Abacus Volume 2 (September 1993 - August 1994)
by Al E. Smith

Number 1 (September 1993)

• Box Tops
• The Longest Day
• That's Torn It! / Alan Francis
• Only The Mediocre / Paul Daniels
• Clubman's Diary
• Slings and Arrows
• Snippets / Melvin Lehaire
• Angel's Footsteps / Rod Ethtie
• Sloppit / Ed Ward
• Direct Chink-A-Chink / Damian Surr
• On Tap
• Flattery Gets You Nowhere / Walt Lees
• Cards On Tour
• Who Said That
• Duffie's Deal / Peter Duffie

Number 2 (October 1993)

• Into the Mystic
• Riffs
• Daley Papers
• Mac's Stacks / Mac MacDonald
• Partial Hofzinser / Roger Curzon
• Forward To Yesterday / Ellisdons
• You Can't Win Dept
• Pocket The Deck / Ed Ward
• Truth Within / Al Smith
• Mo's Prose / Mo Howarth
• Downtown Stories
• Trickaholics
• Do You Want To Win Some Money? / Mike Gancia, Les Johnson, Al Smith
• Hellraiser / Peter Duffie
• Current Matters

Number 3 (November 1993)

• Into the Mystic
• Riffs
• Duffie's Deal, The Twenty-One Three Card Trick / Peter Duffie
• Jester Joke / Elizabeth Dane
• Recollections / Al Smith
• TV Repeats
• Downtown Stories
• The Driebeek Jumping Signature / Bob Driebeek
• How a Young Tyro Learns a Lesson / David Lea
• Remainder Reminder
• Neil's Nail / Neil Sorsby
• Kings and Prawns / Rod Ethtie
• Mac's Stacks / Mac MacDonald
• Permission Granted / Geoffrey Green
• Apropos of nothing
• Editor Apropos
• Reperdup / Bob Driebeek

Number 4 (December 1993)

• Escape from Reality
• Riffs
• Oddments
• Countdown / Stephen Tucker
• Current Matters
• The Oz Zone / Tony Griffith
• Siftas / Abe Akers
• Discussion
• Nine Nine Nine
• Quadnine
• Brothers In ....?
• Deep Thoughts / Peter Duffie
• Photat
• Spy Story

Number 5 (January 1994)

• As Previously Arranged
• Riffs
• CongratulACEions / Ed Ward
• The Oz Zone - Two / Tony Griffith
• Beat the Drum Loudly Department
• Mac's Stacks / Mac MacDonald
• Sedopitan Gamble / Alan Francis
• Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Bolder / Abe Akers
• New Frontier / Al Smith
• Mind Over Patter
• Saints Within / Macks Malvern
• Navanac / Abe Akers

Number 6 (February 1994)

• The Other Half
• Riffs / Tony Griffith
• Royal Ascent / Alan Francis
• Yes Or No?
• Further Down the Ginsberg Trail
• Behind Your Back / Bob Driebeek
• Toothless Tigers / Walt Lees
• The Real Work
• McBride's Aces / Stephen Tucker
• Double Facer
• Snowtime
• Photat - Another Brainwave / Paul Hallas
• Thotover / Peter Duffie
• Christmas Crackers

Number 7 (March 1994)

• Natal
• Riffs
• As Promised
• Another Observation Test / Mark Finnis
• Someday One Day
• Birds Under the Weather
• Ascent Accent
• Swings and Roundabouts
• Dear Ed / John Field
• Tools of the Devil
• Siftas - Some Ideas for Tricks and Stuff
• Two Below Zero / Stephen Tucker
• The Lin-Lees Aces / Alan Francis
• Clock On / Abe Akers

Number 8 (April 1994)

• Moving Sleightly
• Riffs
• Open Verdict
• No Contest / Ian Keable
• Footprints and Shadows
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun
• Further CongratulACEions / Ed Ward
• Colour Triumph / Neil Sorsby
• Palmystery / Shaun McCree
• From the Front Office
• Birds of a Feather / Walt Lees
• Add-Lib / Peter Duffie
• Added-Add-Lib
• Hypnotic Jack Sandwich / Roger Curzon
• Navanac II / Abe Akers

Number 9 (May 1994)

• Nik
• Riffs: A chat with Bob Read
• Repulsive Attraction / Ed Ward
• Among My Souvenirs
• Junk the Conjuror
• Back in Time / Stephen Tucker
• Swindlies / Abe Akers
• Odds And Sods / Bernard Rasmussen
• Another Chance To See...? / Simon Dixon
• Tip of the Spielberg / Walt Lees
• Dinosaurs of Steam
• Badorosh / Rod Ethtie
• Reverse Faro Shuffle
• Over the Border and Beyond
• Angel Heart / Peter Duffie
• Obvious or What?

Number 10 (June 1994)

• Ola
• Riffs
• Natter and Chat
• Crimp Boats Are Coming
• Jerry Meandering / Abe Akers
• Fizz? Hmm... / Rod Ethtie
• There's a Place for Us
• U-Turn / Peter Duffie
• Read All About It / Bob Read
• Current Matters
• Bomdix II
• Braue Reverse
• Dentate Frogs / Ken Sharpies
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• At Knife Point / Wayne Dobson
• Classics

Number 11 (July 1994)

• Counting
• Riffs - Al's Manic
• Thoughts From the Underground / Rod Ethtie
• Time is Fleeting
• Si's Fours / Alan Francis
• Ace Paradox / Simon Dixon
• 1994 - The First Six Months
• PD - The Series
• Shirning / Ken Speckle
• Post Preparity / Abe Akers
• Radioactive Card / Paul Hallas

Number 12 (August 1994)

• SiFoFoFa (1)
• Riffs
• Funny Or Not Funny
• In Dreams
• Update
• Downsdate / Keith Downs
• Minorskil / Rod Ethtie
• Doc Umentary
• The Kids Are Alright
• Abacus The Magazine Volume Two Bonus: Nostromo; The Nostradamus Papers; The Nostradamus Prophecies / Peter Duffie, Al Smith
• Saturday Night Shuffle
• Fizzled
• Thoughts On Staystack
• BREFT / Peter Duffie
• The Magic Shuffle / Peter Duffie
• Katy Lied / Stephen Tucker
• Mo's Prose
• Why Bother? / Al Smith
• No Fooling

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