Now You See It... Behind the Scenes
Making magic with for Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, with a department devoted to the task
December 2025
Features
Talking about Tim Conover
A conversation with Eric Mead about Tim Conover’s legacy and extraordinary approach to creating magic and mentalism
Features
My Friend Tim
A look at Tim Conover’s work and his relationship to his predecessors, and a portrait of an extraordinary personality
Features
The Conover Effect
Remembering the unique and remarkable Tim Conover, and his extraordinary talents as a magician and inventor
Trick Review
Tenyo 2026
Here is a look at the latest Tenyo releases and a round up of the day-long Tokyo festival that also included magic performances.
In Practice
Three Bent Spoons
A beautiful, and seemingly impossible, metal melting miracle.
In Practice
Sockless Coins
A signature effect of Tim Conover’s, silver coins mysteriously—and quite impossibly—pass through a spectator’s hand.
In Practice
Inventing Magic With Nick Diffatte: The Melon on the Pipe
To up their game the magicians decide to invent magic with objects that have nothing to do with anything. What could possibly go wrong?
Magicana
A Turn for the Better
Richard Kaufman gives us Aaron Fisher’s twist on an old plot, but without the sometimes challenging sleights.
News
A Day of Magic, for Jack
The magic community comes together to raise $10,000 for animal shelters, while sharing top-tier magic secrets in this day-long session.
Book Review
Pop Up Magic by Éric Leblon
A delightfully illustrated guide with commercial routines, novel sleights, and performance ideas
The Eye
The Magic Circle Awards
This year's Magic Circle award ceremony recognized several magicians of note, including a Genii columnist