Luke presents three wonderfully routined and thought through effects, all building on classic mentalism plots, improved by his ingenious thinking and knowledge of methods.
Books
Curtain Call by Barrie Richardson (PDF)
Once More into Their Minds, Dear Friends!
Ask working performers, who has created the most practical and impressive mentalism in recent times and one of the first names you will hear is Barrie Richardson. Curtain Call is Mr. Richardson’s third major collection of mentalism, and in it he has held nothing back. He opens with the
A Secret Has Two Faces by A.BANDIT
A.Bandit is an experimental performance art group started by conceptual artist Glenn Kaino and magician Derek DelGaudio. Together they have exhibited and performed their work in venues that span a diverse range of cultural activities. The book introduces their pioneering work in the fields of art and magic, along with interviews and stories from noteworthy practitioners from both fields. It will be a generous access point into the normally
A Choice of Miracles by Eric C. Lewis (PDF)
Any time someone sets down in print their life’s work, it deserves your attention. When that person has spent some 60 years performing, writing, inventing and thinking magic, you can be sure it will be no ordinary book. Eric Lewis is just such a person, and there is certainly nothing ordinary about A Choice of Miracles.
Machinations by Ben Harris (PDF)
“The Trapdoor Card” is one of the most unforgettable, yet often overlooked, plots in card magic. Popularized by Martin Gardner and Bob Neale, this effect features a small card with a “door” cut out, just off-center. Someone is invited to hold the card by this makeshift tab. The magician is then able to turn the card inside out while it is IN the spectator’s hands. This an unbelievable and impossible topological illusion that you can watch over and over and over again without ever figuring it out.
ZOOMentalism by Mark Elsdon (PDF)
Mark Elsdon has modified the strongest effects from his highly-acclaimed Conversation as Mentalism series to be performed during virtual magic shows on Zoom or any other streaming service.
Impromptu by Martin Gardner (AKA Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic)
The greatest collection of small magic ever assembled by legendary thinker and writer Martin Gardner, with thousands of effects, stunts, gags, gimmicks, and more.
864 pages