BOOKS
COMEDY IS NO LAUGHING MATTER by STEVE VARRO
This is a great book for clowns. It includes nine chapters on patter, skits, props, ideas. No clown or comedy children's magician should be without this forty-eight page softbound book.
ITEM # BK0626 PRICE $6.00
CATCHING A MARKED BULLET IN THE TEETH by FRANK SINCLAIR
This publication by Supreme Magic actually will tell you how to do this mind-boggling effect. The history and the effects are all part of the well illustrated softbound book. It contains nineteen pages.
ITEM BK0076 PRICE $7.00
NATURAL SELECTIONS VOLUME II by DAVID ACER
From the acclaimed author of Natural Selections comes this brand new collection of innovative, practical, extraordinary close-up magic straight from his professional repertoire. More than 35 brand new sleights and routines with cards, coins, postcards, business cards, novels, bottle caps and more, along with 3 compelling essays and some hilarious road stories from one of Canada's premiere magical entertainers!
Flipwich: A card sandwiched face up between two face down cards changes visibly into a signed selection! This created a sensation when it appeared in David's Linking Ring Parade - now learn 3 devastating new applications!
The Montreal Transpo: A beautifully disarming two-card transposition from the minds of Acer and Jay Sankey!
Time Flies: A borrowed quarter travels back in time with the help of the magician's wrist watch. Then the watch travels back in time, vanishing from his hand and reappearing back on his wrist!
This Side Up: An entire deck reverses itself instantly within the confines of a card case!
Quartermain: Three coins penetrate a regular deck one by one, dropping into
the drinking glass upon which it is resting! Printed Matter: 3 blank cards drawn
from a blank-faced deck print visibly into duplicates of 3 different selections.
Then, the entire deck prints, and everything can be examined! So good, it was
originally slated to appear as a separate
manuscript!
Madcap: The magician thrusts his finger through a bottle cap, ripping a jagged hole through it's center, then restores the cap instantly!
Heavy Credit: A credit card is removed from the magician's wallet, the wallet is closed, then the credit card is placed on top of it. In the blink of an eye, the credit card vanishes, only to be found back inside its slot in the wallet!
And so much more! 4 collaboration routines with Jay Sankey, 2 with Simon Lovell, new killer sleights, new devious gimmicks, and the list goes on and on! Hardcover, color dust jacket, 200 pages, with over 390 photographs, and forewords by Simon Lovell and David Regal.
ITEM # BK1060 PRICE $38.00
GARDEN OF THE STRANGE by CALEB STRANGE
In 2003, Caleb Strange was asked to write a book: nearly four years in the making, The Garden of the Strange is the brilliant result.
This beautifully written, deeply affecting book takes Mr. Strange’s trademark blend of innovative thinking and stunning presentations to the next level. With twenty compelling and original routines, and an additional half-dozen ‘from your pocket’ variations, this eagerly awaited work will be of great use and interest to mentalists, bizarrists, and table-hoppers alike.
Yet beyond its fine, audience-centered effects, The Garden of the Strange contains something more, of equal value to the working performer. For tucked away within its full and thorough notes, the attentive reader will find explained a wide range of powerful yet often neglected techniques (linguistic, literary, theatrical), which can be used to maximize the impact and enhance the quality of one’s work.
The Garden of the Strange, then, is a thrilling and, above all, fresh exploration of the art of the impossible: a lyrical and accomplished volume, it has been called, more than once, ‘the most inspiring book of magic I have yet read’.
Contents Include:
Hunting Mammoths in the Rain - An ancient symbol, carved on rock, induces a rich stink of memory in a volunteer. Other members of the audience also share this powerful experience.
In Your Hands - A client’s question is answered in stunning symbolic fashion during a tarot reading.
The Collector - A story about collecting.
I’ll Take Your Hand, My Love, and We’ll Remember - An elderly lady feels young again, and mistily dreams of her first sweetheart.
Stepping as Through a Waterfall - A borrowed coin bends and then melts visibly away, as you relate a chilling story.
Wishing Star - O Momma! Don’t want to tip this one here. But YES! It works. Trust me.
Bubbles - A poignant story about bubbles, and what they contain.
Safe Hands - A nasty and bloody story about revenge.
Junior - A canine-toothed nibble of comic whimsy.
A Certain Charm - An embarrassing situation is resolved in a pleasing and most civilized manner.
The Koestler Protocol - A spectator mentally selects a target picture, which you are able to duplicate under test conditions. As well as the very clean (I’m told) drawing duplication, there are variations for Remote Viewers, Bizarrists, and elfin Enchantresses.
Synchronicity - A spectator shares a dream and something wonderful happens. A profound, meaningful coincidence – synchronicity.
Eater - An atmospheric ‘period’ story about eating. Bonus inclusion: Caleb’s recipe for plum cake.
We Eat What We Are - In a communal act of courage, you and your guests resolve long-troubling memories.
A Rose Without Thorns - An impromptu séance ends in an unlikely and disturbing manner. (Includes a fun variation.)
Hidden Treasure - Magic sparkles delightfully in an unexpected place.
The Wrong Side of the Road - A story with a thought-provoking twist.
The Ten Thousand Things - A member of your audience - a stranger to you – duplicates another’s drawing on stage.
Play the Film Backwards - A life in pictures.
The Vanishing - Your show ends in a truly extraordinary manner. Plus bonus magic of a scintillating nature
Pages 170 – Hardbound
ITEM # BK0221 PRICE $49.00
HAUNTIQUES by CHRISTIAN CHELMAN
Christian Chelman's spectacular new book on bizarre magick is here. It was10 years in the making... but now the wait is over!
Hauntiques, Christian Chelman's new book on Bizarre Magick, will take you on a journey of discovery through Christian Chelman's fabulous collection of haunted antiques.
Six chapters... six different bizarre magick/storytelling shows.
Bizarre Magick is no longer the Cinderella of conjuring: Christian Chelman has elevated Bizarre Magick to a strong theatrical experience and in this book he lays everything bare.
You and your magic will never be the same...
Please, come in! Don't be shy... Open this book and begin your journey to the other side of the looking glass - from Conjuring to Magic.
HAUNTIQUES!
Step right up, authentic haunted antiques for sale!
But what price are you willing to pay for a prestigious mythical relic, a "bottle imp", an odd Christmas gift, a bowl of dreams, a vampire hunter's kit circa 1899, an original letter from Jean Cocteau invoking his ghost, a haunted Russian doll, a Magic Mirror, Captain Vanderdecken's cursed tobacco pouch, a fairy's box of treasures, the Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse or an extraordinary time-machine?
Your soul, perhaps?
For the past 35 years Christian Chelman has been studying magic as practiced by the magicians of antiquity, by secret societies and by what are often referred to as 'primitive' peoples.
From his many travels, extensive encounters and wide-ranging research, he has amassed a unique collection of magical artifacts, providing irrefutable proof of the presence of the supernatural and fantastic in today's world.
His private museum houses a mother lode of treasures, including prestigious mythical relics, an ancient demon bottle, a bewitched Corona typewriter (circa 1914), a complete Vampire hunter's kit (1899), the cursed tobacco pouch of Captain Vanderdeken, a vase of dreams, the Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse, the pack of divination cards used by Cassandra Grosemans, a haunted Russian doll, an extraordinary time machine developed in 1910 by Nikola Tesla...and much, much more!
Every item is carefully studied and restored by a team of specialists. Only then is it 'reactivated' with all due diligence and care.
Page 192 – Hardbound
ITEM # BK0227 PRICE $75.00
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