Impromptu magic By Bill Severn

Contents: xi Introduction 1 Magic At Home 1 Imagine That! 4 – Ghost in the Closet 6 Superspoon 9 – Supercracker 9 Comedy Thumb Escape 14 – The Turnabout Thumb 16 The Flying Plastic Bag 20 – Bagged Again 21 Sealed Thoughts 24 – Scribble Scrabble 25 – Book Choice 27 Party Time 27 Chips Coming Up! 30 – There's My Hat! 30 – Did Somebody Lose a Sock? 30 – Lunchtime 31 Cigam 33 – Sympathetic Torn Napkins 35 Toot Sweet 37 Blow Out 39 Band a Can 41 – The Banana Test 41 – More Penetrations 42 Keeping Away from Coffee 45 – Straw Vote 46 Fortune's Cap 49 – Knee Power 49 – With a Paper Clip 50 Please Pass the Mustard 51 – With All Sorts of Things 52 – Paper Castaways 52 – Headline Mentalist 54 With a Pack of Cards 54 Twin Sets 57 – The Criss-Cross Force 57 – Anybody's Aces 58 – Small Fortune 58 The Birthday Card 61 – With a Glass Instead of a Cup 62 – Under Your Spell 62 – The Cup Force 63 The Two Fastest Tricks in the World 67 – The Deuce You Say 68 – Using the Pocket Dodge wilh Coins 68 – Coin through Your Body 69 Scrambled Aces 71 – Triple Mix Aces 73 The Ghost Card 76 – Gaze into My Crystal Ball 78 Prize Surprise 82 – Sealed Prophecy 83 Mixing Pleasure With Business 83 Magic Printing 87 – It's All Yours 88 Double Dater 91 – Another View from the Window 93 Magnetic Personality 96 – The Stamp Finder 97 – Buck Stop 98 Ups and Downs 103 – With Picture Post Cards or Personal Photos – With Dollar Bills Direct Link – Ring a Dangle The Acrobatic Paper Clips – Setting It Up to Do Anywhere The Tacks Collector – Pushpin Penetration 118 Staple Chase 122 – Stapled Borrowed Bill 122 The Ghost of Money Departed 125 – The Ghost Buys Coffee 126 – Houdini Wasn't Here 126 High Interest Loan 129 – Handkerchief Switch Tricks 129 Salt to Catch an Eagle 134 – Pin-etration Vanish 135 I've Got Your Number 138 – Eyes in the Back of Your Head 140 Secret Devices 140 The Pen-Clip Holder 141 – In a Back Pocket 141 – Secretly Adding Cards to a Pack 143 – Using the Pen Clip to Switch Things 143 – With Things Held behind Your Back 143 – In the Inside Jacket Pocket 144 – Inside a Purse 144 Slit Envelopes 144 – Side-Slit Envelope 146 – The Pocket Dumper 148 – Disappearing Dollar 150 Rubber Band Pulls 151 – Up the Sleeve 153 – Toss-Up Vanish 154 – Slap-Down Vanish 154 – Catch as Catch Can 155 – Bulldog Clip Vanisher 156 – With the Clip Hidden 157 Double-Faced Cards 159 – The One-Eyed King 160 – Two-Card Find ihe Lady 162 – Digging for Diamonds 164 Sticky Stuff 166 – Sure Thing 166 – Half Vanished 168 – Beats the Band 169 – Test Run 171 – The Magnetic Cup and Straw 175 Index