Stone, Tom

Book

1993
Written by Tom Stone
Work of Tom Stone

58 pages (Stapled), without pagination, published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Tom Stone
Language: English

20 entries

This publication has been reviewed by

Chuck Fayne (MAGIC, Vol. 3 No. 6, Feb. 1994, p. 69)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Lennart Green	Foreword			[3]	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tom Stone	Ambivalent Travellers	travelers with two torn cards (four pieces)	Also published here Ambivalent Travellers (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000) also in: Ambivalent Travellers (Tom Stone, Tracking Mr. Fogg, 2002) Ambivalent Travelers (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010) Inspired by Ambidextrous Travellers (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986)	[5]	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
	Transfer Switch	here with torn pieces		[7]	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Tom Stone	Half-Card Vanish	packet of half cards vanishes as hand waves over them	Also published here Half-Card Vanish (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000) also in: Half-Card Vanish (Tom Stone, Tracking Mr. Fogg, 2002) Half-Card Vanish (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010)	[9]	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Bare Handed
Tom Stone	? Signed card to spectators wallet	short idea without details	Inspired by The Empty Hand (Gary Kurtz, Unexplainable Acts, 1990) also in: The Empty Hand (Lecture Notes 1995, 1995) The Empty Hand (The Disclaimer*, 2021)	[11]	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Tom Stone	Flight of the Bottle Cap	bottle uncapped, cap vanishes, reappears back on bottle	Also published here Flight of the Bottle Cap (Tom Stone, Cerebral Vortex, 1997) also in: Flight of the Bottle Cap (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000)	[12]	Bottle / Bottle Caps / Miscellaneous
David Williamson	Striking Vanish	with bottle cap		[15]	Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish Bottle / Bottle Caps / Miscellaneous
Tom Stone	The Impromptu Cigarette Tear		Also published here The Impromptu Cigarette Tear (Tom Stone, Cerebral Vortex, 1997) also in: The Impromptu T&R Cigarette (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000) Inspired by Breaking Point (Looy Simonoff, Paul Harris, Close-up Fantasies — Book II, 1980) also in: Breaking Point (The Art of Astonishment — Book 2, 1996)	[16]	Cigarette & Cigar / Torn & Restored
Tom Stone	The One Coin Opener	short one-coin flurry, then pen is produced from coin, coin from pen cap, jumbo coin sequence	Also published here The One Coin Opener (Tom Stone, The One Coin Opener, 1997)	[20]	Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / Jumbo Coin Sequences Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / One Coin Routine Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Pen Pen & Pencil / Pen (& Cap) Manipulation Routines
L'Homme Masqué, Tom Stone	L'Homme Masque Load Variation		Also published here L'Homme Masque Load Variation (L'Homme Masqué, Tom Stone, The One Coin Opener, 1997)	[20]	Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Hand Loads
	Getting into Edge-Grip		Also published here Getting into Edge-Grip (The One Coin Opener, 1997) Related to Getting Into Edge Grip: Method Three (Richard Kaufman, CoinMagic, 1981)	[28]	Coin / Sleights / Palming / Position Transfers Coin / Sleights / Palming / Palming Techniques
Tom Stone	On the Spider Grip Vanish		Also published here On the Spider Grip Vanish (Tom Stone, The One Coin Opener, 1997)	[29]	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Take
Tom Stone	Jumbo Coin Vanish	with palm transfer sequence	Also published here Jumbo Coin Vanish (Tom Stone, The One Coin Opener, 1997)	[31]	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / Jumbo Coins
Chris Cox*	Wishbringer	mystery card placed in full view behind the performer's belt turns out to be later selection, in between three duplicates of the selection are produced which together with the mystery card change to Kings		[39]	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Signed Card & Mystery Card
	Bluff Pass			[39]	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Bluff Passes
Tom Stone	? Ambidextrous Travellers	cards appear in spectator's coat, idea without method	Related to Stupid Travelers (Michael Close, Workers Number 5, 1996)	[43]	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Travelers
Tom Stone	Subliminal persuasion	secret message appears as cards are riffled, nudist deck presentation	Also published here Subliminal Persuasion (Tom Stone, Cerebral Vortex, 1997) also in: Subliminal Persuation (Tom Stone, Skerries, 2002) Subliminal Persuasion (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010)	[44]	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck
Karl Grendel	The Transreality Leap	rubber-banded deck, spectator guesses the top card which is written on its back with signature, it is found wrong, writing then changes to correct card	Variations Transreality Leap II (Tom Stone, Knytkalas, 2026)	[46]	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Paper / Out to Lunch
Tom Stone	TS Cigarette Vanish	cigarette is apparently lighted, it vanishes	Also published here T S Cigarette Vanish (Tom Stone, Cerebral Vortex, 1997) also in: TS Cigarette Vanish (Tom Stone, ...at first sight, 2000)	[50]	Cigarette & Cigar / Vanish
Chris Cox*	Gumshoe	sandwich cards surround seven cards, alternating deal to table and deck until one card remains to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection	Also published here Gumshoe (Henrik Holmberg, Knytkalas, 2026) Inspired by Mystery of the 7 Suspects (Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer, The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1*, 1983)	[54]	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Progressive Sandwich ("The Searchers") Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal

Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2025.

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