I keep all of the pamphlets and booklets organized on my shelves by author's last name. Today, I'd like to highlight some of the hidden gems found in the "C" box.
First, Doc Eason has always performed great magic, especially his work with cards at the bar. Some of you may or may not have heard of Christopher Carter, but I've met him twice now, and not only is he a really nice guy, his material is tops when it comes to fooling an audience. The booklet, "The Anniversary Waltz," is written by Christopher, and helped along by Doc Eason and the late Dan Garrett.
Jack Carpenter is another name high on the list when it comes to card handling and gambling abilities with cards. I recently met Jack at The Gateway Convention in St Louis, and picked up two titles from him. The first is Carpenter's Conceptions, but I also picked up Jack's smaller booklet, Ultimate Hold 'Em, which allows the spectator to do all of the shuffling and dealing, with a whammy ending that is completely unexpected, if not impossible. Finally, Steve Mayhew's Angels May Shuffle But the Devil Still Deals, written up by Jack.
Tom Craven is someone that everyone over 30 years old surely knows. Sadly, he passed away within the last couple of years, but I had the privilege of purchasing and selling his magic book collection. I have some Craven titles, but The 16th Card Book deals with a single principle, and includes 16 routines with said principle.
For those of you into clowning and magic, my friend, Randy Christensen has allowed me to carry many of his booklets related to clowning. He's got booklets on skits, Gospel routines, Comic drawings, and Clown Traditions. Randy has been a close friend for over 35 years, and I'm honored to call him a friend.
If you like the odd stuff, how about "Side-Show and Animal Tricks", by Hereward Carrington? It's small, but very unique.
For good material, there's always Michael Close's Workers series, which has 5 different volumes to choose from. These are hard to keep in stock, because of the wealth of material taught in each one.
Finally, to bring it back around to Doc Eason, he and Paul Cummins released the best work on the multiple selection routine, Fusillade. Have multiple people pick cards, return them to the deck, and shuffle them all. One at a time, each card is found in a unique way, sometimes 2 or 3 cards at a time.
As a reminder, all of the newest added titles to my website go live at 3pm CST. If you want to know the latest additions, you can also click on CATALOG>RECENTLY ADDED.
How many of these highlighted titles have you read?