Genii

The Conjurors' Magazine

Editors:
  • Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2025: Richard Kaufman
  • Feb. 2025 to today: Jim Steinmeyer
1999-2025
Written by Various
Work of Various
28,000 pages (Stapled), published by Genii
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Earle Oakes, Ever Elizalde
Language: English
11,649 entries
Cover photograph
250 per page
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
David Kuraya (reviewer) The Inventive Magician's Handbook by Gary Brown Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 86
Suzanne (reviewer) Pure Deceptions by Guy Hollingworth Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 87
Suzanne (reviewer) 5 Best Sleights of Beginners by Erik Tait Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 89
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Out of the Box by Mario Lopez Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 90
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Inflation by Patrick Kun Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 91
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Fragrance by Calix Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 91
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Letters by Jerome Sauloup Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 92
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Bent, Erased & Spiked (Japanese Coin Edition) by Meir Yedid Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 92
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Cointemplate by Sol Stone Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 93
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Elizabeth IV.1 by Tommy Wonder
with Card-Shark 		Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 93
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Tossed Out Memories ParaLabs Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 94
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Depicting Thoughts ParaLabs Vol. 87 No. 12 Dec. 2024 94
Richard Kaufman Genii Speaks
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 6
Jim Steinmeyer Your New Genii
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 7
Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 10
Dustin Stinett Nao Murato: Traditional Deception
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 16
Chloe Olewitz Searching for David Lovering
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 28
Peter Alan Ross The Forgotten Magicians Who Never Existed AI generated photos with biographies
  • Valerie Caldwell
  • Winston Harrington
  • Clarence T. Johnson
  • Carlos Delgado
  • Archibald Mallory
  • Vincent Landon
  • Leopold Fitzroy
  • Shaman
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 39
Julie Eng (reviewer) Sailing Away with Spellbound by Magic Castle Magic Castle Conjuror's Cruise Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 48
FISM 2025: An Unmissable Event in Turin
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 52
John Gaughan Thayer's "Wonder Screen"
  • Chamber of Secrets
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 56
John Bannon Crowd Control
  • Dealing With It
two halves, spectator freely reverses one in one half, halves shuffled together face-up/face-down, all turn over except selection
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 60
Roberto Mansilla The Wandering Card: How to Make a Thought Travel
  • Artifices
one of six cards thought of, it is divined and travels to another six-card packet, single-no fishing
Inspired by Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 64
Packet Top Change
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 65
David Kaye Appreciation and Anachronism
  • Expert at the Kids' Table
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 66
Rafael Benatar On the Double Lift: Part Two: The Phases of the Double Lift
  • Thoughts...

  • The Replacement (see following entries)
  • Misdirecting from the Critical Moment
    • Attracting Attention to the Other Hand
    • The Overwhelming Gesture
  • The Follow-Through
    • Tabling the Card to your Left
    • Tabling the Card in Front of You
    • Tabling the Card to your Right
  • Two One-Handed Doubles (see following entries)
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 70
Rafael Benatar Prior Splitting
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 70
Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Turnover
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 70
Martin A. Nash The Martin Nash Ghost Replacement
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 70
Larry Jennings The Jennings Replacement
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 71
Rafael Benatar The One-Handed Loose Double
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 73
Rafael Benatar The One-Handed Snap Double
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 74
Jonathan Pendragon Pendragon Aces
  • Panmagium
partial science friction
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 76
Jamy Ian Swiss Magicana
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 80
Derek Dingle Red Hot Wallet odd-backed card in wallet, card from red-backed deck is chosen and signed, blue-backed card in wallet is shown to be that card and replaced in wallet, second card selected and the card in wallet changes in that card, signed previous card is found in different compartment of the same Mullica wallet
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 80
Jamy Ian Swiss About the Mullica Wallet
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 81
Derek Dingle Slip Force Handling
Also published here Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 84
Alfred Lee Cohen Al Cohen's Load for the Mullica Wallet
Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 86
Jamy Ian Swiss Intermission on Derek Dingle, Charlie Miller, the Magicana column run by Jamy himself
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 87
Shawn McMaster First Impressions
  • Knights at the Magic Castle
 		Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 92
David Regal (reviewer) Reverse Logic by Joshua Jay Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 96
David Regal (reviewer) Suzanne's Cups and Balls by Suzanne Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 96
David Regal (reviewer) The Amazing Standing Card by Gaëtan Bloom Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 97
David Regal (reviewer) Free Will Deluxe by Deddy Corbuzier Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 97
David Regal (reviewer) Magic 8 Ball by Roddy McGhie Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 98
David Regal (reviewer) Instant Transfer by William Tyrrell Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 98
David Regal (reviewer) Heartz by Dan Garrett Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 98
David Regal (reviewer) Triadic by Chris Wardle, James Ward Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 99
David Regal (reviewer) Ishihara Test by Liam Levanon Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 99
William A. Wells (reviewer) Doug Conn Masterclass by Doug Conn Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 100
William A. Wells (reviewer) Stay Frosty by Andrew Frost Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 101
Francis Menotti (reviewer) Carpenter's Conceptions - The Innovative Magic of Jack Carpenter by Jack Carpenter (written by Jamie Masterson) Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 103
Francis Menotti (reviewer) Lubor Fiedler's Beautiful Mirror by Lubor Fiedler (written by Franz Kaslatter) Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 104
Francis Menotti (reviewer) Magic Babylon by Joe Hernandez Vol. 88 No. 1 Jan. 2025 105
Jim Steinmeyer The Genii Speak
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 7
Michael Gutenplan Congratulations
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 9
Sheldon Jafine New Column Ideas
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 9
Tim Jackson Big Shoes to Fill
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 9
Jim Steinmeyer Along With Our New Ideas
  • Mailbox
letters to the editor is back
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 9
February Almanac
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 10
Mark Holstein The Amazing Kreskin
  • In Memoriam
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 11
Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 12
Peter Lamont What We See & What We Don't An Excerpt from "Radical Thinking"
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 18
Chloe Olewitz What is this Magazine? "Reflections on Where We Came From, Thoughts About Where We're Going"
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 26
Dominic Twose Hugard's Real Magician "In The Sphinx, March 1926, an article was published by 'John Hugard,' describing y mysterious performance by another magician. It's a fascinating document."
Related to
  • "An Evening with a Real Magician" (John Hugard, The Sphinx, March 1926)
 Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 32
Chris Power Eclectica: The Search for an Audience & The Value of Individuality
  • Voices
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 38
Thomas "Topas" Fröschle The Genii Questionnaire: Topas
  • Voices
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 40
Krystyn Lambert What a German Philosopher Might Tell You About Your Audiences
  • Voices
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 41
Richard Kaufman Magicana
  • In Practice
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 50
Benjamin Barnes Nous Savons cased deck is in pocket, chosen card fished out very fast
Inspired by Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 50
Lubor Fiedler Fiedler Forcing Gaff on back of Joker
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 50
Re-Sealing a Deck
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 50
Adam W. Elbaum OG AWE Struck named card is predicted written on post-it note in wallet
Inspired by
  • "A.W.E. Struck" (Adam W. Elbaum, marketed)
 Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 52
Roberto Mansilla Bank Night (Or, What We Decide to Leave Behind) Himber Wallet
Inspired by Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 54
Jerry Sadowitz, Remo Inzani The Remo Inzani Classic Bottle Production bottle from handkerchief, article written by Jerry Sadowitz with variation in which a fan of Aces is produced first
Related to Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 56
Shawn McMaster The Magic Castle: Holiday Mystique
  • In Performance
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 58
Vanessa Armstrong The Magicians Agency Theatre in San Antonio, Texas
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 60
Jeff Prace (reviewer) Best in Show by Eoin O'Hare
on the tools by The Perfect Shuffle - Marketplace 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 62
Staff Picks: The Magic Apple
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 65
Brent Arthur James Geris (reviewer) Swindle by Steve Cook Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 65
Brent Arthur James Geris (reviewer) iCut by Eric Buss Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 65
Brent Arthur James Geris (reviewer) The Magic Apple Live, 2 by Various Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 65
Anonymous (reviewer) Liquify by Tobias Dostal Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 66
Anonymous (reviewer) Super Drink by Juan Pablo Ibañez Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 66
Anonymous (reviewer) Appearing Glass by Steve Thompson Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 66
Anonymous (reviewer) Three Card Monte Stand by Jeki Yoo Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 67
Anonymous (reviewer) Simon Says by Simon Lipkin Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 67
Anonymous (reviewer) Bammo Buddha Time Machine by Bob Farmer Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 67
Michael Claxton (reviewer) The Yankee Magic Collector 21 by Andrew J. Pinard Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 68
Francis Menotti (reviewer) Mentalism Incorporated, Volume One by Chuck Hickok Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 68
Francis Menotti (reviewer) Mentalism Incorporated, Volume Two by Chuck Hickok Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 68
Michael Claxton (reviewer) Conjuring the Spirit World by George Schwartz Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 69
Dr. Matt Pritchard Cartoon Physics & Magic
  • Workshop
3D optical illusion in which anything vanishes when it is pushed through a hole in a cardboard box, three designs:
  • The (B)Lack Hole
  • The Invisible Zone
  • The Bananas Box
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 70
Pete McCabe Scriptwriting for Magicians: Words and Action From the Audience's Perspective
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 73
Sara Crasson Getting Down to Business
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 75
James C. Hagy Sleightly Astonishing
  • Perspectives
 		Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 82
Ben Winn Exposing Herbert Albini's Exposures
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 84
Jason Bishop: Mysterious Poetry on Stage
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 86
Derren Brown Coffee with... Derren Brown
Vol. 88 No. 2 Feb. 2025 88
Jim Steinmeyer The Genii Speak
Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 7
Richard Kaufman, Liz Kaufman Voices of Experience
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 9
John Morgan History Versus Tricks
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 9
Thomas Solomon, Peter Soares What We See
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 9
Joe McKay Life Stories
  • Mailbox
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 9
March Almanac
Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 10
Vanessa Armstrong The Eye
Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 11
Carl Mercurio (reviewer) Germany's Savant of Magic: "King of Cards" Denis Behr Wows Hip Brooklyn Crowds by Denis Behr Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 16
Noah Levine Helen Coghlan: Penn & Teller's Undefeated Opponent
Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 18
Jim Steinmeyer Why We Rewrite History
Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 24
Vanessa Armstrong Genii Roundtable: Tips for Getting Booked
  • Common Sense and Uncommon Insights From the Country's Top Magic Clubs
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 30
Alba Evolve or Repeat, There Is No Other Choice
  • Voices
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 36
Lisa Menna The Genii Questionnaire: Lisa Menna
Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 38
Annanya George Why Everything You Know Is a Lie
  • Voices
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 39
Peter Lamont The Boundaries of Magic Are Not Real
  • Voices
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 41
Richard Kaufman Magicana
  • In Practice
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 48
R. Paul Wilson The Elusive Coins to Glass three coins to glass one by one, glass held at edge
Also published here Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 48
R. Paul Wilson The Titian Drop from edge grip variation into glass, open look
Inspired byAlso published here Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 48
R. Paul Wilson Titian Steal coins slide into other hand, one stolen in edge grip variation
Also published here Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 48
R. Paul Wilson One-Hand Vanishes brief comments on three handlings
  • French Pop handling
  • Blowing & Ramsay Subtlety
  • JW Grip
Also published here Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 51
Blake Vogt, Daniel Garcia The Ring-Ceipt
  • Inventing Magic, With Daniel Garcia
borrowed finger ring wrapped in paper receipt, ring vanishes and appears in item that was bought on the receipt, paper ring dummy
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 52
Sara Rodríguez Fan Collectors
  • aka "The Trick I Would Show Ray Kosby"
three selections lost in the deck, deck fanned, Queens distributed in four parts left out-jogged, deck closed, out-jogged cards stripped out again and selections are found between the Queens, Raise Rise load
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 54
David Regal Dreams Come True seven chosen cards are put in a glass, they match a prediction
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 56
Shawn McMaster The Magic Castle: The Return of Ivan
  • In Performance
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 58
Vanessa Armstrong Marvyn's Magic Theater on Jeff Hobson's "Marvyn's" in La Quinta
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 60
Jordan Meller The $100 Challenge
  • Marketplace
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 62
Jordan Meller (reviewer) Repo by Tobias Dostal Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 63
Jordan Meller (reviewer) Charming Chinese Challenge by Troy Hooser
2024 version 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 63
Anonymous (reviewer) Liquid Spectrum by Tobias Dostal Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 64
Anonymous (reviewer) Omni Air by Victor Sanz Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 64
Anonymous (reviewer) Cheater's Chips by Craig Petty Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 64
Anonymous (reviewer) The Predator Pack by R. Paul Wilson Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 65
Anonymous (reviewer) The Clown's Nightmare by Mario Lopez Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 65
Anonymous (reviewer) Aerostatic Milk Bottle Hocus Pocus Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 65
Tom Frame (reviewer) Unexpected Agenda by Roberto Giobbi Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 66
David Kuraya (reviewer) The Particle System by Joshua Jay Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 66
James Alan (reviewer) Stairway by Markobi Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 67
James Alan (reviewer) Repertoire II by Asi Wind Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 67
James Alan (reviewer) Gibecière, Vol. 19 No. 2 by Stephen Minch Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 67
James Alan (reviewer) Rick Maue Live With George Tait & Jon Tai by Rick Maue Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 68
James Alan (reviewer) Krystyn Lambert Live With Erik Tait by Krystyn Lambert Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 68
Joe M. Turner (reviewer) Sam Huang Live Lecture by Sam Huang Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 68
James Alan (reviewer) Taylor Hughes Masterclass by Taylor Hughes Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 69
David Kaye The Name Game
  • Workshop
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 70
Andrew Frost Lying Through Your Teeth
  • Workshop
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 72
Lindsay Benner The Joy of Dropping
  • Workshop
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 74
John Gaughan The Chamber of Secrets: Robert-Houdin's Light and Heavy Chest
  • Perspectives
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 80
Patrick Davis Learn a Fourth Trick
  • Perspectives
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 84
Patrick Davis Patrick Davis: Sweet Dreams at the Close-Up Table description of loose sugar to cube after David Williamson's sugar-to-cup routine, without method
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 86
Larry Wilmore Larry Wilmore... on Magic
  • Perspectives
 		Vol. 88 No. 3 Mar. 2025 88
250 per page
Data entered by Denis Behr, September 2020.