Many magicians have suffered from performing effects that are similar with all their competitions. True story, yours truly have walked into a school show and an agent asked me whether if I'll be performing the bowling trick or that

John Stessel is a strikingly creative magician. On this DVD, he invites you to take an intriguing journey into his world. Abandon all preconceptions. Inside this mysterious realm, you won't encounter common effects produced by familiar methods.

Imagine this: You show the spectator a card saying that represents a prediction...the prophecy of Horus. Then you introduce cards of mixed puzzle pieces saying that they create three typical Egyptian symbols. At this point the spectator will proceed to

Nick Diffatte's first hardbound collection is not jam-packed with oodles of tricks. What fills its pages are deceptive, engaging, real-world routines devised and developed by one of the hardest-working, laugh-provoking, multi-talented performers

The spectator selects a card and writes the number and suit on a sugar envelope. The magician opens the envelope, pours the sugar on the spectator's forearm and the selected card appears written on the skin. It is the old and great "ashes on arm"

A few years back Joel Dickinson released an effect called Solitude. A brilliant new take on the card to impossible location plot. Since that time there have been other versions hitting the market but none match the ingenuity of Solitude Extreme!