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I certainly have enjoyed Three Belgian Style , an offering by Duc Nhien that appears in the June '03 "Magicana" section. It features one of my favorite sleights - many thanks for including Mike Gallo's insights to its origins. This routine is beautiful; the more I play with it, the more op...

Thanks, Craig, for offering to share your idea.
Looking forward to it!

The reverse topit appears in Eddie Joseph's "Coin and Money Magic."

See "The Coat Vanish" on pages 18-19.

After experimenting, I found the skin's ability to inflate depends on its moistness. (Results vary greatly.) I've also found that the speed of inflation is affected by the manner in which the egg is folded. Cutting flaps in the ends of the egg was a great tip ... in fact, I think I'm going to cut fl...

Many thanks, for your comments Asrah ... I'll check out Ganson. I tried out my first egg skin today (5 more pending in a day or so). I have applied glycerine per Colucci's instructions. The skin does not seen to want to inflate very easily ... perhaps I need to enlarge the hole, as I used a piece of...

I recently picked up the "The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic" because of the coverage in Genii & I must say this is one great book ... In reading my copy of the book, I became interested in egg skins -- and I thought I'd give Colucci's instructions a try. So, I picked up a few duck eggs thi...

I've written video and film scripts for over thirty years. Normally, I opt for the "Hollywood" style script format ... In that format, stage directions are written flush left, names are centered, and dialogue is indented left & right. "Personal directions" are placed between ...

Have been using Buckley's Bounce Vanish ever since I saw Doug Conn demonstrate it. Really neat.

1) Christian Englblom taught a nifty mind-reading & card selection effect called "Top of the Peak" in his 2001 lecture. (He also broke hearts and inspired many as he demonstrated and revealed his anti-faro.) 2) Jerry Andrus' "A Word in Mind" is an excellent card/mentalism mys...