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Why do the same tricks everyone else is doing?

The Book That Doesn't Exist is the new name for the continuation of [lc=4152 FEEN-X Magazine, an underground newsletter read by some of the top names in magic. Now it can be yours!

2002-2003, 178 pages.

1. Table of Contents

7. The Book That Doesn't Exist - Chapter 1 - 5 pages
7. Twistin' The Night Away - A New Twist to Card Twisting Effects
9. Slowly I Turn - Thoughts on Quick Moves Vs. Smooth Moves
9. Johnny CardTrickSeeds - A Short Story
10. Brian Higgins Alternative to the Rub-A-Dub Vanish - A Different Card Vanish
11. Old Business - Thoughts on Stigmata...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• UNTOUCHABLE (Arthur Setterington): A very easy and direct book test.
• OUT OF SEQUENCE (Francis Haxton): A packet is left on the table and one card selected by a spectator. A card from the packet is chosen and it changes place with the selection.
• BLANK AMAZEMENT (Francis Haxton): A packet of blank cards reveal a selected card.
• HARMONY OF THREE (Lyndon B. Wainwright): Two decks of cards. Spectators deal cards and they stop at any time. The top cards of the dealt portions match and you have predicted these cards by having them...

September 1938 - August 1939
Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher

412 pages

1. Genii - Volume 3, Number 1 - September 1938 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Al Robbins
5. Albert C. Robbins - biographical notes
5. In This Issue - Contents
5. My Favorite Tricks - The Editor
   • A Bit Of Clairvoyance
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. Mr. Charles Waller, of Australia Presents The Parcel That Makes Itself
7. "Old Stuff" - George G. Kaplan
8. Eddie Clever Presents Measured Thoughts
10. William Tell Up-To-Date - George Postle
11. Oscar Weigle,...

September 1937 - August 1938
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians and Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher

464 pages

1. Genii - Volume 2, Number 1 - September 1937 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Thomas Chew Worthington III
4. In This Issue - Contents
4. Thomas Chew Worthington III - biographical notes
5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
6. MAGIC
   6. The Third Eye - William W. Larsen
   7. "Dots" - Frank M. Chapman
   7. The Chinese Bartender - Dale Williams
   8. Indian Prisoner Tie - Fred Kapp
   8. "Tattle-Tale" -...

September 1936 - August 1937
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor & Publisher

420 pages

1. Genii - Volume 1, Number 1 - September 1936 - 36 pages
4. Contents
4. A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
5. The Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. MAGIC
   6. The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   6. Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
   7. Felix, The Felicitous Feline - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   9. The L. W. Stop Mystery - T. Page Wright & William Larsen
   9. McMillen-Wright Rising Cards - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
      10. The...

THE REAL PREMONITION - My take on Eddie Joseph's famous Premonition effect, which eliminates all calculations through the use of a devilish "prompter list", which is in full view but can't be seen. Also, in my version the freely chosen card (which is the only card missing in the deck) is predicted in a letter in a sealed envelope! For the gimmick you get the printing templates which can be found at the end of the PDF.

REVERSE TAKE - The most convincing "take" with a thumb tip possible. This one will fool even the experts, guaranteed. It will take some time until you get this down, because it works completely against...

CONTENTS:

• ROPE, HANDKERCHIEF AND RING MYSTERY (Ken de Courcy): A handkerchief is draped over the center of a piece of rope which is tied over the handkerchief. The whole thing is given to a spectator to hold. A ring is vanished and it appears knotted on the center of the rope.
• AN E.V.T.V. PREDICTION (Arthur Carter): A method to predict basically anything you want: Names, places, cards, etc. The principle can be used for many other routines.
• DICE CHOICE (W. Rory Coker): Two ESP cards are removed as predictions and two are selected by a spectator. These symbols match your predictions.
• WHIRL (Aldo Colombini):...

CONTENTS:

• SYMPATHETIC JOKERS (Steve Cook): Two blue-backed Jokers placed in different part of the deck, come together in the middle. A selected card appears between them and at the end, their backs become red.
• KARDCOINCIDENCE (Alfred Gabriel): A very unique way to reveal a selected card, where a miniature card duplicate of the selection appears glued to a coin previously shown on both sides.
• A BLANK SANDWICH (John Yeager): A selected card is placed on the table. Two Jacks are shown and the selected card appears between them. The card on the table is now blank.
• RISING CARD (Carlos Corda):...

1st edition 2001, 72 pages.

105. Feen-X: 2001 - Issue 13 - January - 9 pages
105. Metal-ism - Mind over Matter ... The Mental Kind
108. Bluff in Depth - Cards
109. Hit & Run with Odd Coin
111. The Womb

114. Feen-X: 2001 - Issue 14 - February - 8 pages
114. The Frying Pan - Chanin's Disarrange
116. Mental Thoughts ... The Best Kind - It's Alive
118. Change-O Presto - The Odd Coin
119. The Nagual
121. Addendum to Change-O Presto

122. Feen-X: 2001 - Issue 15 - Special Issue - 6 pages
122. Odd Coin - another look at the Chanin Production
     • Gregg Webb's work on the Chanin Production
125. Mental Thoughts & The Frying Pan Combined...

January 2002 - December 2003, 144 pages.

1. Table of Contents

6. SOSOHA - Society of Sleight of Hand Artists - Issue 1 - 7 pages
7. Death and Rebirth - A Torn & Restored Card, Method 1
8. A Torn & Restored Card, Method 2
9. A Torn & Restored Card, Method 3
11. The Library - An Introduction
11. Dark Frickin' Humor
12. Theoretical Theories - Thoughts on Restoration Themes

13. SOSOHA - Society of Sleight of Hand Artists - Issue 2 - 5 pages
13. David Roth Click Pass False Count and Production Combo
16. Dark Frickin' Humor
16. Theoretical Theories - About Sleeves

18. SOSOHA - Society of Sleight of Hand Artists...

MY MAGIC SQUARE - I worked a long time to get together my "perfect" magic square. This one is different, because on the back of the card, where you make the grid, the square is predicted in big bold letters! A very good number force is described that has been long time underground and that can be used in many other effects as well. I always carry this one with me in my wallet and it has never ceased to really amaze people. [Note: In order to perform this magic square effect you will either need E-Z Square 4 by Werner Miller or Patterns of Perfection Revisited by Sam Dalal.

HOFZINSER IN MY WALLET - A very convincing and bold "card to wallet". NO palming whatsoever. Based on ideas by Peter Duffie and Chip Kleiman. I took the original...

PAPER DARTS - This is the routine I've kept back. You stand on stage with a folded paper dart. Spectators decide on a three digit number. The dart is thrown into the audience and the audience member catching it brings it to the stage. The paper dart is opened and on it is PRINTED in big bold letters the chosen number! NO nail writing or whatsoever, the method will make you laugh. Completey "out-of-the-box" thinking here. Hopefully, only a few magicians will go into the troubles making this one up.

HOPA-GIMMICK - This can be made up withing minutes and enables you to force two cards as convincingly...

Vol. 10, No. 1, no date [March 2014]; 60 pages
Cover: Wayne Dobson

5. Welcome - editor's letter
6. The Secret Agent - Michael Vine - interview by Jay Fortune
8. Magic Lessons - The 12 Golden Rules
9. In the Phonebox with: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - short interview
9. Shed 7 with Matthew Wright
10. Readers' Letters
11. In The News
14. Masterclass
    • Heli Knot - Tony Griffith
    • Stand Up Business Card - John Derris
18. The 7 Deadly Sins of Mentalism - Marc Paul
20. The Italian Job! - Luca Volpe - Cruise Ships
24. Dealer Shout Outs - Special 'extra' announcements from a few regular advertisers
26. Back to the Future! - Bobby & Jeramy Neugin...

This issue deals with the kind of tricks Pat Page would have loved and performed. Therefore it is dedicated to him. Here the contents:

STAB IN THE DARK - A card stab routine, where you stab (underneath a silk) into the deck and hit the mate of a spectator's selected card.

SIMPLE MISRES DREAM - This gimmick enables you to do a perfect coin catch without any sleight of hand! Can be applied to many other things as well.

POOR MANS RINGFLIGHT - The easiest ringflight with an unprepared leather key case. This is really for the working performer and perfect for table hopping.

GAELIC SWITCH - My...

In this issue, I go into great detail for my version of the routine "Cards Through Newspaper", an effect which was popularized by the great Albert Goshman in his professional act.

CARDS THROUGH NEWSPAPER - I taught this version to Doc Eason years ago. Here is the complete description with all the details (for you, Doc!). Doc told me that he showed the routine to Eric Mead and Eric had some nice words for it, means, he liked it. Four cards (any four cards, signed or unsigned) penetrate a sheet of newspaper one at a time. This is a worker's version, no duplicates, preparation or anything. You...

It's a pleasance to introduce the fourth issue of volume three of TGM that is full of informative and mattering to reading - literally. Particularly look through the MagiXposed section where you will find the excellent effects which you can easily make and use. However, there are a lot more, go on reading ...

• Let's have a chat: Solyl talks frankly whatever he has in mind.
• Magic as entertainment: by Harold Taylor is an installment from his book of the same title.
• Past Glory of India: featuring Uma Das Gupta - jounalist/magicianne of bygone days.
• Indian Occultism - the Rope Trick and other...

The new issue is packed with workable stuff. This time, you'll find also something for the stage magician! Here the contents:

ESPACOLOGY 2 - My take on a routine by David Berglas. This one is intended for stage/plattform use and can be made to play really big. Multiple predictions lead to a knockout climax incorporating the name of the company you are working for.

GIANT CARD TO SILK - This is truly the most visual and baffling transformation of a giant card into a silk. It looks like trick photography and you end clean. I describe some tips for the table-hopping magician as well.

TAMARIZ MEMO DECK...

CONTENTS:

• COMMERCIAL PREDICTION (Arthur Carter): You predict a single card which is removed from an apparently ordinary deck.
• I WANT (Geny Dellan): Four freely selected cards turn out to be the four Aces.
• CENTURY FORCE (Arthur Carter): A very unique way to force a number using discs.
• CARD IN WALLET (John Yeager): A comedy (and magical) way to reveal a selected card inside your wallet.
• MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Tom Ogden): Perfect for Valentine's Day (or any other day!). The spectator shuffles the cards and at the end all the Hearts are face up among the other cards face down.
• ANOTHER JACK...

CONTENTS:

• VACATION (Max Maven): Two Jokers capture the four Kings one by one. A very strong impromptu routine.
• SPEEDY SPONGES (Arthur Carter): A very easy and clever routine with sponge balls in three phases.
• NEWSPAPER MIRACLE (Arthur Carter): A full page of a magazine or newspaper is torn into sixteen and a piece selected by a spectator. You predicted the contents of the piece.
• FLAGGING ATTENTION (Max Maven): A trick with countries and flags. A unique prediction with a principle that you will use for other routines.
• WRONG GUESS (George Blake): An impromptu revelation of a selected card...

CONTENTS:

• HAMMAN OUT-SEXED (Alex East): A 'sexy' version of the classic Hamman's 'Two-Card Trick' that uses, of course, only two cards.
• WOW (Tim Gan): The Ace of the same suit of a selected card turns over and then it changes place with the selection.
• WEIRD (Stephen Tucker): A great comedy mentalism effect where you predict how many fingers a spectator selects by revealing....plastic fingers in a box.
• TWISTED NERVE (Al Smith): An extended version of the classic Vernon's 'Twisting The Aces' where a lot of magic happens.
• THE BACK IS GONE (David Robertson): A unique entertaining way of revealing a selected...

CONTENTS:

• FANTACEY (I. Land): A unique Ace-assembly where the Aces disappear from each packet and reappear face up in the middle of the deck.
• GANDWICH (Tim Can): A selection placed between two Black Jacks disappears and reappears between the two red Jacks.
• QUICK SILVER COPPER (Eoin Taylor): A copper-silver transposition that can be used in many other routines.
• FACE-TO-FACE (David Britland): A clever routine that produces the revelation of two selected cards.
• EXCALIBUR (Stephen Tucker): A great routine with new twists using the standard set of color changing knives.
• A 4TH FOR DINNER (David Britland): A different version of the...

ABSTRACTOR - My take on the "Extractor" gimmick which is completely different. The deck can be fanned, spread and quite freely shown. The spectator himself can insert his card into the case. The case is shut and rubber bands are placed all around the case (!). You can show the case from all sides - all looks perfect. You put the deck in your pocket and immediately have the selected card at your disposal! Easy to construct in less than half an hour with only one deck used.

TAMARIZ MEMO DECK - Here I start with a five part "course" on the memorization of this brilliant stack. It's fun to read,...

BOXED - A signed bill ends up in the interior of a lighter, which has been inside a cigarette packet. This one has fooled everyone on my last lecture tour. Perfect for table-hopping, instant reset and easy to do. [Note: This routine was intended to be published as a separate eBook for a much higher price than this issue of Scrapbook. However, for completeness sake I decided to add it here.

TOTALLY STONED - A mental routine based on a Max Maven idea. I changed the routine, method and added an additional climax to it. Very powerful and easy to do.

ENTHYMEMATA - Thoughts, tips and hints.

1st edition 2014, 6 pages....

AL KORAN FINESSE - An additional idea for the well-known Al Koran 5-star forcing deck which enables you to perform a baffling version of the "Oscar" card trick.

THROUGH THE LOUPE - The fastest loading technique for a ring in a sealed envelope. This one has fooled more than one magician!

CLIPPED OUT - A concept for a headline prediction or a live prediction. Some subtle thinking behind this one.

MAGIC VS. MUSIC - A thought provoking article on practise, performance and more. Music is compared to magic and this will get you started thinking different about our art.

ENTHYMEMATA - Various...