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This is a great collection of tricks from a list of top-notch contributors.
From the introduction:
For six years, Al and I cooperated in a modest venture titled The New Jinx. It was a monthly magic journal conceived out of certain personal ambitions of mine. The first was to attempt a living memorial to the memory of Ted Annemann, creator of the original Jinx and an individual who has captured my interest more than any other single person I can think of. Next, I wanted to express my own personal viewpoints on the existing state of "professionalism" in stage magic and mentalism. Such a journal would serve as an ideal vehicle to do so. And, last but not least, The New Jinx would provide another avenue for magical creators through which they could reach the interested reader with their brainchildren and also get their creations "on the record."
Al Forgione contributed his artistic talents, not only because he is my friend but because he thoroughly enjoys indulging in his own form of self-expression.
After the usual growing-pains came a plateau on which we felt our mutual goals had been achieved. But, along the way, something new and quite unexpected was added. We were also given a wonderful opportunity to become acquainted with some of the most interesting people we have ever known. Some were contributors and others were readers. Thus, for six years, we were treated to a bonus, as it were, to our original intent.
But, seventy-two months without a lapse took its toll with the advent of a burned- out feeling and the notion, what is there left to say? At this point, rather than coast steadily downhill, we decided, with regret, to bid adieu to our fascinating friends and call it a day. "Dropping out" was easy. Staying out - ah, that has been something else again. Scarcely a year has passed since our final issue of The New Jinx, and - we're back.
Introduction
Stewart Cramer
The Parlor Yogi
Implanted Thought
Harry G. Franke
Framed!
Three Ways Out
Ace Gorham
Hot Money
Pull Yourself Together
Psychic Spectator?
Last Call
Harry Lorayne
SNAP!
Half A Faro Onward
Paul Marcus
NICOMAR'S Lesson
A Card Named Bill
Edward Marlo
MARLO Flexible Count
HOP-SKIP-JUMP
Mental Lie
Leslie May
One Over The Eight
Thank You, Ted
Thoughts From Thin Air
NELSON'S Column
David Ray
Nine Numbers
Figures Fantastic
Primary Color
Stigmata
Danny Tong
Bill Antics
Ring and Ribbon
Rope and Ring
Perambulating Coins
Hippy Nuts
Rabbits' Habits
Joseph M. White
Phonomenon
Let George Do It
North Bigbee
Star Living-Or-Dead Test
Stephen Fernandes
Jacks-Or Better!
Roy Fromer
Reading Through A Brick
S. Leo Horowitz (Mohammed Bey)
New Method Duo-Flight
Tony T. Kardyro
Turnabout Supreme
Gerald Kosky
The Spirit Writes
Sid Lorraine
Cliplink
Orville Meyer
It's Murder
Floyd Shotts
Penetrating Vision
1st edition 1969; 1st digital edition 2016, 79 pages.
word count: 27442 which is equivalent to 109 standard pages of text
From the introduction:
For six years, Al and I cooperated in a modest venture titled The New Jinx. It was a monthly magic journal conceived out of certain personal ambitions of mine. The first was to attempt a living memorial to the memory of Ted Annemann, creator of the original Jinx and an individual who has captured my interest more than any other single person I can think of. Next, I wanted to express my own personal viewpoints on the existing state of "professionalism" in stage magic and mentalism. Such a journal would serve as an ideal vehicle to do so. And, last but not least, The New Jinx would provide another avenue for magical creators through which they could reach the interested reader with their brainchildren and also get their creations "on the record."
Al Forgione contributed his artistic talents, not only because he is my friend but because he thoroughly enjoys indulging in his own form of self-expression.
After the usual growing-pains came a plateau on which we felt our mutual goals had been achieved. But, along the way, something new and quite unexpected was added. We were also given a wonderful opportunity to become acquainted with some of the most interesting people we have ever known. Some were contributors and others were readers. Thus, for six years, we were treated to a bonus, as it were, to our original intent.
But, seventy-two months without a lapse took its toll with the advent of a burned- out feeling and the notion, what is there left to say? At this point, rather than coast steadily downhill, we decided, with regret, to bid adieu to our fascinating friends and call it a day. "Dropping out" was easy. Staying out - ah, that has been something else again. Scarcely a year has passed since our final issue of The New Jinx, and - we're back.
Introduction
Stewart Cramer
The Parlor Yogi
Implanted Thought
Harry G. Franke
Framed!
Three Ways Out
Ace Gorham
Hot Money
Pull Yourself Together
Psychic Spectator?
Last Call
Harry Lorayne
SNAP!
Half A Faro Onward
Paul Marcus
NICOMAR'S Lesson
A Card Named Bill
Edward Marlo
MARLO Flexible Count
HOP-SKIP-JUMP
Mental Lie
Leslie May
One Over The Eight
Thank You, Ted
Thoughts From Thin Air
NELSON'S Column
David Ray
Nine Numbers
Figures Fantastic
Primary Color
Stigmata
Danny Tong
Bill Antics
Ring and Ribbon
Rope and Ring
Perambulating Coins
Hippy Nuts
Rabbits' Habits
Joseph M. White
Phonomenon
Let George Do It
North Bigbee
Star Living-Or-Dead Test
Stephen Fernandes
Jacks-Or Better!
Roy Fromer
Reading Through A Brick
S. Leo Horowitz (Mohammed Bey)
New Method Duo-Flight
Tony T. Kardyro
Turnabout Supreme
Gerald Kosky
The Spirit Writes
Sid Lorraine
Cliplink
Orville Meyer
It's Murder
Floyd Shotts
Penetrating Vision
1st edition 1969; 1st digital edition 2016, 79 pages.
word count: 27442 which is equivalent to 109 standard pages of text
