Abacus Volume 4 (September 1995 - August 1996)
by Al E. Smith

Number 1 (September 1995)

• Will You Love me Tomorrow
• Riffs
• Thirds Away / Peter Duffie
• For A Few Wallets More
• The Return Of Imogen
• The Duffrid Quadco / Alan Francis
• Soon Forgotten
• Glory To The Victor / Walt Lees
• The Double Deal Turnover / R. Paul Wilson
• Taurean Misfit II / R. Paul Wilson
• Here And There

Number 2 (October 1995)

• Riffs
• Ektopos / Bob Driebeek
• The View From Stephen Tucker: Imogination
• Magic And The Internet / Geoffrey Green
• US Review / Duane Henry
• Bill's Secret Number 2 / Jack Jansen
• Who's Doing what? / Tony Griffith
• Compulsive
• Here And There
• A Fair Old Canticle

Number 3 (November 1995)

• Riffs
• Parsleys Age
• Rogers Rattle / Roger Crosthwaite
• The Commanders / Peter Duffie
• Griff on Magic
• One From Five / Alan Francis
• Standard Issue Mark Finder / Simon Dixon
• Out Of This World? / Kenneth Sharples

Number 4 (December 1995)

• All Star Cast
• Riffs
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• Mini-Mix / George McBride
• Riposte / Adam Bell
• Arthur's Daley / Arthur McTier
• Palmblock / Phil Goldstein
• Empty Vessels Desert Ships / Bactrian Sopwith

Number 5 (January 1996)

• Two Effs
• Riffs
• Cabaret Secrets
• Duffie's Deal / Peter Duffie
• Max Impact / Paul Hallas
• Blues Jay Way / Charles Foster Joiner
• Water Lota Water / Paul Hallas
• Flinging Fingers / David Lang
• Weak End
• Deep Waters Line
• One Knows / Simon Dixon
• It Was Forty Years Ago Today
• Oil Of Ulley
• Stretch Marks / Adam Bell
• Internits? / Abe Akers

Number 6 (February 1996)

• Riffs
• Painless Moracle / Marty Kane
• Three Thirds = Four / Phil Goldstein
• Free As a Jay Bird / John Dory
• Bits and Pieces
• Secret No More
• No More Secrets
• Soldier's Almanac / Bob Read
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• Object Lesson / Tony Griffith
• LeHair Today

Number 7 (March 1996)

• The Three Dungeonnaires
• Riffs
• E-Deal / James Woodser
• Prime Time Surprise / Peter Duffie
• Genimo / Alan Francis
• Sell Out
• Fabian Of The Card
• Stairway To Bevan
• Forkal Point
• Sauce or Bottle? / Lee Perryn
• Abacusianotes: Bizarre
• Griff Objects
• Real World Fantasy
• Derby Day
• Is There Anybody There? / Walt Lees
• The Working Self Shelf

Number 8 (April 1996)

• Carry On Variating
• Riffs
• RE-Deal / Jon Guller
• Leaves Unseen
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• I'm A Believer
• More To Follow? / Abe Akers
• Them That Trespass / Stan Knight
• Langblock / David Lang
• Daytripper
• OTT Or Tiswas
• Stronger Magic?
• Tapes Of Things / Ed Ward
• Da Doo Rom Rom

Number 9 (May 1996)

• More Three Dungeonnaires
• Riffs
• Four Card Monte / Peter Duffie
• Who Benefits / Bill Kite
• Artless / Terry Daly
• Secret Of The Die / Jack Jansen
• Stronger Magic?
• Them That Trespass Again / Stan Knight
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• Top Marks / Alan Francis
• The Obvious Choice / James Woodser
• You'll Never Be 21 Again

Number 10 (June 1996)

• A Musing
• Riffs
• Alternate Alternative / John Dory
• Bookmarks / Paul Hallas
• Stand By Me / Abe Akers
• Faxational / Keith Downs
• The Things They Say, Dept
• The Vampire Strikes Back / Den Tate
• One Does Indeed / Alan Francis
• Etude / Bernard Webb
• Long Cool Woman / Les Johnson
• Big Feat / John Henderson
• Take It Easy / Jack Browne
• Passing Thoughts / Dec Hayes
• The Johnson-Moore Card Box
• Not Of This World / Mike Holder
• Blackpool Gala Show By Numbers / Anthony Owen

Number 11 (July 1996)

• Ah! Sweet Mythteries Of Life
• Riffs
• Better Than Me / Peter Duffie
• Two-Four-Six-Eight
• Self-Shirkers / J. Lockhart Davidson
• Review: The Semi-Automatic Self Shelf
• Colour Code / Francis Haxton
• Chance No Chance / James Woodser
• Open Field
• What's Wrong with The Open Prediction
• BookedUp? / Dave Wyton
• Man Of Mastery / Walt Lees

Number 12 (August 1996)

• Magnificenceven
• Riffs
• Opened Prediction / Steve Beam
• Mailbox / Rick Shaw
• Mark-Up (1) / Mel Chester
• Credit Where Due / Jake Yerbert
• Edcomment / Max Maven
• Ivor Parry
• Durham In Yorkshire
• Remains Of The Fray
• Sauna Or Later / David Hawkins
• Magic Menu: the first five years
• Mexican Premonition / David Lang
• Just A Thought
• Blake's Haven
• Another Thought
• Unconventional Magic
• Resigned or Re-signed?

Sampler No 1 (Summer 1996)

• Sample
• Riffs
• What is Abacus?
• C.O. Williams Meets Francis Carlyle / Peter Duffie
• Beyond Belief
• A Fistful of Wallets
• Close-Up On Close-Up / Tony Griffith
• Cute Ace / Ken Speckle
• Last Of The Romantics
• Left Hand Right / Ken Speckle
• Photat / Paul Hallas
• Mated Triumph / Brian Glover
• Only the Mediocre / Paul Daniels
• Jack's Attic / Jack Jansen
• WYSIWYG ... Sometimes
• Too Much of a Good Thing?
• Catch the Bus

Shuffling Along No 1 (Summer 1996)

• Shuffle
• Riffs
• Senior Control
• Things To Think About: Card Magic
• Full Time
• Botstok
• Adding Cards
• Losing Cards
• Perpetual Ginsberg
• Things To Think About: Double Lift and Turnover
• Ginsberg Trail
• Things To Think About: Gimmicks
• Four Spellings And Funferal
• Things To Think About: Sleight of hand

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