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Above the fold.

My debut book of card magic: seven moves, thirteen effects, and a foreword by Daniel Garcia. Published in 2010 by Vanishing Inc. Magic.

Out of print75 pages · first printing 2010
About the bookSmall but potent
Above the Fold by Rich Aviles — book cover

"Small but potent" was the brief from Vanishing Inc. — and it's the spirit Above the Fold tries to live up to. Twenty items across seventy-five pages, each one earning its place.

The material leans toward visual close-up: ungimmicked card changes, sandwich routines, a spectator-does-the-magic plot, and a Big Black Arrow that uses your phone as the prop.

Some of the most clever, modern card thinking I have ever seen. Daniel Garcia · from the foreword
Contents20 routines

Moves

  1. Fax Machine
  2. Comic Change
  3. Riffle Revolve
  4. Ballerina Change
  5. Replica Control
  6. Vanilla Extract
  7. Razor Burn Switch

Effects

  1. Pocket Protectors
  2. Oops, I Did It Again
  3. Middle Man
  4. Bystander
  5. Subwich
  6. Speedo
  7. 2 Legit
  8. Big Black Arrow
  9. Two Wrongs
  10. Asher Twitch
  11. Troubleshooting: The Forgotten Card
  12. Troubleshooting: An Ending for Torn & Restored Card
BonusD.I.Y. Fire Wallet
ColophonFirst printing 2010
Published
Vanishing Inc. Magic, 2010
Format
75 pages, saddle-stitched softcover
Trim
6″ × 9″, black-and-white photographs
Foreword by
Daniel Garcia
Status
Out of print