Bob Ostin
(Liverpool, England: 23rd September 1929 – 15th May 2013)
Stage name of Robert W. Arkley. Semi-pro close-up in clubs and at kid-shows. Won British Ring close-up competition. Invented Dice Prediction (1953), Spooky Dice, Beam Shot = Laser Beam (1969), and Submarine Card. Wrote Fingertip Fantasies (1968, 88pp). Tricks in Abra, New Pentagram, Linking Ring, Magigram, New Talon, Genii, etc. Martin Breese recorded an interesting audio with him.