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My Way

Conjuring Routines for the Performing Prestidigitator

Developed and Explained by

Scott F. Guinn

Magishing

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invented, without express permission in writing.

Layout, cover and book design by Scott F. Guinn

Scott F. Guinn

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First Word

for a while, but it turns out I had some more (and I think very good) material left in me.

It’s almost as if I’m just not happy unless I’m working on a book! If you’ve read my previous

works, you already know my philosophies and thinking to a large degree, and the routines in

this latest tome will reflect those ideologies. If, on the other hand, this is your first exposure to

my magic, I think a brief overview of my style and opinions on the performance of magic are in

order. This will help you to better understand the magic you are about to read.

First and foremost, I am a performer. I perform magic for a living in front of real people who

pay me to entertain them. I structure my routines to that end. They are not designed to “fool the

guys” at the next magic club meeting (although some may well do that), and I don’t spend time

trying to figure out every possible way to accomplish a sleight or effect. Rather, I try to find the

best way to perform the effect for the venue in which I intend to use it. If it is impromptu or eas-

ily reset, that is a bonus if the effect is to be done in strolling or restaurant work, but I am not

above doing tricks that are a little labor intensive or difficult to reset if these effects have an ex-

tremely powerful affect on the audience.

I also think you should know up front that my work is largely based on the work of others who

have gone before me. Occasionally I come up with something that no one has seen before, but

(and there are many “name” magicians who will back me up on this) my real strength lies in my

ability to spot a weak point in an existing effect, or in routining or combining effects, and mak-

ing the effects new and stronger. If you are looking for a cutting edge new sleight, you’re not

likely to find it in the writings of Scott F. Guinn (with the notable exception, if I may be so bold

to say so, of the Guinn Utility Backslip, described in detail in my book, Great Scott! It’s Card

Magic!). What you will find are effects that play in the real world for real, paying clients. Rou-

tines that are tested in the fire of performance before I bring them to you. Tricks that I actually

use in my professional repertoire. As such, they are of great value to me. If you take the time to

learn them and adapt them to fit you, I believe you will find them to be of great value as well.

I truly believe the effects and routines in this book are some of my best, and that they will gar-

ner a response that will be everything you could have hoped for if you learn them well and per-

form them properly. I hope you will find at least a few that will cause you to agree with me.

And I hope your audiences like them (and you) so much that they will beg you to perform for

them again in the future.

I also put a lot of thought into the layout. All the photos are on the same page as the text that

refers to them. The photos are on the inside of facing pages, making it easier to scan them after

you have familiarized yourself with the routine. I think it makes learning the routines easier. I

hope you’ll agree.

As always, you have my best wishes for your success.

Scott F. Guinn

W ell, here we are again! I thought that Officiously Yours would be my last book, at least

Table of Contents

First Word

Section One: Pasteboard Prestidigitation

Chapter One: Plain Pack-ages

Hi-ways and Bi-ways

Direct Decision

A-Jacks Transposition

What the Devil?

Lumberjack Stew

Chapter Two: A Little Something Extra

Coeur d’Alene Assembly

Ransomed Back

Universal Appeal

Face-Off

The “X” on Val Dees

Dearly Departed

Chapter Three: Worth the Trouble

Mr. Collins’ Opus

McCall of the Wild

The Legend of Scott Star, Trader Vic and “Slick Jack” Spade

Chapter Four: Double Time

Tri-Optical Illusion

Brundle-Fly Transposition

Section Two: Cunning Chicanery

Chapter Five: A Familiar Ring

Stick Around

Wedded Bliss

101

You Bet Your Ring

104

Jellis

108

Chapter Six: Just Kid-ding

115

Plumber’s Bottle

117

Million Dollar Chocolate

118

Bonus Routine: Bernard Sims’ “Really Linked!”

121

Last Word

127

Index of Sleights

128

Part One

Pasteboard

Prestidigitation

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