul Harris	The Nowhere Man	giving the spectator the feeling that he is invisible, x-1 stooges		Conversations from the Edge	1996	319	Mental Magic / Principles / Stooge Illusions / Vanish / Person

Data entered by Denis Behr, November 2006.

The Art of Astonishment — Book 3

Pieces of Strange to Unleash the Moment