J.J. ZAPPATTA. The enigma, the man of mystery who hung with the shadows throughout the course of many a magic convention, over many a decade. These books are a first glimpse at the crazy and wild world that was/is ZAPPATTA. And, at last, his clever levitation is fully explained! DEEP FRY VOLUME 2 1. ZIP-WOW A super-quick torn and restored card or..

STUNNING VISUALS AS YOUR PRINT 3 THOUGHT-OF CARDS WITHOUT ANY GAFFS! Requires intermediate card skills. Not for beginners. This is an "underground handling" for Click Click Click-a routine that originally appeared in my 1989 Lecture Notes and in the book, Mad Fax & Other Mysteries (1990). It, in turn, was the outgrowth of Foto, from Out Of His..

The BRAND NEW PLOT (originally created in 1981!) Turn a signed card INSIDE OUT creating a great souvenir!! Only once in a while do you CREATE A NEW PLOT! Folks have always said-and will probably continue to say-"it's all been done before." Of course, that's usually the case, but not every time! Dimensional Relativity was released in 1981 as printe..

The original work on elastic thread magic, yes, the FIRST EVER book published on Elastic Thread work. Originally published in 1989. All the pro tips you need, along with 6 full routines to start performing right now! See where much of today's material originated! You see so much information published about "Elastic Thread Magic" today--you'd think..

The odd scientific principle discovered by Harris in 1980 makes this amazing coin transposition possible! Two coins are displayed. One is marked with a large cross and a spectator confirms that the cross will not rub off the coin. In full view, the marked coin and the plain coin transpose THROUGH THE BACK of a spectator's own hand. Fully examinab..

"The original and EYE-POPPING "Sandwich" effect, both gaffed and non-gaffed... PLUS THE AMAZING 2009 UPDATES..." Released in 1985, FANDANGO became a cornerstone for a variety of card "printing" and "sandwich" routines that would later be developed by the author. Here is the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT with ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS teaching this INSTANT and HI..

An experimental version of THREE CARDS ACROSS for stage or Drawing Room! In 1990, Ben Harris began work on a version of Cards Across for stage. He wanted to make it play big with three cards being selected and SIGNED. He also wanted the cards to magically vanish from the deck and appear in three glass tumblers across the far side of the stage WITH..

"Almost 30 effects, routines and flourishes from New Directions Magazine! An Amazing List of Contributors!" What exciting times these were. The MASTERS like Marlo, Andrus, and Lorayne where at the top of their game and the NEW FACES like Sankey, Sanders and Harkey were just emerging. And, NEW DIRECTIONS captured a lovely slice of these changing ti..

HOLE IN THE HEAD created a furore when released to the general magic community. Originally worked up as a situational piece for a David Blaine TV special, the general market place would have nothing of something as esoteric. No, you had to be able to pull it out of a baggie and stumble through it for a street kid in 5 minutes-or it was crap! The cr..

HOODWINK is based on the author's own effect, "Prime Hole Card" from 1983. It became a best-seller when re-released in 1999. Everyone was concentrating so hard on complex quarter-at-a-time restorations, that Hoodwink seemed like a breath of fresh air. The newly added "Flash Restoration sequence really compliments the streamlined handling with just..

A COMPELLING FORCING PROCEDURE & APPLICATIONS THEREOF IONIC is a ranging force, applied with the fingers, in order to arrive at an apparently random (or unknown number). Such forces-performed on the fingers-have been used for decades. Karrel Fox and Max Maven are both famous for their applications of the approach. For the record, Ray Hyman is ..

Julio's Psychic Pizza is an EASY TO PERFORM and completely SELF-WORKING prediction that allows a SPECTATOR to predict a pizza style (olives and anchovies, Italian, classic, Hawaiian, etc) and the appropriate base (thick or thin) AND an accompanying BEVERAGE (milkshake, iced tea, cola, orange juice, etc). The performer introduces a colorful and glo..

Make a bottle of drink VANISH by cracking it across your knee!! This is a reputation-maker. The magic just seems to come out of the blue as you pick up your drink botte, cap it, and then CRACK it across your knee where it VANISHES COMPLETELY! Three applications are taught. A formal handling with Topit, a tabled handling and a cheeky walk-around h..

The FASTEST "CARD TO POCKET" EVER! The Madman's Card To Pocket was designed in order to produce a "smack in the face" moment for my day-to-day performances and media interviews. It's something direct, to the point and utterly impossible in appearance. The effect is all over in a matter of seconds, but this directness-which seems to eliminate the p..

Mentallica is a series of hard-hitting effects drawn from Harris' one-man show: Hellucinations. The majority of effects are NEW PRESENTATIONS and uses for existing props like: The Mother of All Book Tests, Looch's Area Book Test, Glance, Promystic's Multi-Dimensional (and MD Mini), Nitinol keys (like Elusionist's, Shift), and even Chris Congreave'..