Fulves, Karl: The Chronicles
©1997 Karl Fulves, L&L Publishing, Tahoma, CA
Hardcover, no dj, 9x11", 395 pages
Comments: Illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt. The Chronicles followed Karl's publications, The Pallbearers Review and Epilogue. It ran from 1978 to 1988 with 36 issues, plus Close-Up Folio No. 11 and 12. Page numbering continued from Pallbearers, with the numbering for Close-Up Folio's renumbered from the originals to fit into the complete file. This hardcover compilation reprints the newsletters as originally printed.
Contents (mainly compiled from the book index, which was originally compiled by Conrad C. Bush and David Michael Evans.; and this submission provided to me courtesy Najee Williams/Hocus Pocus Focus)
I Foreword (Jack Avis)
ii Introduction (Karl Fulves)
The Chronicles No. 1: 1978
1065 Coin Entrapped (Michael Skinner): Coins
1066 Notes (Karl Fulves): Commentary
1067 HyperCard (Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner): Impossible Card
1070 Royal Backs (Jeff Busby): Small packet all backs
1071 Lesson (Al Baker, Fr. Cyprian): Mentalism
1072 The Isis Slate (Karl Fulves): Mentalism w/Confederate
1074 You Win Once (Karl Fulves): small packet trick
The Chronicles No. 2: 1978
1075 Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle): Rubber Bands
1076 Double Post (Frank Garcia): Cups & Balls move
1076 In Writing (Karl Fulves): Coin to envelope
1077 Levitations (Karl Fulves): Illusion
1077 - Truzzi/Gardner Method (Marting Gartner, Marcello Truzzi):
1078 -John Cornelilus Method (John Cornelius):
1079 - Karl Fulves Method (Karl Fulves):
1080 - Stage Method
1084 Caper (Roy Walton): Color Changing Deck
The Chronicles No. 3: 1978
1085 The Spectrum Effect (Fr. Cyprian): Two card prediction
1087 The Slydini Palm (Slydini): Utility palm
1088 Still Counting (Karl Fulves): small packet tricks
1088 - Factor Four
1089 - Identi-Kit
1090 Looking Glass Pofeer (Karl Fulves): Producing the Aces
1093 HR Cut (Harvey Rosenthal): Flourish or Controlled Cut
1094 Slow Motion III (Derek Dingle, Ken Krenzel): Coin vanish
The Chronicles No. 4: 1978
1095 Odd Coin (Milton Tropp): coin transposition
1097 The Lazy Gambler (Sam Schwartz): Cards, with Omega Count
1098 Bottomless Glass (Frank Garcia, Karl Fulves): Glass bottom dropped out and restored
1100 Reverse Bank Nite (George Sands): Mentalism
1101 Letters (Bruce Barnett): On the Isis Slate
1102 Notes (Karl Fulves): With cartoon
1104 Linking Pin Moves (Tom Ellis): Misc.
The Chronicles No. 5: 1978
1105 Flash Coins (Derek Dingle): Coins change in a flash
1109 Op-Trick (Karl Fulves): Optical illusion with Tally-Ho cards
1110 Rebound (Karl Fulves): Cards and coins
1114 Cardini's Crawling Bill (Milton Tropp): Using a wrist reel
The Chronicles No. 6: 1978
1115 Five Card Mental (Allan Slaight): Mental card chosen
1115 - Slaight's Sequel
1117 Flim Flam (Karl Fulves): Card trick for magicians
1118 Robot Ring (Karl Fulves): Rope - Rings
1123 Notes (Karl Fulves): half way through first volume
1124 Mutant Nomen (Allan Slaight): Card trick using the Klondike Shuffle
The Chronicles No. 7: 1978
1125 Medallion (Karl Fulves): Version of Al Koran's Medallion prediction
1127 A Puzzle (Neal Thomas): Rubber band puzzle
1128 The Lizard of Oz - Balls (Karl Fulves): Ball & Ring transpo in handkerchief
1131 Coin Vanish (Leo McCauley): In the hand
1132 Notes (Karl Fulves): on coin magic, and is there anything new under the sun
1134 Suspense (Karl Fulves): Playing card remains suspended
The Chronicles No. 8: 1978
1135 Platform Key-Rect (George Sands): Comedy presentation
1137 Prime Choice (George Sands): stacked deck routine
1138 The IOU Shuffle (Karl Fulves): briefly described
1139 Mid-Air Exchange (Greg Webb): Han Ping Chien for cards, as a 3 Card Monte
1141 Notes (Karl Fulves): over-rated magic shows, Yogi Magic fire
1144 Two Coin Vanishes (Martin Gardner): In the hands vanishes
The Chronicles No. 9: 1978
1145 Midnite Coin (Karl Fulves): Coin tossed lands audibly in glass in pocket
1146 - Second Method
1147 Flying Eagles (Harvey Telmar): Coins join others in one hand
1148 A Dollar (Phil Goldstein): Message appears betweeen two coins
1149 Letters (Jerry Fulton, Charles D. Ross): Handling for Robot Ring; praise
1150 Retrospective The Red Prediction (Karl Fulves): Card selected by Die throw is predicted, with variations
1154 Stay Up (Bill Coomer): Coffee cup stunt
The Chronicles No. 10: 1978
1155 Take Five (Ken Beale): Variation of the 10 Card Deal
1158 Notes (Karl Fulves): make money through stand-up
1159 Advent (Stephen Clark): Card sandwich transposition
1161 Psi-X (Karl Fulves): Magician finds selection
1163 Countless (Karl Fulves): Counting cards off the top while hiding some
1164 Flash Backs (Fr. Cyprian): Version of Busby's Flash Backs
The Chronicles No. 11: 1978
1165 Read Out - Bill (John Cornelius): Serial Number reading
1166 Reference File (Charles Steele): Notes on McCauley's Coin Vanish
1167 Catapult (Karl Fulves): Borrowed deck vanish of signed card
1168 Psychic Motors (Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves): spinning paper used for psychic effects
1171 Flash Backs (Fr. Cyprian): A second method
1172 Pay Up (David Bornstein): Poker routine
1173 Notes (Karl Fulves): HyperCard, Elastrik, Oddments
1174 Next (Roy Walton): 4 spot is inserted next to prevously selected card
The Chronicles No. 12: 1978
1175 Instant Oil & Water (Dai Vernon): Two phase version
1177 Curious (Stephen Clark): impromptu card routine
1178 Twistrap (Karl Fulves, Sam Schwartz): Chosen card appears face up between two others
1179 Slydini's Hank Gag (Slydini): Sight gag
1181 Fireworks (John Cornelius): A match is magically relit
1182 Solid Liquid (Karl Fulves): Science stunt
1183 Notes (Karl Fulves): End of the first volume
1184 More Than One Way (J.K. Hartman): Impossible location of a freely chosen card
1185 The Problem at Draw (Derek Dingle, Karl Fulves): Draw poker routine
The Chronicles No. 13: 1979
1189 Letters (Charles D. Rose, Anne Carter): Praise, magic hustlers
1190 Pin Thru Hank (Richard Durnam): Safety pin
1191 Notes (Karl Fulves): Retrospective, getting published,
1194 Red Blues (Karl Fulves): Chosen card of four has different back
1194 Mate Two (Karl Fulves): Topological Card Trick
The Chronicles No. 14: 1979
1195 Center Tear (Harvey Rosenthal): Approach to the center tear
1197 Reference File (Karl Fulves): Rosenthal's Center Tear, Two Coin Vanishes
1200 Eleven Card Trick (Edward Victor): classic card effect
1202 -False Counting (Willane)
The Chronicles No. 15: 1979
1204 Go Directly to Jail (Karl Fulves): Monopoly based routine
1205 Count Me In (Roy Walton): Cards appear between cards matching a card value
1206 The Ten to One Trick (Roy Walton): Cards - Prearranged
1208 Dice Trap (Ted Glick): Coin appears under cup between dice
1210 Notes (Karl Fulves): Vernon material, Pluto bet, etc.
1211 Curse of Darkness (Van Cleve): Burning candle mystery
1211 Boiling Point (Martin Gardner): Water boils under a handkerchief
1214 The UCLA Move (Karl Fulves): Utility Center Lift Action
The Chronicles No. 16: 1979
1215 Spellbound for Experts (Dai Vernon, Frank Garcia): Coin change
1218 Knowing Comments (Karl Fulves): more on thieves, books
1219 ZennerPlus (Karl Fulves): Two ESP Deck approaches
1220 Notes (Karl Fulves): on sleight-free, self working
1221 Jump Shot (Fr. Cyprian, Karl Fulves): Rubber Band jumps to selection
1224 Night Riser (Howard Schwarzman): Aces transpose
The Chronicles No. 17: 1979
1225 Gemini Rope (Steve Matthews): String thru finger
1228 Prelude (Allen Lang): Spectator reads the magician's mind with cards
1229 R&B (Bob Brook): Prediction card
1230 A Billiard Ball Penetration (Tom Sellers): Through a handkerchief
1231 On Again - Off Again (Tom Sellers): Safety Pin link
1233 Notes (Karl Fulves): on Mathews rope routine
1234 Center Fold (Karl Fulves): Joker halves find two selections
The Chronicles No. 18: 1979
1235 Paradox (Mitsunobu Matsuyama): Card puzzle, with business card variation
1237 Reference File (Karl Fulves): 10 to 1 trick, Matsuyama's Jigsaw
1238 Notes (Karl Fulves): on Slydini and card magic
1239 Oil & Water (Stewart Judah): Uses four 8s and three 7s
1240 Immoracle (Phil Goldstein): version of Oracle
1242 Perfect Match (Magic Ronnay): ESP Card effect
1243 No Box (Karl Fulves): Cigarette box audible illusion
1244 Coin Move (Dai Vernon): Coin load
The Chronicles No. 19: 1979
1245 Roll Your Own (Derek Dingle): Cigarette routine
1249 Psycho (Karl Fulves): Magician and Spectator select the same value card
1250 Dup-licates (J.K. Hartman): You Do As I Do cards
1251 Letters (James A. Taylor, Eric Eicher): On self-working magic, reprints
1254 Cricket (Karl Fulves): Visual card sandwich revelation
The Chronicles No. 20: 1979
1255 Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley): stacked deck routine
1256 Hatlo's They'll Do It Every Time (Hatlo): Cartoon
1256 Gardner's Aces (Martin Gardner): Tip on MacDonald Aces
1257 Out of Control (Howard Wurst): Psychological Out card trick
1258 Found (Victor Marsh): Performer in a different room determines card selection
1259 Psychogenic (Fr. Cyprian): Spirit photos relying on a Polaroid Colorpack II camera
1261 Notes (Karl Fulves): on Animal ESP
1264 Scorpio Switch (Karl Fulves): card fan switch
The Chronicles No. 21: 1979
1265 Self-Cutting Deck (Slydini): Deck cuts itself under a handkerchief to the selection
1267 Push Push (Karl Fulves): Red and Black cards separate
1268 Sponge Balls (Al Cohn): Using three samll balls and four large balls
1271 You're Cheating (Satzo): Cartoon
1271 Premium (John S. Rule): Card prediction
1272 Notes (Karl Fulves): on coin magic
1273 DarKnot (Karl Fulves): Knotted rope moves from one table leg to another
1274 Jacks And Nigel: Jacks and Aces packet trick
1274 Magic 10 (Roy Walton): Black and Reds separate
The Chronicles No. 22: 1979
1275 Hoax Coin (Karl Fulves): impromptu coin vanish and reappearance
1276 Left? Right? (C.H. Barry): Psychological one of two prediction
1277 Black Out (Karl Fulves): Reds and Blacks Separate
1278 The Wizard of ID (Parker and Hort): cartoon
1279 Memory (Bob Paul): Two spectator memory challenge
1281 Letters (George Draper, James Frasier, John MacKay, Ed Hammod): Black art, Judah Aces, Psi-X, Midnite Coin
1282 Notes (Karl Fulves): on offbeat skills
1282 Dennis the Menace (Hank Ketcham): cartoon
1284 Brainwave Dectet (J.K. Hartman): 10 Card Brainwave
The Chronicles No. 23: 1979
1285 Coin Clip (Dai Vernon, T. Nelson Downs): About the coin gimmick
1290 Two Tricks (Karl Fulves): Krazy Kut & Krazy Poker
1291 One-Hand Tenkai (Karl Fulves): Magician finds prediction from cards spread on table
1292 Letters (Walter Cunningham, Karl Fulves): on coincidences
1293 Pop-Over Card (J.B. Bobo): Card revelation
1294 Open Selection (Francis Haxton): Two variations on a Hofzinser card problem
The Chronicles No. 24: 1979
1295 Gambler's Dream (Derek Dingle): Poker routine
1297 Ivory Tower (Jules Hirsch): Checkers stunt
1298 Textbook Aces (Karl Fulves): A cutting to the Aces effect
1299 Drift (Karl Fulves): color upset in an oil & water effect
1300 Reference File (Karl Fulves): Three Way Ropes; Spellbound for Experts; Out of Control; Blackout
1301 Elastic Solution (Neal Thomas): Rubber Bands
1302 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): End of the second volume
1303 I Just Love Pork and Beings (Hoest): Cartoon
1304 Aces (Martin Gardner): Further ideas on the Ace Assembly using double-facers
The Chronicles No. 25: 1980
1305 Coin Slide (Jim Snapp): Routine around this old prop
1307 The Truth (Frank Ross): impromptu two lies and a truth revelation
1308 All Red (Sam Schwartz): stacked deck routine
1309 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): on what is a coin slide?
1310 Lucky Seven (Roy Walton): card location
1311 Subway Move (Max Williams; Karl Fulves): coin move for the table top with ideas
1314 Murder Inc (Karl Fulves): Impromptu murder mystery with cards
The Chronicles No. 26: 1980
1315 Band in Boston (J.K. Hartman): Card jumps from one rubber-banded packet to another
1318 Boston Notes (Karl Fulves): Notes on Hartman's routine
1320 Tap II (Bob Evans): Coins jump around in an Okito Box
1321 The Forer Personality Sketch (Bertram Forer): Generic personality profile
1322 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): on Hollywood Brain Trust, Mexican Monte; Gemini Rope, rubber band magic
1324 Swindle Box (Nick Van Setten): Okito box routine with four half-dollars
The Chronicles No. 27: 1980
1325 Educated Dollar Bill (Tom Gagnon): Bill crawls under a wallet or ashray on the floor, two versions
1328 Reference File (Karl Fulves): on Cohn's Sponge Balls, Hoax Coin
1329 Mira-Kil (Stephen Clark): Impromptu version of Miraskil card routine
1330 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): notes on Bob Read, card counting, J.C. Doty
1331 Meta-More (John Cornelius): card change, with a coin version as well
1332 Quik Control (Karl Fulves): backjog card move
1333 Sixtet (J.K. Hartman): Approach to the Brainwave type effect
1334 There Was a Crooked House (J.K. Hartman, Karl Fulves): routine with a small card castle
The Chronicles No. 28: 1980
1335 Border Crossing (Roy Walton): repeat transposition
1337 Bluff Ring (Bill Robbins): Ring vanishes from rope and appears elsewhere
1340 Quarter Finals (Karl Fulves): Spectator can't trap the penny
1341 Memorease (J.K. Hartman): Version of Bob Paul's Memory word cards, using letters
1342 Blackgammon (Karl Fulves): Spectator guesses the card colors
1343 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): notes on Self Working card trick books, magic ads
1344 PopUp (Gene Finnell): visual card revelation
The Chronicles No. 29: 1981
1345 Phantom of the Dice Table (Jeff Busby): Dice color change, with a cup
1351 LJ's Prophet (Larry Jennings): Card location
1352 Twogether (Karl Fulves): Coincidence card effect
1352 Switch Out (Karl Fulves): Using the Braue Reversal for a switch
1354 Max Switch (Max Williams): easy to do utility move
The Chronicles No. 30: 1980
1355 Five-Sided Business Card (Martin Gardner): Dots change positions as card is flipped
1357 Synchro (Karl Fulves): Version of above for regular playing cards
1359 The Hydrick Effect (James Randi): Mysterious page flip
1360 Optical Notes (Jack Avis): a bottom card force and notes
1362 Card Popper (Karl Fulves): Selection pops up
1363 Checkers (Karl Fulves): 6 card packet trick with blacks and reds
1353 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): Doug Henning show, other news
1364 False Cut (Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon): set up a red-black shuffle or retain top stock
The Chronicles No. 31
1365 Unlinking Bands (Herb Zarrow): Rubber Bands
1367 Slydini on the Okito Box (Slydini): Okito coin box
1368 Getaway (Arthur Setterington): Rubber Bands
1369 Inch by Inch (Karl Fulves): card force
1369 Clocking the Deck (Karl Fulves): elimination ends in blackjack
1370 Dealdown (Karl Fulves): more blackjacks
1371 Speedo (Karl Fulves): Cards - Prearranged
1372 Riffle Aces (Roy Walton): Cards - Impromptu
1374 Noops! (Karl Fulves): bending spoons
The Chronicles No. 32
1375 Airborn Aces (Dave Ossip): Aces produced
1377 Linking Bands (Herb Zarrow): rubber band linking
1378 Bill's Monte (Bill Wisch): Finger monte with fingers and bands
1379 3 Little Words (Stewart James): card speller
1381 Over Easy (Karl Fulves): four Royal Flushes
1384 Tri Double (Gene Maze): card sleight
The Chronicles No. 33
1385 Link Illusion (Steve Roth): ring and rope
1389 Two Tricks by Dai Vernon (Dai Vernon): coins and handkerchief
1393 Jack Chanin's Favorite (Jack Chanin): coin production
1394 Vanishing Cannonball (Charles R. Brush): cannonballs in a fish tank
1395 Cigarette Go (John E. Mintz): vanish
The Chronicles No. 34
1398 An American Expression (Sid Lorraine): credit card printing
1399 Prince Charming (Sid Lorraine): Jack and Queen effect
1400 Block Off (Frank Cleaver): block penetration
1401 Rope Work (Rick Johnsson, Karl Fulves): knots, on the barrelhead
1404 PsyKick (Karl Fulves): card location with stack
The Chronicles No. 35
1405 King Koin (Jack Miller): coin effect with English Penny
1406 Coin Bound (Michae Carrion): coin & card transformation
1407 R5B5 (Karl Fulves): reds and blacks
1408 Nailed (Rick Johnsson): nail puzzle
1410 The Horowitz Variation (S. Leo Horowitz): card routine
1411 The Triangle (Jack Birnman): Aces and Kings
1412 Connect the Dots (Karl Fulves): Alphabet card match
1413 TriThot (Karl Fulves): impromptu card location
1414 Secret Knot (Bill Wisch): knot in rope
The Chronicles No. 36
1415 Court Spell (Jack Avis): packet spelling
1417 Reflection (Fr. Cyprian): routine with a mirror card
1419 L'Homlet (John E. Mintz): Egg vanish
1424 Chronologue (Karlk Fulves): Final issue
Close-Up Folio No. 11 (renumbered)
1425 Dice Thru Table (Jeff Busby): using cup
1428 Automatic Stack (Karl Fulves): Dice and cup
1430 Three Dice Tricks (Bill Scott): Dice penetrations, change to large die
1435 Tele-Dice (Henry Christ): Dice over phone
Close-Up Folio No. 12 (renumbered)
1437 Pendulum Knot (Herb Zarrow): knot shaken into a rope
1441 New Rope Methods (Slydini): Gypsy ring and more
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Karl Fulves
Karl Fulves
Born Carl A. Fulves July 27, 1938 New Rochelle, NY
Died February 16, 2023 (age 84) Hackensack, New Jersey
Categories
Books by Karl Fulves
Karl Fulves (b.1938-d.2023) taught thousands of beginners, young and old, to perform remarkable feats of sleight of hand through the books he has published (as Gutenberg Press), especially with his "Self-Working" series he did for the general public, published by Dover Books.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Awards
3 Force Books
4 Periodicals
5 Publications
6 Contributions
6.1 New Stars of Magic manuscripts
6.2 Abra magazine
7 References
Biography
Fulves (pronounced full-ves) lived in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and was a private person who repeatedly turned down all requests for interviews. There is not much known about him other than his incredible output of magic literature.
Karl Fulves was married to his wife Jean with whom he had three children.
One of the most prolific writing magician of the 20th century, Matthew Field gave a detailed presentation on the "Collector's Day" in London in 2012, listing almost all publications.
Fulves used over 30 different pen names throughout his works, especially in magazines, which have included: Ralph Gironda, Robert Hess, Fred Lessor, Glen Kehler, Gray Leese, Peter Alexis, Francis J. Baker, Alan Brown, Ben Christopher, B. Jordan.
Awards
Literary Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts.
Force Books
Fulves wrote a science fiction book, published in paperback in 1976 called "Aftermath: Stories From the Rigel War", which he also created as a Force Book.[1] There were two versions of this science fiction book. The first was a typed manuscript offered for a limited time, the second is the paperback version.[2]
Fulves produced another force book for magician Sam Schwartz called "Astrology, The Hidden Force, sometimes called Incredi-book" (1983). Released as a hardback set, it was dedicated to astrology, and used branching anagrams. It came with two books with different covers, one a black cover, the other a red cover.[3]
Periodicals
Karl Fulves took over The New Phoenix magazine from Don Tanner. He published three more issues and then at issue 400 in October 1965 stated "The bird will be fondly laid to rest." He then started a new magazine called The Pallbearers Review which continued until 1975.
He also started another periodical called Epilogue from 1967 until 1976.
In 1970, Joseph K. Schmidt submitted to Fulves a rope trick complete with illustrations. The contribution was published in Volume 5, Issue #10 of Pallbearers. Fulves was very impressed with Schmidt's artistic abilities and, coincidentally, was looking for an artist to illustrate some of the lengthier routines. He asked Schmidt to illustrate an effect called Canterbury Cups and Schmidt agreed. Fulves and Schmidt's relationship grew and it continues to this day. Fulves was the first person to refer to Schmidt as an "artist". Schmidt has illustrated over 75 books, manuscripts and booklets for Fulves, including Swindle Sheet, Cheat Sheet. Rigmarole, and Verbatim.
Shortly after concluding Pallbearers and Epilogue he announced the birth of a new periodical, The Chronicles Limited to 36 issues, The Chronicles took from 1978 to 1988 to complete, and during those ten years, some of the finest close-up magic of the period was explained in its pages.
Fulves published many more periodicals over the years including Charlatan, Underworld, Fine Print, Interlocutor, and Midnight Magic Monthly.
Midnight Magic Monthly (15 issues, only one complete file is known to exist) was a periodical by Karl Fulves that ran from 1959 until 1960. According to Karl Fulves who writes in the index,"The first thirteen issues were written in order and the Fall and Winter Extra's followed." The index was last to follow. It should be noted that the original title was "Midnight Magic Magazine" and the first seven issues are named as such. Beginning with issue eight, the "Midnight Magic Monthly" title began.
List of periodicals published by Karl Fulves.
Alfredson/Daily ... Fernandes number, title, year of publication and number of issues in a complete file:
4850...Midnight Magic Monthly 1959-1960 13+2 issues
3262...Lamplighter (with Jim Sarles) 1963-1964(?) 7(?) issues
5510...Pallbearers Review original series ?-1965 22 issues
5515...Pallbearers Review 1965-1975 120 issues
5180...New Phoenix 1965 4 issues 397-400
2130...Epilogue 1967-1975 25 issues
2955...Interlocutor 1975-1988 52 issues
1580...Chronicles 1978-1988 36 issues
5335...Notebooks no information available
6055...S-C Contemporary Money Magic 1985 7 issues
15505..Charlatan 1999 - 2003 10 issues
15550..Cheat Sheet 1990-1992 10 issues
19657..Discoverie 1999 - 2003 10 issues
65703..Swindle Sheet 1990-1992 10 issues
29505..Interim Report 1993 1 issue
58955..Rigmarole 1993-1994 10 issues
69800..Verbatim 1993-1994 10 issues
69206..Underworld 1995-1999 10 issues
22102..Fine Print The 1995-1999 10 issues
32627..Latter Day Secrets 1999 - 2003 10 issues
XXXXX..Off The Books 2000-2003 10 issues
XXXXX..Prolix 2006-2013 10 issues to date
XXXXX..Xtra Credit 2006-2013 10 issues to date
XXXXX..The Lowdown 2016-? (10 issues plus 10 supplements expected)
Fulves has announced in the final issue of Prolix that there will be a new periodical issued with an estimated 20 pages per issue. This new periodical is called The Lowdown. There will be 10 issues plus 10 supplements. The material was written in 2013, printed in 2015, and began being distributed in 2016.[4]
Publications
Most of the titles are published by himself under his own name or Gutenberg Press
Title Date Pages
13 Prophets 1996 60
28 Card Tricks 1991 64
A History of the Brainwave Principle 1983 100
Ace Machine 1963 6
A Die of Another Color- Martin Gardner 1995 40
After Jordan 1983 12
And a Packet of Cards 1989 60
Animation (Workshop #1) 1979 12
Big Book of Magic Tricks (reprint of The Magic Book) 1994 196
Binary Count Notes 1969 ?
Blocking Off ?
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 1980 106
Bob Ostin's New Submarine Card 1983 40
Calculator Tricks 1998 130
Card Counting 1982 48
Card Under Glass 1979 24
Cards #1 Four-card Brainwave 1978 20
Cards #2 51 Faces North 1978 24
Cards #3 Interlock 1980 72
Cards #4 Side Steal 1981 60
Cards #5 The Multiple Shift 1989 48
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks 1992 252
Charles T. Jordan Collected Tricks 1975 315
Clockwork: Approaches to Card Counting 2005 75
Close-up Mental Magic 1974 55
Color Capture 1986 30
Color Quick 1980 50
Combo 1998 55
Combo II 2005 125
Command Colors 1997 22
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic, part 1 1987 30
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic, part 2 1987 28
Contemporary Rope Magic, part 1 1986 28
Contemporary Rope Magic, part 2 1986 28
Contemporary Rope Magic, part 3 1986 28
Confessions of a Psychic by Uriah Fuller (pen name of Martin Gardner) 1975 37
Covenant 1987 29
Crooked Tales 1994 129
Cryptology 1979 24
Curioser 1980 61
Deceptive Practices 1992 83
Day for Any Date- Sam Schwartz 1997 43
Deceptive Practices, Supplement 1992 28
Downs on Malini 11
NSOM : Dr Ken Krenzel's Incredible Card Tunnel 1975 6
Easy to do card tricks for children 1989 47
Easy to do magic tricks for children 1974 90
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 1999 313
Epilogue 1993 312
Faro and Riffle Technique 1976 90
Faro and Riffle Technique- original xerox copy will be signed 1969 46
Faro and Riffle Technique; Supplement 1 1970 10
Faro and Riffle Technique; Supplement 2 1970 ?
Faro and Riffle Technique; Supplement 3 1970 ?
Faro Possibilities 1967 36
Four Color Problems 1979 24
Fourcast 1981 36
Fr. Cyprian's TV Card Rise 1982 40
Further Confessions of a Psychic by Uriah Fuller (pen name of Martin Gardner) 1980 69
Gambler's Third Lesson 1979 16
Gene Finnell's Card Magic 1973 76
Hardcore Aces 1983 12
Hocus Poker 1982 32
Hofzinser's Card Tricks 2002 148
Hofzinser Notebook 2003 87
Impromptu Holdouts 1977 50
Impromptu Openers 1979 8
Labyrinth 1980 7
Magic with Cards and Cases No. 2: Inner Sanctum 1979 48
Magic with Cards and Cases No. 1: Jack in the Box 1979 24
Jacob Daley's Notebooks (transcr. Csuri)1st ed. HB no pagination 1975 194
Jacob Daley's Notebooks (transcr. Csuri)HB with pagination 1975 194
Jacob Daley's Notebooks (transcr. Csuri)comb bound 1975 194
Kaleidoscope 1989 50
Kannibal Kards 1975 8
NSOM : Karl Fulves Technicolor Cards 1974 6
The Magic Book 1977 195
Methods with Cards, Part 1 1975 80
Methods with Cards, Part 2 1975 80
Methods with Cards, Part 3 1975 80
Mexican Monte 1972 32
Milennium Aces 1981 92
Money Moves 1989 34
More Self-Working Card Tricks 1984 136
Mutus Nomen 1988 82
Neale's Trapdoor Card 1983 12
New Card Rises 1996 62
Notes from the Underground 1973 61
Nyria Effect 1979 24
Octet 1981 76
Origins 1981 56
Packet Switches (Part One) 1973 56
Packet Switches (Part Two) 1973 56
Packet Switches (Part Three) 1977 76
Packet Switches (Part Four) 1977 72
Packet Switches (Part Five) 1977 70
The Pallbearers Review, Volume 1-4 1993 290
The Pallbearers Review, Volume 5-8 1993 390
The Pallbearers Review, Volume 9-12 1993 380
Parallel Lines 1980 40
Principles of Riffle Shuffle Set-ups 1968 30
Prototype 1989 50
Punch out Puzzle Kit 1982 24
Quick Card Tricks 1989 50
Riffle Shuffle Control 1979 23
Riffle Shuffle Controls Part Two: Blocking Off 1996 206
Riffle Shuffle Methods 1987 49
Riffle Shuffle Set-ups I 1973 98
Riffle Shuffle Set-ups II 1976 98
Riffle Shuffle Technique Preliminaries, Notes, Problems 1971 22
Riffle Shuffle Technique Preliminary Notes, part 1 1972 22
Riffle Shuffle Technique, part 1 1973 12
Riffle Shuffle Technique Preliminary Notes, part 2 1973 60
Riffle Shuffle Technique, part 2 1975 12
Riffle Shuffle Technique, part 3 1984 92
Secret Session, part one 1987 29
Secret Session, part two 1987 28
Secret Session, part three 1987 28
Self-Working Card Tricks 1976 113
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 1995 120
Self-Working Coin Magic 1989 136
Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 1989 184
Self-Working Mental Magic 1979 121
Self-Working Number Magic 1982 145
Self-Working Paper Magic 1985 147
Self-Working Rope Magic 1990 148
Self-Working Table Magic 1981 122
Setting up Exercises 1995 111
Shape Changers 1979 44
Shuffle off 1983 12
Six Impromptu Card Tricks 1982 48
Swindle & Cheat - a collection of nontransitive games 1991 71
Teleportation Notes 1969 8
Teleportation Notes 1979 24
The Best of Slydini ... and More, vol 1 (text) 1976 108
The Best of Slydini ... and More, vol 2 (photos) 1976 126
The Book of Numbers 1971 47
The Book of Numbers, Supplementary Notes 1971 19
The Children's Magic Kit 1980 16+16
The Magic of Slydini and More, vol 1 (text) 1976 108
The Magic of Slydini and More, vol 2 (photos) 1976 126
The Magic Thrust 2001 46
The Magical World of Slydini, vol 1 (text) 1979 101
The Magical World of Slydini, vol 2 (photos) 1979 176
The Noir Test 1998 26
The Return Trip 1986 39
The Shamrock Code & the Parallel Principle 1979 48
Topological False Count (Workshop #2) 1979 18
Transpo Trix 1978 80
Trick with Dice 1970 26
Under Tension Tricks With Rubber-Banded Decks 2004 101
Vampire Chronicles 1997 92
Vampire Papers 1997 45
When Psychics Play Poker 2004 63
Wireless II 1982 48
Word Play 2007 71
Worknotes on Brainwave 1983 20
Contributions
New Stars of Magic manuscripts
Fulves also wrote the text for a number of the New Stars of Magic manuscripts, including Chris Capehart's 3-Ring Routine, Joe de Stefano's Chinatown Poker, Max Londono's Eternal String, Metalogic (Fred Baumann) and David Roth Okito Box routine.
Abra magazine
Contributions to Abra (from Andi Gladwin's post on the Clog):
A Hofzinser Variation - 1st March, 1969. Volume 47, Number 1205. Page 140
A variant of Hofzinser’s Remeber & Forget effect. In this handling three people each select a card. The first person is then asked to pick another card and decide which of the two they’d like to keep. They then hand their discard to the next participant, who decides whether to keep that or his first selection. That discard is passed to the next person, who is asked to make the same decision. Karl then names all three selections. While the effect is certainly simple in method I’m considering adding it to my repertoire as I’m sure that it would absolutely fry any audience.
Think-A-Card - 16th March, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1468. Page 210
Instructions for how to make a pretty detailed gimmicked deck. It’s similar to the Ultra Mental deck, but with the cards separated at the start. This allows you to place a odd-backed card into the deck (without anyone seeing its face) and have someone think of one of the cards from a spread. Then, you show that the named card is actually the odd-backed card.
Kings Row - 30th March, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1470. Page 261
A basic Sandwich routine using two black Kings. Fulves also suggests a challenge to the reader that you might like to experiment with: “As a problem the reader may wish to solve, this basic effect can be elaborated upon as follows: the red Kings and the black Kings are shown separately. One of two chosen cards ends up between the red Kings. The other chosen card then ends up between the black Kings.”
That’s Odd - 27th April, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1474. Page 330
An fun transposition routine where someone on your left is given two odd value cards and someone on your right two even value cards. The two odd cards are placed into the card box and are caused to transpose with the even cards. When the participants check the card box for extra cards they just find the words, “That’s odd” written on the case!
Restoration - 22nd June, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1482. Page 490
A weird and original effect using two borrowed playing cards and two clear plastic sheets. A card, say the Four of Spades is cut into quarters and placed on top of one of the plastic sheets. Another card, say the Seven of Spades, is placed on top of the quarters and then the other plastic sheet is placed on top of that. The condition of the cards is then caused to swap: so the Seven of Spades is now the cut card and the four is shown to be completed restored.
References
↑ Interlocutor No. 21 May 1978
↑ Interlocutor No. 1, July 1975
↑ Genii Volume 48, No.7, July 1984, page 79
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