Abacus Volume 6 (September 1997 - August 1998)
by Al E. Smith

Number 1 (September 1997)

• Riffs
• Suspension Bridge / Clive Sullivan
• Positive Mind Control / Bob Hamilton
• Western Wizards
• Hanks for the DemGeoffrey
• Twist In A Glass / Paul Hallas
• Ferry Bridge
• Hi Ho Silver
• Early in the Morning / J.P. Richardson
• The Day the Music Sighed
• Scene and Heard
• NLAFT
• More Bragging
• Interview Anthony Owen
• Picky Picky Dept
• Strange Currencies / Peter McLanachan

Number 2 (October 1997)

• Riffs
• The Poker Prediction Puzzle Problem / Roy Walton
• Interview Peter Duffie
• Flying / Peter Duffie
• Eddie's Readers
• A Twisted Tale
• Liquid Fueling
• Heavy Mental Magic
• Nothing To It
• Victims Without ID

Number 3 (November 1997)

• Riffs
• Oh No Another Addano / Roy Johnson
• Abacus On Tour
• Truth Factor Level / Al E. Smith
• Here Begins Our Lasting Joy
• Storming Norma
• Thumbnail And I
• Osmosis
• Out Of His Dimension / Peter Schentuk
• Pot Pack
• Don't Call Us
• Fringe and Whinge
• Street Cred / Mathew Street
• Ring and Whinge

Number 4 (December 1997)

• Riffs
• Deeper And Further / Reinhard Müller
• Curzon's Con / Roger Curzon
• Phil Goldstein writes ...
• Michael Ammar
• ItSezEre
• Identity Crisis?
• Derby Day
• It Works For Me / Roger Barons
• Portsmouth Jumbo Day / David Lang
• Not So Positive Mind Control
• Countdown But Not Out
• Captive Video?
• Faroism / Kenneth Sharples
• Faro Flushtration
• Diary Tricks Dept.
• Missing Persons Dept.
• Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
• Dealers In Deal Me Out

Number 5 (January 1998)

• Riffs
• Harry's Grandmother / Al Smith
• Gardner's Plot
• It Makes You Think
• The Heart of Astonishment
• Simply Stated / Peter Duffie
• Stuff the Piano Player
• Bring On the Empty Gestures
• What's In Store
• Faro Flushtration / Kenneth Sharples
• Nothing Changes
• Duplex Poker Deal / George McBride

Number 6 (February 1998)

• Riffs
• Lang-Widge / David Lang
• A Christmas Cavil?
• Jokerman / Roger Curzon
• Squares Deal
• Persuasive Sensibility
• Marks & Sponsors / Walt Lees
• All or Nothing
• Blupho The Dare / Ken Speckle
• Hey Joe: The Henricks Experience
• Pool The Other One / Peter McLanachan

Number 7 (March 1998)

• Riffs
• Illusive Illusions / T. A. Waters
• Legend In His Lunchtime
• Hi-Ho Silver ...
• Oyez Oyez
• The Gathering / Nicholas Old
• Ta To Tahoe / Roger Ferriby
• Effortless Card Magic / Peter Duffie
• Magic As Entertainment / Harold Taylor
• The Close-Up Gag File / David Lang
• Close-Up Carrier / Jim Klein
• Art-If-Ice
• Beam Me On Board
• EC Rider / Jack Saddleworth
• Hot Dogs & Cool Cats / Mick Elbring
• Knock Turn
• Noasis / Mick Elbring
• Photat / Paul Hallas

Number 8 (April 1998)

• Riffs
• A Louse in Wonderland / Walt Lees
• Faroutine / Peter Duffie
• Lost Weakend
• Silence of the Trams
• Squares Deal
• Count Up
• Silence of the Scams
• Gordon's Gallimaufry / Paul Gordon
• Twenty-Two Catches in the Lie
• The Tower In Shadow / Ken Sharples
• 48 Hours

Number 9 (May 1998)

• Riffs
• Fly-Fly-Fly
• Dig This
• Match-Ed / James Grieve
• Wurthering Sights
• The Wrong Good Friday
• Have Magic Case Will Travel
• Never A Cross Word / Paul Hallas
• Some People / Mark Leveridge
• The Dull Monty
• Confession / John Dory
• Max Maven writes ...
• Passed This Way: J. Lockhart-Davidson
• Doticana / John Barman
• Gray Guardians

Number 10 (June 1998)

• Riffs
• Stale and Hearty / Walt Lees
• Al-Together Now / Peter McLanachan
• MnM / Jonathan Gaines
• Ammar Right Or Wrong?
• Leeds
• Derek Lever
• Abacus Talks To Janet Clare
• On the other hand ... / David Lang
• Handbags & Sandbags
• Review / Anthony Owen
• Classic Joker / Dave Wyton
• The Speckled Humbug / Peter Duffie

Number 11 (July 1998)

• Riffs
• Review / Anthony Owen
• A Fun-Kindness of Mavens: The Busy Widow / Phil Goldstein
• Walter E. Ritter writes
• Opus & Friends / Alan R. Jones
• Virginia City / Roger Ferriby
• Rectal Refuse
• Abacus Talks To Mark Leveridge
• How Much?
• No Catch - Cut 22 / Ken Speckle
• Cast-Away / Warren Joseph

Number 12 (August 1998)

• Riffs
• The Quicker Widow / Phil Goldstein
• Wishful Thinking
• Teamchange
• Tip Off
• Fields Manoeuvred
• Four Whom The Bell Tolls For / John Donne
• Piff Paff Poof
• Ha-Joke?
• Impossible Two Card Location / Ian Barradell
• No Fear! / Robert Black
• Cased Coincidence / Ed Ward
• Clubland Dreams and Nightmares

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