August / September 2016
VANISH
Internatonal Magic Magazine
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL 12 SPOTLIGHT - COIN BY ERIC CHIEN 14
BAMBOOZLERS 20 DIAMOND JIM TYLER
MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS 22 DAVID PENN & SEAN HAYDON
PUBLISHER Paul Romhany & Joomag
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paul Romhany : editor @ vanishmagazine . com
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ben Robinson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Nick Lewin
STAFF WRITERS Diamond Jim Tyler , Thom Peterson , Butzi , Louie Foxx , Josh Janousky , Paul Gordon , Erik Dobell , Matthew Fallon , Anna Shin , Harrison Carroll , Romany , Charles Bach , Ted Outerbridge , Timothy Hyde , Ben Robinson , Nick Lewin , Lawrence Larouche , Jimmy Vee , David Penn , Steve Guttenbar , Doug Bennett , Chris Berry , Christina Nyman , Bill Abbott
EDITORIAL SUPPORT EXECUTIVE Richard Webster and Mick Peck
ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Paul Romhany & Sydnie Anderson
CREATIVE DESIGNER & LAYOUT Paul Romhany
MARKETING EXECUTIVES Steve Hocevar
CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTION Harry Morgan
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CARD
GAFFING 23 JEREMY HANRAHAN
DALEY ' S ODDITY 24 FRITZ ALKEMADE
PASS THE TORCH 26 THOM PETERSON
PREDICTION BY GEORGE 30 SCOTT OLGARD
TRUE LOVE ' S TEST 33 LUKE JONAS
STICKY / FAIL SAFE 36 MORGAN STREBLER
WIRED 37 JOHN CAREY
GOBS OF GUESSIN ' 40 LOUIE FOXX
SHOW ON THE GO 44 JOSH JANOUSKY
PAC-TIMUS PRIME 48 DONNY ORBIT
HUMANISTIC PERFORMANCE 58 PABLO AMIRA
NEWS 64
EIMITRI CLOWN - A REMEMBERENCE 66 BEN ROBINSON
COPYRIGHT All rights reserved . None of this magazine can be reprinted electronically OR in hard form without the permission of the editor .
BACHSTAGE WITH CHARLE BACH 70
DREAM SHOW SERIES 82 BILL ABBOTT
MORGAN STEBLER - FEATURE STORY 86
THEATRE SKILLS FOR MAGICIANS 100 BEN WHITING