Bob Malinchock is a long-time member of both SAM and IBM as well as many other magic clubs. He has had the privilege of serving as secretary, treasurer, scribe, and newsletter author. More recently he has had effects published in MUM and The Linking Ring (Most recently two One-Man Parades, Oct. 2022 and May 2023).
Just Coins is intended to be a fun approach to performing a few standard coin routines. Almost totally devoid of any difficult moves or sleights, the routines depend mostly on the two fundamental principles of magic - misdirection and timing.
What's shared in this ebook are new ways to accomplish the coin classics in a unique manner. Included are Four Coins Across, Coins Through Table, and a Single Coin Routine-Slydini style. As a bonus is a mechanical suggestion to just play around with. Many supporting photos and videos are also available and referenced.
1st edition 2024, PDF 32 pages....
Just Five! is a booklet containing only five card tricks. Its intent was to not overwhelm the reader with too many of the thousands of card tricks and all their variations. Presented is a variety of straightforward effects with little demand on one's skill in sleight of hand. Misdirection and presentation are the focus.
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Some lesser-known math-based tricks.
I always liked numbers. Numbers yes, math maybe not. What I have attempted to accomplish with this small book is to document some of the more unusual effects I have found and presented that rely on some mathematical principle, sometimes an obscure principle, as its underlying method. Generally, such methods offer the performer a relatively simple and often almost foolproof self-working guarantee of success.
Ah, but only success in the method. Anyone with any experience soon realizes that it isn’t the method so much as the presentation that truly makes...