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KORNERSHORT
Price: £23.00
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One of the obstacles to the corner short's popularity has been the difficulty of cutting the card itself. Scissors, nail clippers and nail files have all been used with less than perfect results. Enter the "Kornershort" device. You'll get perfectly round, perfectly smooth corners every time. High-quality, die cast construction that will last a lifetime. Now there's nothing keeping you from the joys of shorting. What does the "Kornershort" do? Well, any card effect that requires the location/control of a selected card(s) or a force card(s) is easier with the "Kornershort". When you can simplify the handling of an effect, and eliminate any chance of error, you can perform more confidently. Now you can concentrate on you patter and presentation - and refine the effect for maximum appeal. The "Kornershort" comes with detailed instructions on how to use it as well as seven applications. However, as a bonus, there is a separate 12 page booklet detailing applications, locations, forces and 10 great effects with corner short.

Once Upon a Time By Guy Hollingworth

Price: £29.00

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Once Upon a Time is the brand new effect from Guy Hollingworth, containing three charming routines, none of which require any difficult sleight of hand. This is how the effect appears to the audience:

The magician removes what looks like a small, old, leather-bound book from its slip case. The book is opened, and the magician explains that this is a magic book that tells fairy tales by magic. As the pages are turned, pictures are seen on the pages, but the words on all the pages are the same. That's because you don't have to read the words, as the tales tell themselves by magic. In fact, the pages come out of the book, because even if the pages are all mixed up, the magic will still work and the tales will be told. Within the pages, stories such as "The Three Bears" are discovered. As the stories are told, the characters appear and disappear, bowls of porridge are eaten and chairs are broken at just the right moments in the story. At the end of the story, (in which, of course they all live happily ever after), the pages are put back into the book cover, and you are all ready to tell the story again, to someone else; or indeed to tell the story of Cinderella... ...or Jack and the Beanstalk - both of these stories can also be found within the pages of the book and told straight away, without any need to re-set, or rearrange the
pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you tell us what the effect of ‘Once Upon a Time’ is?
The performer shows the audience what looks like a small old book, which he explains tells magical stories. As the stories are told and the "pages" are turned, the illustrations seem to come to life, so that the characters appear and disappear, pumpkins transform into carriages, magic beans grow visibly into huge beanstalks, geese lay golden eggs and so on.

How did the idea come about?
I became a godfather a little while ago, and wanted to be able to perform magic for my young goddaughter. However, I didn't want to do "children's magic" with big wooden props and corny patter, and for some reason she didn't enjoy my 6-phase gambling routine. So I thought I would try to
come up with some routines that people of all ages would enjoy, but that would still suit my performing style. I thought of the stories that I grew up with, and tried to capture the charm and, quite literally, the magic, of traditional fairy tales.

What audiences is it suitable for?
Obviously the original idea was to have effects that I could perform for quite young children, but I have found that in fact it is probably even more popular with adults. Certainly when I perform it for children, their parents really appreciate it (and I hope are badly fooled by it), but I also
perform it for groups of adults. In fact, my contemporaries at law school have told me it is their favourite routine that I perform.

What sort of performers is it suitable for?
This is certainly not just an effect for children's perfomers, although of course I hope that they will be able to use it, too. The method and effect are based on close-up principles, and I always carry it with me when I am working at a close-up function. As I said, I often perform it for adults anyway, but if I happen to come across young children when I am working, I have in my pocket an item not much bigger than a pack of cards with which I can perform up to 30 minutes of material for children. I also hope that hobbyists will enjoy it, for the same reason that I originally invented it: to show to family members at Christmas or other gettogethers.

Twilight Angel by Paul Harris

Price: £10.00

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A Heavenly Effect!

You display a small "angel catcher" (which to the audience looks just like a small mirror) and hand it out to the audience for examination. You then point out the angels printed on the backs of normal Bicycle playing cards and explain that since angels are made of pure light and that the mirror reflects pure light, meaning you can combine the two to alter space and time. You place the mirror on the back of the card so the reflection of both angels is clearly seen. As you slowly slide the mirror across the card, a strange "angel zone" opens up next to the reflected angel. Suddenly, the reflected angel is gone! It`s not in the mirror or on the card-the angel has completely vanished! The "angel catcher" is repositioned to display the reflection of the one remaining angel. You slowly slide the mirror to create a second reflected angel. This face optical angel visibly slides off the mirror and onto the card, transforming into a printed angel! You hand the actual printed card with both angels on one end and a blank space at the other! The card, mirror and even the entire deck can all be thoroughly examined.

Comes with two specially printed cards on Bicycle stock (one red and one blue), mirror, carrying case and detailed, 8-page, fully illustrated booklet

Twisted Sisters trick - John Bannon

Price: £10.00

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This diabolical effect from the creative mind of John Bannon is one of magic's all time best-sellers. With a clear and incredibly powerful effect and a method ingenious in its simplicity, this will simply blow your audience away. And, what might be best of all, this outstanding effect requires absolutely no or sleight-of-hand to successfully perform. Here's an in-depth description of the Effect:

The performer displays two packets of face-down cards, each packet containing four cards. One packet is red-backed and the other is blue-backed. The packets are tabled, and a spectator is allowed to select either the red or blue packet. Whichever packet he selects is used. There is no magician's force. The spectator is asked to imagine that his packet consists of four face-down queens. Once this is done, he is to think of any one of the four queens - hearts, clubs, spades, or diamonds. Again, this is a totally free choice! A second spectator is now directed to concentrate on the remaining four-card packet, and, like the first spectator, is allowed to think of a different queen. Now, without touching the cards, the performer claims he has caused the two selections to trade places. The first spectator names his card, the performer spreads his packet, and the queen he merely thought of is reversed face up in the packet. This astounding feat is repeated with the second spectator's queen! And there's more! The performer points out that if each of the spectator's queens really traveled across, then the backs of the selected queen would also have traveled across. The face-up queen in the red packet is turned over - it has a blue back! Now the face-up queen in the blue packet is turned over - it has a red back! The effect is truly unbelievable. And there is still more! The performer points out that it is very interesting that the two spectators selected the particular two queens they did. BECAUSE THE REST OF THE CARDS ARE NOT EVEN QUEENS AT ALL - THEY ARE JOKERS! And you turn them all face up to prove it!

Comes complete with a detailed booklet of crystal-clear instructions and illustrations and all the necessary cards (specially printed on Bicycle stock) to perform the effect. Also Available in Jumbo Size ( 5" by 7" ) with blank face cards instead of jokers.