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VOLUME 76
NUMBER 9
SEPTEMBER 2013
FEATURE
58 Mike Caveney Wonders by Dustin Stinett 71 Impromtu Powers of Darkness by Mike Caveney 44 Hello Kitty, Hello Magic! by Richard Kaufman 46 Simon Drake's Museum of Amazing Illusions
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by David Britland Excerpt from The Ambitious Card: An Eli Marks Mystery by John Gaspard
COLUMNS
10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman 12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer 14 Now Performing 16 DaOrtiz a la Carte! Two Deck Coincidence
by Dani DaOrtiz
by John Gaughan
18 The Chamber of Secrets Sucker Billiard Ball Box
PHOTO BY DAVID LINSELL
PHOTOGRAPHERS
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20 Ringside Eye of Tyr by Caleb Wiles 22 Lodestones Ball and Vase Challenge by Tom Stone 30 Magicana 30 Littleton Change Created by Kyle Littleton, Described by Andi Gladwin 32 Tokyo Workshop Hither-And-Thither Hanks Created by Kazu Katayama, Described by Jon Racherbaumer 36 Four Will Ride Created by Shiv Duggal Described by Ian Kendall
LIGHT FROM THE LAMP
94 Books Reviewed by David Britland
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94 Japan Ingenious by Steve Cohen and Richard Kaufman 95 The Ultimate Sphinx by The Conjuring Arts Research Center
96 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
96 Carney 2013: Exclusive Secrets by John Carney 96 Oscar Muñoz: Live! by Oscar Muñoz 97 Hug by Nefesch 97 Welcome to My World by John Stessel 98 The Changes by Brandon Williams and Michael “Six” Muldoon 98 Lennart Green & Dani DaOrtiz
99 Tricks Reviewed by Danny Orleans
99 Tiny Plunger by Jon Armstrong, Mathieu Bich, Garrett Thomas 99 Capture by Luke Dancy 100 Penciltration by Jesse Feinberg 100 The Paper Hat Mystery by Eugene Burger 101 Inexplicable by Steve Shufton 101 Ultimate CD Prediction Kit by Will Tsai
104 Subscription Information/Advertisers Index
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