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Jay Jennings

Jay Jennings

Jay's "day job" is a software engineer in the Southwest US. He grew up in Alaska, lived on a commune, dropped out of school, graduated from Ringling Bros Clown College, worked as a radio DJ, fell in love at a juggling club meeting, adopted siblings, and wrote computer games and books.

Jay has been performing and creating magic and mentalism longer than he’s willing to admit. His style blends real-world practicality with a touch of theatrical flair—and the occasional questionable life choice turned into a performance piece. He’s not claiming to know everything (far from it), but he’s figured out a few things that work and decided to share them in case they help another mystery performer out there. If his effects make your audiences gasp, laugh, or just stop scrolling for a second, then he’ll call that a win.

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Coincidence at Play by Jay Jennings

A fun close-up or parlor magic routine (with a mentalism flavor and an "OMG!" ending) that revolves around the game of chess.

The Effect: The performer shows six square cards, each with the image of a chess board setup. On each card, a different piece is missing - a pawn on one, a rook on another, etc. He then shows the backs of those cards, and each is numbered from 1 to 6. Those cards are laid aside for now.

A deck of cards is introduced, and instead of playing cards on the faces, there are pictures of chess pieces, one piece on each card. A spectator is asked to pull a card from the...