Hey Angelo,

I really enjoyed the effect you contributed to Mark Setteducati's MAGIC SHOW BOOK. It has fooled everyone I have shown it to. It is a real step up for this type of magic (which usually rely on mathematical principles.)

Personally - I love the concept of magic taking place totally in a spectator's hands. And possibly even fooling them as well. As such - I was wondering if this is a plot you have thought about exploring some more? You are a brilliant creator - and this area might throw up some unusual results.

I remember reading in GENII about another effect you designed which was left out of the book. That was very clever as well. So - it seems to me you have the knack for designing effects for this type of magic. I hope it is something you play around with some more in the future!

Joe

I have that book - which effect is it?

Hi Joe!

I presume you are referring to the Trunk Trick. Am very proud of that one because the secret to the trunk trick happens when performing another trick. It is quite deceptive. A nice touch when showing the trick / book to a fellow magician is to say; "I'll just reset the trunk trick" and then proceed to take the cut out of Mark from the last page and place it back in the starting position in the trunk. This makes it appear that it is the SAME cut out that has somehow jumped to another page. Of course this is not a true reset and you would need to do the proper reset later, in secret.

Also I advised on the Zig Zag Girl trick which is based on Tenyo's Sidetrack.

Well, one of the tricks that appears to happen in the spectator's hands is my Out of Order trick. I do like the plot of self-performing or fooling tricks and do need to experiment more on it.

Ed, Joe is referring to the Trunk Trick. Look in the credits inside the cover of the book to see which ones are mine.