Impromptu Card Magic
by Aldo Colombini

90 amazing card tricks by some of the most recognized magicians (including three past FISM winners), with stringent conditions: no set-ups and no sleights. organized into the following sections:

• Selected Cards
• Aces and Gambling
• Mental Discoveries
• Spelling Effects
• Amazing Coincidences
• Lie Detectors

The routines use subtle moves and principles rather than difficult sleight of hand to produce entertaining card effects that anyone can do. And more important, no gimmicks, and no set-ups whatsoever. Grab an ordinary, even borrowed, deck of cards and amaze your spectators with incredible card effects!

160 pages

Table of Contents

3. Introduction
4. Preface

   Selected Cards

5. Goody Goody: Tom Craven
5. Easy Location: Aldo Colombini
6. No Control: Aldo Colombini
7. Topsy-Turvy Twosome: Tom Daugherty
8. Twinkey: J. K. Hartman
9. A Sort-Of Spell: Eddie Joseph
10. Quick and Direct: Harry Lorayne
11. Dreamers Ball: Gavin Ross
12. Duffy Duck and Deal: Aldo Colombini
12. 4-5-6: Al Thatcher
13. Bottoming Out Today: Marty Kane
13. Dueling with Cards: Jon Racherbaumer
15. Piledriver: Gavin Ross
15. Kangaroo: Roy Walton
16. Automatic Placement: Ed Marlo
17. Jackula: Michael De Marco
17. Come Together: Jay Sankey & David Acer
18. Leapfrog: Tom Daugherty
19. The Ten Principle: John Cornelius
20. Prophetic Numbers: Aldo Colombini
21. Infallible Memory: Eddie Joseph
21. Instant Lottery: Marty Kane
22. Speed Limit: Gavin Ross
23. Sweet Sixteen: Michael De Marco
24. The Magic Lesson: Roy Walton
25. The Jamesway Connection: Peter Duffie & Robin Robertson
26. Untouched: Daryl
27. Countdown Location: George McBride
27. Phone Trick: Chuck Smith
29. Case of Logic: Larry Becker
30. Topsy-Turvy Location: Stewart Judah
30. Two Selected Cards: Stewart Judah
31. Three-Card Location: Stewart Judah

    Aces and Gambling

32. A Lucky Card: Richard Vollmer
33. Surprise Poker: Aldo Colombini
34. Simpl ' Ace ' Ty: Stephen Jones
34. Du/Process: Karl Fulves
35. It's a Deal: Aldo Colombini
36. The Nervous Ace: Tom Daugherty
37. Lucky in Love: Karl Fulves
38. Three to Two Poker: Howard Adams

    Mental Discoveries

39. Three Proofs: Tom Daugherty
40. Message Understood: Peter Duffie
40. Matched Prediction: Trevor Lewis
41. Duo Predicto: Paul Swinford
42. Double Predict A Count: Al Thatcher
43. Invisible Deck: John Fedko
44. Blue Print: Karl Fulves
45. No Way: Eric Booth
46. Another Aussie: Tom Craven
47. Thirteen Down: Peter Duffie
47. Central Reservations: Peter Duffie
48. Dextral Draw: Karl Fulves
49. My Dear Holmes: Stephen Tucker
49. Three For One: Aldo Colombini
50. The Cape Canaveral Trick: Paul Swinford
51. Importanten: Howard Adams
51. Cleopatrable: Howard Adams
52. A Face in the Dark: George McBride
53. Predict O'Clock: Aldo Colombini

    Spelling Effects

54. The Magic Shuffle: Peter Duffie
54. Universal Speller: Max Maven
56. Small Talk: Richard Vollmer
56. Comedy Spelling: Aldo Colombini
57. Isobel: Stephen Jones
58. Bam-Boo-Zle: Ken de Courcy
59. Copperfield Down-Under: Marty Kane
59. Magician: Peter Duffie
60. Spelling Three Names: Stewart Judah

    Amazing Coincidences

61. Casually Yours: Aldo Colombini
61. Trost And Us: Mike Rogers
62. Money Power: Roy Walton
63. A Coincidence - On A Trey: Bill Miesel
64. Family Reunion: Aldo Colombini
65. Royal Marriages: Dai Vernon
66. Sloshed or Sober: Paul Gordon
66. Way to Go: Aldo Colombini
67. The Great Thirstin': Marty Kane
68. Strange Frontier: Gavin Ross
69. Out of this Borough: David Regal
71. Tri-Trock: Michael De Marco
71. "Romantic" Card Trick: Bob Ostin
72. Solitaire: Norman Gilbreath

    Lie Detector

74. ACME Lie Detector: Marty Kane
74. More Lies: Robert E. Neale
75. On Second Thought: Aldo Colombini
77. Telemental: Bob King
77. Pronto! Aldo Colombini
78. The Ultimate Truth: Peter Duffie
79. S.S.D.J. Lie Detector: Robin Robertson

word count: 56018 which is equivalent to 224 standard pages of text