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Chapter 19, Routines This is a fascinating topic for me, since this is one of those things that many magicians have found their own approaches to. That said, while there are a lot of potential models, they’re not exactly easy to hunt down. Later on I’m going to be listing the ones I’ve gleaned from [...]

This article was originally published on the old Ye Olde Magick Blogge, on March 11, 2007 When in the mood for a little larceny, pickpockets sometimes brought their own signs saying “Beware of Pickpockets” to large gatherings of people. They’d put the signs in a visible place and then stand off to the side, watching [...]

I gazed at the deck of cards. Five years it had taken me to learn what kind of effect was hidden between those many edges. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from that lovely trick! Two beer-stenched tears trickled down the sides of my chin. But it was all right, everything was all [...]