Starting Fires 1: Real (Alexander Hansford)

Book

2025
Written by Alexander Hansford
Work of Alexander Hansford

52 pages (Stapled), without pagination, published by The Neat Review
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English

8 entries

Cover photograph

Starting Fires 1: Real (written by Alexander Hansford, work of Alexander Hansford, 2025)
Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Alexander Hansford	About		Also published here About (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 2: Searching, 2025) also in: About (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 3: Gestural, 2025)	[3]	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Alexander Hansford	About Magic		Also published here About Magic (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 2: Searching, 2025) also in: About Magic (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 3: Gestural, 2025)	[6]	Articles / Theory & Essays
Alexander Hansford	Commitment		Also published here Commitment (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 2: Searching, 2025) also in: Commitment (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 3: Gestural, 2025)	[13]	Articles / Articles
Alexander Hansford	"The cards are in order"		Also published here "The cards are in order" (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 2: Searching, 2025) also in: "The cards are in order" (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 3: Gestural, 2025)	[13]	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / General Comments
Alexander Hansford	Lastly, before we begin		Also published here Lastly, before we begin (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 2: Searching, 2025) also in: Lastly, before we begin (Alexander Hansford, Starting Fires 3: Gestural, 2025)	[16]	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Alexander Hansford	A Studied Display of Real Feeling (For Two)	two spectators choose cards in their hands from different decks and find the card of the other spectator after both decks have been shuffled together into a red-blue mix, out of hands Alternative Handling	Inspired by Double S'Entendre (Ken Krenzel, Close-up Impact!, 1990) also in: Double S'Entendre (Card College Lighter, 2008)	[17]	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
	Cut Deeper Force			[22]	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cut-Deeper Force
Alexander Hansford	Cross-Cut Force	deck starts under the table		[39]	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Cross Cut Force

Data entered by Denis Behr, June 2026.