Artemis
What should be an amazing visual trick, a full card appearing “sandwich-style” between two frames of cards, may be just a little too tricky for a dependable product
September 2025
Book Review
Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899
I’ve read many Houdini biographies, and the experience often feels like watching a favorite movie, where I can quote the lines and know exactly what is coming next. This book is different
Voices
You Found an Audience, But Now What?
Instead of trying to impress them or educate them, try making friends.
The Eye
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Becomes a Musical
The metropolitan opera at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center is hosting a musical adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
In Practice
Douglas Cameron’s World Domination
A version of the classic trick—Paul Curry's Out of this World—with a twist that changes everything.
Perspectives
The Chamber of Secrets: Corandi’s Card Rise
Conradi’s Jumbo Rising Cards, and the gears that make it happen
In Performance
The Magic Castle: When Worlds Collide
Magic shows that can make a little extra magic
Trick Review
Ritual
The apparatus is perfect. The handling is simple and amazing, and would have earned a “Zounds! A pox upon thee!” from Reginald Scot himself.
Book Review
Lesser Magic
This book feels like sitting down for a fascinating, dreamy, and occasionally infuriating afternoon chat with one of magic’s preeminent mystics
In Practice
A Coincidence of Grand Proportions
This is not just any other ACAAN! No, really! This is a great, practical stand-up version that we think you should take a closer look at.
Mailbox
September Mailbox
Those cards in Hofzinser’s machine; that dealer in San Francisco
Video Review
Mark James Masterclass
The accomplished British performer and the regular host of the Vanishing Inc. Masterclasses, Mark James, is now thrust into the spotlight