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NEWS NOVEMBER, 2010

2010-11-18T23:46:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. Lots of news this month. It's been a busy month with lots of activity relating to XRAY and BackStory Project.

New projects are in the works, as well as an outreach to the younger demographic. So, read on.

XRAY:

This effect is creating a genuine frenzy of interest. It's wonderful that the plot is being taken seriously. "Tinkerers" and creative workers such as Robert Farmer are interested enough to start exploring alternate methods and nuances. Bob calls XRAY a "killer plot." Joshua Jay loved XRAY and publicly stated that it fooled him real bad. Same with Justin Miller and Robert Smith.

And, did you see the cool demo that fooled our friend Craig Petty on the Wizard Product Review. "Worker of the week" (3/11/10), too! As I say, both Steve and I are chuffed!

See the performance of XRAY here. It's about half way through the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSI4Vx6reLg

The XRAY book is available as an instantly downloadable PDF by visiting http://www.wowbound.com and looking in the "Downloads" section.

Or, you can find the nicely printed paperback version at your local dealer. This is printed on high quality paper, 30 pages, with color cover, 8.5 inches by 11 inches.

BACKSTORY PROJECT:

This has grown of late. A sudden LITTLE flurry of new subscribers. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

BACKSTORY MEMBERSHIP is a great deal. If you would like to know more about subscribing, please hit http://www.wowbound.com You'll find a panel in the "Downloads" section. Scroll down until you hit it. There you will find the details of the CATCH - UP PACK and how to download a FREE PDF that introduces you to the BACKSTORY PROJECT and tips you a free effect from the never before published Ben Harris Notebook.

Here's the link to the FREE PDF http://www.wowbound.com/backstoryoverview.pdf

BACKSTORY is currently priced at $59.95. You receive the "Catch-Up Pack" (see wowbound.com) with over $90.00 worth of INSTANT DOWNLOADS.

Then, every month, another NEW RELEASE (from the ongoing digitization) will be sent to you. This will continue for at least another TWO YEARS. We are only about a third of the way through the process of digitizing the back catalog. There are dozens more releases to come.

So, do download the FREE PDF and take a look at what BACKSTORY MEMBERS are enjoying. The last two releases in the series, THROUGH THE UNIVERSE BACKWARDS, and DELIRIUM have been particularly popular. Why not check them out in the WEEKEND READER PROGRAM (see below).

WEEKEND READER:

This is an occasional special offer to our mailing list members. And it's available to you, right now. Here's how it works.Purchase any SINGLE download from our "Downloads" Section at http://www.wowbound.com (It could be our latest release DELIRIUM. Or maybe XRAY. What about FRIENDLY FIRE--the massive tome of effects from New Directions Magazine. Material from Sankey Lorayne, Marlo, Dusheck, Sixten Beme, and many, many more).

Any single download.

Then, read it over the weekend.

If, on Monday, you are not satisfied with your purchase, then just email and ask for a refund. So, why not give it a try RIGHT NOW, THE WEEKEND IS UPON US! Offer available until MONDAY 22, NOVEMBER, 2010.http://www.wowbound.com (In the downloads section!)

ESSAY ON CREATING MAGIC: "The Magic Session" is a new website for jamming and sharing. There's a cool chat room (The Lounge) where you can chat with other magi in "skype" style. Everyone sits there and riffles their cards and chats. There is also a section of pre-recorded cyber-lectures, and articles and other LIVE interaction. BEST NEWS IS IT'S FREE.

I've given them a small essay on "Creating Magic." It deals with the different approaches: from the top down, from the bottom up, etc. If you are interested in the processes, then have a read (IT'S FREE) at http://www.themagicsession.com

UPCOMING RELEASES:

Triple Treat--BackStory Installment (Nov, 2010) Previously unpublished, this is a stand-up version of "cards across". Conceived with Mark Trudinger in January 1990, this is the transposition of THREE SIGNED CARDS from the deck--to three separate wine glasses--ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAGE (or room). No palming, just a subtle and devious series of mini deceptions--building to a smashing finale.

BackStory Members will receive this as their monthly installment. It will also be available from our downloads section for $10.00 (as a pdf )for non-members.

21st Century Metal Bending

Early in 2011 we'll be bringing you an exciting line-up of new releases. One of which is 21st Century Metal Bending. This is a total re-write of my book Gellerism Revealed from the mid 1980s. Much has changed over the ensuing decades, and, in many ways "metal bending" has been trivialized. It's often presented now-a-days as a "juggling sequence". Wham Bam, bend bend curl, bend, and dance! Unfortunately, such an approach does not do the effect the deep justice it deserves.

Metal bending, in the hands of the spectators, and in the homes of TV viewers, is a PROFOUND and STRIKING effect. But it needs presentation and dedication. I've attempted to bring the book right up date. New effects and methods have been added, and the entire work is being re-written from a more mature angle. After all, I was very young when I first documented the methods and psychological subtleties of Uri Geller.

Deadly Silent

Also, in the works is the final part of the SILENT RUNNING trilogy. This is called DEADLY SILENT. The contents vary the theme of SILENT RUNNING, stretching it in a variety of directions. The 40 page essay by martial arts expert Mark Trudinger will make your head spin. This is deep, tasty and zen-like. Add in a batch of novelty effects from Kyle MacNeil, and some other serious routines, and you've got VARIETY. This is a fitting finale to the series.

Anomalies

Another exciting step for us. This book is an exciting cross-section of real world magic with cards and...all sorts of things... from magician ***** *****! Can't tell you who right now, but he's a very clever guy. Variety, clever methods. Practical, real world.

This will be quite a substantial book and will be available as both a PRINTED version (from all fine dealers) and as a pdf direct from us and our online distributors.

Watch out for an announcement in early 2011.

So, why not kick back for the weekend.

Download a pdf as part of our WEEKEND READER promotion, check out the new http://www.themagicsession.com website, and HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

Cheers Ben Harris
www.wowbound.com

RSRD PRINTED EDITION

2010-08-23T00:06:00.000-07:00

Hello Guys.

Just a note to advise that the printed version of Run Silent, Run Deep will be available from all fine dealers as of Friday the 27th of August. This is the first time I've ever printed a book offshore. This edition is printed by the same printer I used for "SESSION: The Magic of Joel Givens". Many will remember how good that book looked and felt in the hands. We've specified the same deluxe gloss paper, laminated gloss color cover, perfect bound. At over 200 pages, (full 8.5 X 11 inches in size) it's a lovely handful of paper.

Please ask your favorite dealer for this. We will not be shipping any copies from our offices in Australia due to the prohibitive weight of the book.

Thanks so much for your support and enthusiasm.

Cheers

Benny

XRAY

2010-08-11T23:54:00.000-07:00

Word is out. Steve Shufton and I have completed work on something we started in 2008. It's called THE XRAY DECK and will be available in early September. Good news, you will not need a pair of Xray Specs. Just any deck of cards. Richard Busch has supplied a wonderful Foreword and a "Backword!"

More news to follow...

GREAT NEWS; RSRD PRINTED EDITION

2010-08-11T23:50:00.000-07:00

The demand for RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP has been overwhelming, as has the positive feedback. The ebook has been wonderfully received. And, thanks to the excitement of our readers, there will be a BEAUTIFULLY printed and bound edition. This is on glossy paper and will be perfect bound. Available from all fine dealers at the end of AUGUST.

Contributor's Photo Montage

2010-07-14T17:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a photo montage of some of the contributors to Run Silent, Run Deep. Can you name them all? We're on time for July 31 delivery. So check out wowbound.com for ordering details. You can save $10 by pre-ordering prior to July 31.

Benny

RUN SILENT RUN DEEP

2010-06-18T14:34:00.000-07:00

This exciting sequel to SILENT RUNNING is in active preparation right now. Here are a few details.

Run Silent, Run Deep has been written with two very clear goals in mind.

Firstly, it is intended to make the “basic procedure” CRYSTAL CLEAR so that a wider audience of performers will be able to grasp and utilize the procedure, and thus have access to the exciting material that uses it. After all, most of my readers ARE magicians, so this is a very important consideration. To address this, my very good friend Steve Shufton, (who is a talented magician AND mentalist), has distilled his thoughts on the matter into written form. Steve's detailed approach is a thing of beauty. His script and insight of the subject bristles with detail and leaves the spectator with an unequivocal impression that they have had a free choice of ANY OF 52 CARDS IN THE DECK, and that NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY KNOW THE SECRETLY THOUGHT OF CARD. I am indebted to Steve for taking the time to think this through in such depth, and for conveying the process with such clarity, to my readers. I honestly believe that if you really study what Steve has to say, then you too will “see the light,” and then feel empowered by the "Silent Running procedure".

The second intent of the sequel is to bring you some truly STUNNING performance material. Several of the items included could have easily been sold as separate effects for the same price you have paid for this entire collection. Here are some of the highlights:

A FORCE IN THE DARK by Steve Shufton

This is the above-mentioned analysis of the Silent Running procedure that will have you up to speed in no time. Experienced performers will also cull some intricate detail to further enhance their use of the procedure.

HANDS OFF by Steve Shufton

Imagine performing The Brainwave effect ENTIRELY in the spectator’s own hands. Yes, you hand them the deck, have a card “thought of” and allow the spectator to search through the deck. The spectator discovers ONE ODD BACKED CARD. And, it is his thought of card. This is a miracle, and as mentioned, the performer NEVER TOUCHES THE CARDS!

STARMAN by Ben Harris

A deck of 20 “star maps” from the 1960’s is introduced and a prediction is placed separately on the table. This revelation was supposedly received by a Dr Elmer William Bishop and records the exact date of “First Contact” with extra-terrestrials. The spectator is asked to “imagine” this profound moment in human history by mentally selecting a planet and date (any one of the planets in the solar system and a date between 2100 - 2999). She then pinpoints her selected planet on one of the star maps. The prediction on the table is shown to match PERFECTLY! The planet and date recording "First Contact" are correctly predicted. This lovely effect is SUPPLIED WITH TEMPLATES (including trim lines) so you can EASILY print out your own “Star Deck” on your office (or home) printer using light cardboard. You are also instructed on how to “age” the deck making it look like the deck originated in the 1960’s.

ETERNAL FLAME (Silent Blister) by Ben Harris

Here, the “blister” concept from Jack Tillar, is given the Silent Running treatment. Now you can give the impression that any “thought of card” can be plucked from the flame of a BORROWED LIGHTER - appearing as blisters on your fingers! The unique “stealth” gimmick is in full view, yet unnoticed. COMPLETE WITH TEMPLATE so you can make this up by taking the supplied keyline to your local “laser cutting” shop (or by using your own tools).

WAKING DREAMS by Jason Messina

This is a cunning “lucid dream” effect that uses a DIARY, thus getting away from playing cards altogether. Includes full details on preparing your own diary for this amazing effect. Make your dreams, and the dreams of your spectators, come true!

THE WHITE ROOM by Ran Pink

This lovely “pure mentalism” effect is inspired by Silent Running, yet is actually very different. A spectator imagines they are sitting in a totally white room, and you then take them on a voyage of discovery. Currently sold by Ran Pink at his website for $15.00 it is now further refined and presented here in full.

SILENT PAST by Jamie Badman and Colin Miller

Jamie and Colin have taken their CLASSIC marketed effect and revised it for Silent Running. The thought of card appears in a photo in your wallet. INCLUDES THE NEW PHOTO TEMPLATES so you can print this out on your own printer, or have it done at your local photo-mart.

The above effects are only some of the HIGHLIGHTS.

*MANY MORE routines and ideas (exploring the use of electronics, varied selection processes, other fishing angles, the use of imaginary dice, faro shuffles, muscle reading, the Tossed Out Deck, numerical predictions, multiple spectators, and the simultaneous use of multiple CrossRoads "keys", etc) are included from:

Jamie Badman

Richard Busch

Ben Harris

Claude Imperiale

Isaac Louie

Colin Miller

Bernardo Rodriguez

Matthew Shepherd

Steve Shufton

Robert Smith

Christopher Taylor

Francesco Tesei

Mario Unger

and more.

See our website wowbound.com for all the current info and a prepublication offer to save you $10.

Benny

LYBRARY.COM SILENT RUNNING FORUM FILES

2010-04-22T21:28:00.000-07:00

We are very happy to have just sent out the FREE PDF of FORUM FILES from Lybrary.com. This is a bonus 20 pages booklet of Silent Running ideas and handlings. If you purchased direct from us, you should have it now! A big thanks to Chris Wasshuber and his forum participants for making this possible.

Benny

LIMITED EDITION SOLD OUT

2010-04-22T21:27:00.000-07:00

Thank you all for your support. The Limited Edition (100 copies) of Silent Running has sold out.

Benny

Silent Running commentary by Chris Wasshuber of Lybrary.com

2010-04-08T03:21:00.000-07:00

Chris Wasshuber overseas his prized baby, Lybrary.com with passion and care--growing to be the number one ebook supplier in the magic/mentalism market. He's been a strong supporter of our BackStory Project and CrossRoads was his best-seller of 2009. I find his take on the current situation (the slamming of Silent Running from a vocal minority) to be refreshing and balanced.

It's reprinted from his newsletter 406 (8th April, 2010).

"Many creations by Ben Harris seem to polarize the fan base. I experienced
this first hand with his best selling "Crossroads" last year. It was a
highly anticipated effect. The majority of customers loved it but there was
a vocal group that voiced their disappointment mostly because Crossroads
used equivoque.

Equivoque is a powerful tool, but it is not easy to do well, so I
understand that some were disappointed. Now with "Silent Running" we again
have a very similar response. Most are very happy with the purchase, many
are even creating their own versions and takes on the Silent Running method
(see product forum posts and posts on public forums). One of the strengths
of Silent Running is that Ben has eliminated equivoque. However, now the
criticism is often: "Why did you take out equivoque? Equivoque is so much
stronger!" Which proves that you can't please everybody all the time.

Now that I had some time to reflect on Silent Running and come up with a
few changes for my own use it is time for me to make a few more comments.
After all I wrote that this is likely going to be the best effect of 2010,
perhaps of the decade.

If with 'best' we mean 'best selling' then Silent Running has a very good
chance to actually achieve what I have predicted. If we mean with 'best'
'best NEW method' then I think the chances are also pretty good, because
Silent Running is in total a new procedure, a new method to achieve certain
effects. If we want to understand 'best' as the 'strongest effect ever
created' then no Silent Running is not that. However, if we form a ratio of
effect versus effort, then I think Silent Running ranks up there with the
very best effects created. And this last measure was really the measure I
had in mind when I wrote my comment about possibly the best effect in 2010.

Silent Running is a sleight-less concept. It is so easy that some routines
can be performed 10 minutes after reading the description. There is really
nothing to it. You give a few directions and boom a strong effect hits the
spectator. I have a love for self-working tricks and Silent Running ranks
among a handful of really great self-working effects. From that perspective
I have no issue at all to stand behind my word and to highly recommend it.

However, it is certainly not stronger than say a well executed classic
force. But that would be comparing apples to oranges in my opinion. Of
course, a well executed classic force leaves no trace for a spectator to
backtrack and reverse engineer a possible method. Silent Running does allow
a clever spectator to find cracks and chinks in the armor and with thought
find the solution or at least come closer to an explanation. But the
execution of a classic force will take you years to perfect and pull off
consistently under fire. With Silent Running you can step out after a few
minutes and do a very impressive trick. As always it depends on your
circumstances if this is a 'best of' trick or not.

Well, at least that explains why for me it is likely going to be the best
trick of 2010 because my primary metric is effect/effort and not the
absolute effect by itself--but then again what do I know, I am merely a
hobbyist and do not make my living performing magic. Your milage may vary.
But if I look at what some of the top professionals in this business have
to say about Silent Running, it seems to be highly useful for them as well."

Why not purchase Silent Running from lybrary.com by clicking this link:

http://www.lybrary.com/silent-running-p-64823.html

Cheers

Benny

SILENT RUNNING SHIPPING

2010-04-07T02:38:00.000-07:00

Silent Running is shipping. The Ebook version has become Lybrary.com's hottest seller and they've been whizzing out like rockets from here, too! The physical book is back from the printers and is shipping as per:

Shipping has/is occurring in four batches: March 31, April 1, April 6 and April 7. The delay in the middle is due to the four-day Easter break.

Thanks for all your enthusiasm and for embracing this concept with such vigor. The sequel, "Run Silent, Run Deep" is in the works.

Cheers:

Benny

SILENT RUNNING

2010-03-11T10:53:00.001-08:00

POSSIBLY THE MOST AMAZING "THINK OF A CARD" METHOD IN YEARS!

You'll use this for the rest of your life. No props, just what appears to be pure mind-reading! A stunningly produced book with 3 full routines and amazing bonus contributions!

So, what is SILENT RUNNING?

Briefly, it's a "Think Of A Card" concept that requires no props at all. You don't even need a deck of cards. A spectator is asked to merely THINK of a number from 1-10 and to NOT TELL YOU. Once she has done this, she is asked to think of a suit and again to NOT TELL YOU. Then, ENTIRELY IN HER MIND she adds the suit to the number to create a visual image of a playing card. Again, SHE SAYS NOTHING! Once she has confirmed that she is thinking of a card that NO ONE CAN KNOW, you then proceed to reveal the card in any number of ways. THREE ROUTINES ARE INCLUDED:

DIRECT MIND READ

You ask the spectator to concentrate. You then reveal her thought-of card with 100% accuracy. It's that simple. Once you know the method you'll be able to do this at ANY TIME. In fact, you'll be doing this for the rest of your life. It is that strong and so simple!

THE DISSOLVING CARD

You discuss cold war exepriments in which psychics were tested to see if they could make enemy maps become blank and useless. The spectator is handed a deck of cards BEFORE YOU BEGIN. She is NOW asked to think of a card WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. When she has confirmed that she has a card in her mind, you ask her to imagine it "fading way" slowly. When she confirms that her mental image is gone, she is asked to take the deck and to remove her thought-of card. She attempts to do this, and counts the cards. However,there are ONLY 51 cards and her though-of card IS NOT THERE! The amazing thing about this is that she NEVER REVEALS THE IDENTITY OF HER CARD AT ANY TIME!

SPIRITED CARD STAB

This is my favourite handling and what I'm using to CLOSE my professional shows. A deck is shuffled face up and face down by a spectator, spread upon the table and covered with a sheet of newspaper. A knife is introduced and the spectator is asked to THINK OF A CARD. Once she has done this, she is asked to imagine the spirit of the card flowing down her arms, through her wrists, into her hands and finally into the knife. AT NO TIME DOES SHE REVEAL HER THOUGHT OF CARD. The performer now takes the knife and lunges it through the newspaper. It stands proud for all to see. Now, for the FIRST TIME, the spectator announces her thought-of card to the audience. The knife is ripped from the newspaper and is seen to be IMPALING THE VERY SAME CARD. There are no switches, the thought-of card is genuinely stabbed, each time.

PLEASE NOTE:

Nothing is EVER written down -- this is strictly a verbal procedure

There is NO dual reality. The spectator and audience of ANY SIZE experience the same effect
There are NO GIMMICKS used at all, no nail writers, electronics -- NOTHING
No muscle-reading is used. The effect is EASILY learned

Perform for a single spectator or a thousand

TO BE PUBLISHED MARCH 30, 2010 this incredible concept will be presented as a beautifully produced book of at least 52 pages. (It may be more because our peer reviewers are pretty darned excited and contributing ideas and routines. (Seriously, editor Steve Shufton telephioned to apologise for his delay in finishing the editing because he was so gob-smacked by the idea and was having so much fun performing it). There will be a bonus section which means the book could grow to 70 or so pages. It will be produced on the finest quality acid free paper, and professionally bound in a full color cover.

Two versions of the printed book will be available, the REGULAR EDITION ($39.95) will be available from all dealers during the first two weeks of April. A digital EBOOK ($39.95) will be vailable as of March 30 direct from this website and Lybrary.com

In addition, there will be a LIMITED EDITION ($49.95) of 100 copies with a special delux cover, parchment end pages with numbering, signature and author's photo. (50 have been allocated to dealers, 50 ONLY will be available direct from me). Both the printed editions will ship first week of April, and the Ebook edition will be emailed on March 30.

SEE www.wowbound.com for further details

FRIENDLY FIRE IS COMING

2010-01-19T16:37:00.000-08:00

FRIENDLY FIRE is an exciting collection of almost 30 effects, routines and essays from the contributors to Ben Harris' NEW DIRECTIONS MAGAZINE published between 1985-87.

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 times. We've even got Mike Gallo's ORIGINAL NO GAFF REVERSE MATRIX! Do you remember the excitement and torrent of creativity that spurned?

Exciting CARD, COIN and DICE magic awaits you inside. Full routines, flourishes and handlings across a whole range of interests!

Contributors include:

Jerry Andrus

Ian Baxter

Sixten Beme

Steve Dusheck

Mike Gallo

Ron Hadley

David Harkey

Harry Lorayne

Ed Marlo

Jon Racherbaumer

Jay Sankey

Richard Sanders

and more!

ENJOY AND EXPLORE

A bundle of EARLY Jay Sankey items ( 4 effects, 2 essays)

A stunning item from (the then) new kid: David Harkey

Mike Gallo's Original No Gaff Reverse Matrix

Creative card material from:

Lorayne

Marlo

Racherbaumer

Novel and creative magic from:

Sixten Beme

Steve Dusheck

Illustrated with both original illustrations and new photographs.

Includes rare performer photographs of many contributors.

CONTENTS:

JERRY ANDRUS

Bizarre Shuffle

A very strange shuffling procedure that is both mystifying and very funny. In Jerry’s hands this was liquid and smooth.

IAN BAXTER

CrackerJack Stack

A multi-phase die-stacking routine with a mentalism twist and a striking vanish of FIVE dice!

SIXTEN BEME

Clean Guillotine

A method for chopping off the tip of the finger that will fool anyone, magicians included.

STEVE DUSHECK

Quandary

Is it a silver coin or a copper coin? Neither, it’s pure gold! A real worker’s routine that Steve has been using for decades!

MIKE GALLO

Original, No Gaff, Reverse Matrix

Mike Gallo’s now famous version of the Reverse Matrix. Inspired by Gertner’s classic, Mike eliminated any extras. Seriously, JUST 4 coins, and four cards are used. This is a lesson in direct and powerful coin work.

RON HADLEY

Flipping Triumph

Ron cleverly applies a Looy Simonoff move to the Triumph Plot resulting in a stunningly tight routine. Neat and sweet.

Matchbox Load

A beautiful approach to secretly loading a coin (or folded card) into a matchbox. This is straight from Ron’s pro performances from the mid 1980s.

Two Quick Routines

Two approaches allowing you to put Ron’s wonderful loading technique to use.

Spread-action Palm

Ron applies some “Marlo-esque” thought to Harry Lorayne’s take on Le Paul’s Spread Pass.

DAVID HARKEY

Heat Vision

In 1987 David was a new kid on the block and I was thrilled to be able to publish his revolutionary material in both New Directions, and later, Simplicities. Here is his amazing “Heat Vision” Routine!

HARRY LORAYNE

Simple Lie Detector

A special treat here. I was to contributed to Harry’s magazine and books over the years, and to have him return the favor with a contribution to my little magazine was a thrill indeed. This is a simple, but effective, Lie Detector Routine. Presented, of course, in Harry’s own words.

ED MARLO

Olram’s Hallucination

The origin of the ’effect’ per se, can be found in The Jinx No 1, October 1934. It was an EDDIE CLEVER concept. The method to be described here eliminates the Second Deal and the Palm. A modified gimmick is used, and the deck is encased by elastic bands. Also, the three selected cards are produced from different pockets. Five NON-GAFFED handlings then follow.

The Upward Kick

Ed takes on Ben’s notoriously tricky “SuperFlip” flourish and makes it a whole lot easier. Not to stop there, Ed then teaches 3 effects with the move!

Flexible Bottom Lift

A flexible multiple lift technique that works off the BOTTOM of the deck.

DANIEL McCARTHY

Spectator Cuts The Aces

Based on Marlo’s “A Problem Posed” (36th method, New Tops, March 1962) this lovely handling convincingly allows four GENUINE cuts.

Dr. BILL NAGLER

Ultimate Aces

Bill describes an easy and effective Ace Cutting Routine with a surprise finish. The method is novel—it uses a Devano Deck.

JON RACHERBAUMER

Shaded Cards To Pockets

A novel look at this plot taking cues from Duffie and Marlo. Two cards repeatedly fly to two different pockets.

JAY SANKEY

Back Spin Special

This created a massive amount of interest when originally published in 1986. A coin is “back-spun” across the table and it magically cuts the deck—locating a previous selection.

JAY SANKEY/BEN HARRIS

De-Crease

This startling Torn & Restored Card handling grew out of a week-long session at a magic convention in Nashville. Highly visual, crease free, and with a great “sound”.

Geller Card

The precursor to Ben’s gaffed card version (1988). This non-gimmicked card bending “moment” is completely hands free, and requires careful “timing” more than any great skill.

JAY SANKEY/RICHARD SANDERS

One For Fifty One

An ENTIRE DECK and a single card magically transpose under the most-visually compelling conditions. Mind-boggling, and a sign of what was to come from the young Sankey/Sanders team.

ESSAYS

Finn Jon

Magic/Photogrphy/Chess

Jay Sankey

A Look At The Willing Suspension of Disbelief

The Value of Material Fiction

Craige McComb Snader., Jr

Miracle Workers Unite

Stay tuned for pricing and availability. If you are on our mailing list, you will be advised of our introductory offer which will save you money. Stay tuned. Join our mailing list by visiting WOWBOUND.COM

My app becomes porn!

2010-01-17T14:41:00.000-08:00

Who would have thought it, eh? My innocent little app for the iphone, X-Ray Monicle, has morphed into a tool for the soft-core porn industry. I sold the technology outright, so I'm not complaining in the least! Just didn't not see it coming! Funny!

BEST-SELLER OF 2009

2010-01-01T13:17:00.000-08:00

Hey is that cool or what? Makes me damned happy!

LYBRARY.COM, our main distributer of digital downloads, has just announced it's TEN TOP SELLERS FOR 2009.

Guess what?

CROSSROADS came in at NUMBER ONE!

Thanks to everyone that downloaded a copy from LYBRARY.COM. Don't forget to also check them out for the follow-up book, CROSSROADS REVELATIONS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ben Harris

wowbound BlogSpace

NEWS NOVEMBER, 2010

RSRD PRINTED EDITION

XRAY

GREAT NEWS; RSRD PRINTED EDITION

Contributor's Photo Montage

RUN SILENT RUN DEEP

LYBRARY.COM SILENT RUNNING FORUM FILES

LIMITED EDITION SOLD OUT

Silent Running commentary by Chris Wasshuber of Lybrary.com

SILENT RUNNING SHIPPING

Silent Running is shipping. The Ebook version has become Lybrary.com's hottest seller and they've been whizzing out like rockets from here, too! The physical book is back from the printers and is shipping as per:

Shipping has/is occurring in four batches: March 31, April 1, April 6 and April 7. The delay in the middle is due to the four-day Easter break.

SILENT RUNNING

POSSIBLY THE MOST AMAZING "THINK OF A CARD" METHOD IN YEARS!You'll use this for the rest of your life. No props, just what appears to be pure mind-reading! A stunningly produced book with 3 full routines and amazing bonus contributions!

FRIENDLY FIRE IS COMING

My app becomes porn!

BEST-SELLER OF 2009

POSSIBLY THE MOST AMAZING "THINK OF A CARD" METHOD IN YEARS!

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