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Why do the same tricks everyone else is doing?

The Book That Doesn’t Exist is the new name for the continuation of FEEN-X Magazine, an underground newsletter read by some of the top names in magic. Now it can be yours!

2002-2003, 178 pages.

Table of Contents

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 1 – 5 pages

Twistin’ The Night Away – A New Twist to Card Twisting Effects

Slowly I Turn – Thoughts on Quick Moves Vs. Smooth Moves

Johnny CardTrickSeeds – A Short Story

Brian Higgins Alternative to the Rub-A-Dub Vanish – A Different Card Vanish

Old Business – Thoughts on Stigmata Effects

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 2 – 4 pages

The No-Gimmick Sound Gimmick

Precursors – Two Coin Routines Without Sound

No-Gimmick Sound Gimmick – A Coin Routine With Sound Effects

The Library – Thoughts on Books

Silent Blasphemy – Another Story

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 3 – 6 pages

One Gambler Vs. Three Magicians

One Gambler Vs. Three Magicians – Progessive Ace Assembly With Different Color Backs

Olinksy’s Treasure – A True Story

The Library – Thoughts On Paul Curry’s Worlds Beyond

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 4 – 8 pages

Okito Box Routine That Doesn’t Exist – Original Okito Box Routine

The Library – Current Magic Books

Addendum – Patter Spin on One Gambler Vs. Three Magicians

HP Wand Design – New Look for Magic Wands

State of The Onion – Thoughts on TV Magic

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 5 – 5 pages

Card Magic: Blindfold Poker Deal

Pseudo Center – A Pseudo Center for Blindfolded Dealing

The Library – Current Magic Books

Slowly I Turn – Thoughts on Trick Photography in TV Magic

Dark Frickin Humor – The New York Scene

Addendum – Additional Notes on the Pseudo Center Deal

Super Addendum – Looking Back on One Gambler Vs. Three Magicians

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 6 – 7 pages

Speaking of Monie: Out Thru the Side of Purse – Coin Production

The Unseen Force – A Card Force by Cushing Strout

The Library – Thoughts on The Lost Notebooks of John Hilliard

Pro Fun Ditties – Thoughts on Magic

More From The Library – About Genii Magazine, Magic Books, Videos

Pottered – Thoughts on Developing a Wizard Theme

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 7 – Special Issue: No Cards-No Coins – 5 pages

Special Issue: No Cards – No Coins

Multiplication Trick With Small Balls

Jacks or Better – A Trick Using Children’s Gaming Jacks

Another Poor Man’s Raven – A New Vanisher Without a Magnet

The Library – Denny & Lee

Slowly I – Thoughts on New Format

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 8 – 7 pages

The Mysterious Letter

4 Signed Aces Vanish and Reappear in a Sealed Letter

The Trick That Fooled Houdin – In Depth! (An Ambitious Card Move)

For The Cost of Two Rubber Bands – A Packet Trick

Zen In The Art of Magic Illustration – Thoughts on Packaging DVDs

Zen In The Art of WRITING About Magic

The Library – Books, Videos, and Magazines

Dark Frickin’ Humor

Review — The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 9 – 5 pages

Ipso Facto – The Best New Coin Trick in the World (Introducing Skid HPC)

Library – The Magic Mirror (Review), Misc. Thoughts

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Special Bonus Issue – 3 pages

Let’s Twist Again Like We Did Last Summer (Packet Card Trick) – Gregg Webb & Doug MacGeorge

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 10 – Robert E. Neale/Halloween Issue – 5 pages

Four Bikers of the Apocalypse

A New Packet Trick!

The Library – Writings on Ancient Sacred Magic

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 11 – Countact Deluxe – 4 pages

Countact Deluxe – A Variation on a T. A. Waters Effect

Webb’s 5 Card Psych Force Deck

Future 5vPsych Force

Combined 5 and Hobson’s Choice – Mentalism With Cards

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 12 – Back to Ever Lovin’ Cards – 8 pages

Jack Chanin’s Top Change – An Unusual Top Change

Webb’s Center – A Center Deal

Thoughts on the Bart Harding Stack – Mental Feats With a Stacked Deck

Special Bonus: Cheat Sheet For The Harding Stack

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Special Holiday Bonus – 5 pages

Jumpin’ Gemini – Variations on a Trick by Darwin Ortiz

Hitchcock Aces – Variations on Another Ortiz Trick

Touches That Help Performing Paul Harris’ Anything Deck

A Tip for Monte

Thoughts on Paul Curry’s Cider

Bob Cassidy’s Art Of Mentalism

Kudos – Max Maven’s Mentalism With Batteries

On The Demise of Hartumim The Great

On Jongling Vs. Manipulation

A Xmas Story

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 13 – My Lucky Number – 7 pages

Webb’s “My Magic Card” Revisited – Selected Cards to Pocket and Case

Hobson’s Living & Dead – A Living and Dead Test

The Afterburner – Thoughts on Derren Brown & Aaron Fisher

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – The BTDE Special New Year Issue – 7 pages

Reds Progress – A Card Trick Featuring a Kicker by Brian Higgins

The Patter for Reds Progress

Afterimages – Final Thoughts on Reds Progress

Book Review – Aaron Fisher’s The Paper Engine

The Fix-It Shop – Thoughts on Max Maven’s Caffeinomenon

Dark Frickin Humor

Extra Options for Reds Progress

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus Chapter – A Book That Doesn’t Exist Publication – 4 pages

Webb / Marlo / Leipzig Punch Deal – Dealing a Royal Flush Blindfolded

On the Use of Lucid Dreaming

Feel My Aura – Mentalism With Invisible Thread

Feel My Aura – Additional Credits

On Debunking Nostradamus

The Cusp – Review of Darwin Ortiz’ Scams and Fantasies

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 14 – 5 pages

Spell Check Bee – Spelling to Selected Card

The Afterburner – Razzle-Dazzle Vs. Magic

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus 2 – A Book That Doesn’t Exist Publication – 9 pages

The Addendum Move Strikes Back – A New Copper-Silver-Brass Coin Routine

The No-Punch Punch – Blindfolded Dealing Without a Punch

Stargate GW – A Signed Card Vanishes and Reappears in Case

Jonathan Townsend Returns

The Afterburner – Final Tips on Webb’s No-Punch Deal and Stargate GW

Further Adventures of the No-Punch Deal – More Tips

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus 3 – Hey! Don’t Expect One Of These Every Time! – 2 pages

Coin and Bill Vignette – A Dollar Bill Turns Into Coins

Best Poker Deal – Getting a Royal Flush in Spades

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 15 – 5 pages

Geller Coin

Bending a Coin With Your Mind

2 A-Heads – Variations With Copper and Silver Coins

From the Backroom – The NY Scene

Gregg Webb Newsflash!

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 16 – Herb Zarrow Tribute Issue – 6 pages

The “Z”

Using The “Z” – The Zarrow Shuffle

I Wouldn’t Want to Play Cards With You – A Poker Demonstration

Experimental – A Psych Card Force

Rumblings And Grumblings – Thoughts on Making Magic Clean

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 17 – 5 pages

“Changes” Not “Twists”

Fixing Weak Spots in Tricks

Waist Level 3-Fly – In Hands Coins Across

On The Origin of Kaps’ Subtlety

One-Handed 3-Way Spellbound – New Variation on a Great Coin Trick

Rumblings And Grumblings – Pausing at the Right Spots

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 18 – 4 pages

Best Frickin’ Poker (Or, Best Poker Routine Revisited)

On The Selection Process – Tips on Having Cards Selected

For Magic Only – A Sucker 21 Cent Trick

The Vortex – Origin of the Word Sleight

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 19 – The Fix-It Shop – 4 pages

Red Hot Ma-Ma – Variations on a Card Trick

Webb’s Color Stun – Variations on Color Stunner

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 20 – Coin Issue – 6 pages

Kicker For One-Hand Three-Way – Variations for a Copper-Silver-Brass Routine

Kicker For Webb O. Box Routine – Kickers for an Okito Coin Box Routine

On Bending Rubber – More For Webb’s Bent Coin Routine

Dark Frickin’ Humor – A Story (Slydini’s Impromptu 1 Coin Routine

Pro Fun Ditties – Thoughts on Watching Other Magicians

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 21 – 5 pages

Give Us A Sign!

Mentalism With Stamps and Pendulum

Heads I Win – Tails I Win (Calling a Tossed Coin)

Continous Ace Palm-Off Production

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 22 – Coin Magic – 5 pages

Shotglass Milagro – Coins Through Shotglass

Bottlecaps Magic – Chink-a-Chink and Matrix

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus Halloween Present – 2 pages

Bro. Hamman Count With Coins! – And a Coin Routine

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 23 – A Card Trick & A Coin Trick – 4 pages

The Card Trick

Palming 2 Coins of a Group – On Palming Technique

Coin Routine Using 2-Palm Technique

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus Coins – 2 pages

Chop Shuffle For Coins – A False Shuffle-False Count

False Counting in Coin Tricks

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus Cards – 2 pages

Let’s Pretend (a Card Trick)

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus Challenge – 2 pages

Signed Selected Card Appears in Book

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Chapter 24 – Final Edition – Final Card Tricks – 3 pages

Further Adventures of the Dupe Signature in Card Tricks

The Final Afterburner – Selected Card at Any Number

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Bonus Xmas Present – 2 pages

One Hand Bank Night (Coins And Coffee Cup)

The Book That Doesn’t Exist – Final Bonus – 4 pages

Impersonation Aces, a Card Trick

word count: 69383 which is equivalent to 277 standard pages of text