$45 THE OSTRICH FACTOR

“As fine an exposition of this kind of material
as I have ever read . . .”
Mike Close, MAGIC Magazine - March 2005

“Fifty years from now this might be right
on that shelf next to 'Magic and Showmanship'.”
David Goodsell, MUM Magazine - May 2005

“It will turn you into a better magician.”
David Regal, GENII Magazine – April 2005

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$45 Wisdom of the Cups and Balls

“Everyone who performs or intends to perform the cups and balls
needs to read and understand the material in this book.
It reflects the knowledge gained from decades of performing
in front of live audiences.”
Bill Palmer, M.I.M.C. November 2019

“How to use ‘frames’ to enhance the various elements
of the routine is brilliant! Your cups and balls routine itself is superior.
Every nuance is provided and explained.
The big plus to your routine is that it is entertaining!” 
Harry Murphy 2019

$15 Revisiting Bill Simon's
Prophecy Move
(PDF) 14 pages

Gerald first describes his version of the move. This in-the-hands handling accomplishes the move using natural movements in spreading the cards. Neither hand turns over when performing the sleight as in the original version. Gerald applies the principles in his book The Ostrich Factor to produce entertaining routines. The treatise also gives methods to position secretly the top and bottom cards and false shuffles to retain them in position.

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$15 Versions of Dai Vernon's Out of Sight-Out of Mind,
The Fingerprint Card Trick
& Revisting the Overhand Lift Shuffle

Some aficionados consider Dai Vernon's "Out of Sight-Out of Mind" from More Inner Secrets of Card Magic the best mindreading trick with an ordinary deck of cards. Since the spectator does not remove a card from the deck but only thinks of a card, it makes a terrific mindreading trick. Erdnase explores the principle in "A Mindreading Trick" in Expert at the Card Table. Vernon used the principle to construct his trick.

Gerald keeps the exact effect of Vernon's original trick. In "Only in Your Mind", he uses adaptations of the Overhand Lift Shuffle and constructs a completely different handling of the trick. Some handlings of the Lift Shuffle and its uses differ from those described in Royal Road to Card Magic. Gerald includes an explanation of his treatment of the sleight and some of its uses.

Inspired by Vernon's trick, Gerald's friend Lonnie Chevrie had an excellent idea for handing out a souvenir card to a spectator. Using the idea, Gerald worked out his version explained in the "Souvenir Fingerprint Card Trick". It became one of Gerald's favorite card tricks for the laity.

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$15 Power of the Svengali
(PDF) 34 pages

The treatise explores how to handle the Svengali
as an ordinary deck, not as a pitchman item.
The Svengali deck becomes a powerful tool
to create astonishing card magic.

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$25 Lecture Notes
“. . .marvelous presentation. . .
You ‘nailed’ the often overlooked aspect
of learning and presenting
any magical effect.”
Arthur Emerson July 2, 2004

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