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Karl Fulves lives in New Jersey and is a very private person. There is not much known about him other then his incredible output of magic literature. He has taught thousands of beginners, young and old, to perform remarkable feats of sleight of hand through the books he has published, especially with his "Self-Working" series he did for the general public.

Academy of Magical Arts Awarded him the Literary Fellowship.

Fulves also wrote a science fiction book, published in paperback in 1976 called "Aftermath: Stories From the Rigel War."

Periodicals

Karl Fulves he took over The New Phoenix magazine from Don Tanner. He published three more issues and then at issue 400 in October 1965 stated "The bird will be fondly laid to rest." He then started a new magazine called The Pallbearers Review which continued until 1975.

He also started another periodical called The Epilogue from 1967 until 1976.

In 1970, Joseph K. Schmidt submitted Fulves a coin flourish complete with illustrations. The contribution was published in Volume 5, Issue #10 of Pallbearers. Fulves was very impressed with Schmidt's artistic abilities and, coincidentally, was looking for an artist to illustrate some of the lengthier routines. He asked Schmidt to illustrate an effect called "Canterbury Cups" and Schmidt agreed. Fulves and Schmidt's relationship grew and it continues to this day. Fulves was the first person to refer to Schmidt as an "artist". Schmidt has illustrated over 75 books, manuscripts and booklets for Fulves, including Swindle Sheet, Cheat Sheet. Rigmarole, and Verbatim.

Shortly after concluding Pallbearers and Epilogue he announced the birth of a new periodical, The Chronicles Limited to 36 issues, The Chronicles took from 1978 to 1988 to complete, and during those ten years, some of the finest close-up magic of the period was explained in its pages.

Fulves published many more periodicals over the years including CHARLATAN, UNDERWORLD accompanied by FINE PRINT, INTERLOCUTOR, and MIDNIGHT MAGIC MONTHLY (13 issues, a complete file of which is virtually unobtainable).

Alfredson/Daily - Fernandes numbers, titles, year of publication and number of issues in a complete file:

• 15505..Charlatan 1999> in progress
• 15550..Cheat Sheet 1990-1992 10 issues
• 1580...Chronicles 1978-1988 36 issues
• 19657..Discoverie 1999> in progress
• 2130...Epilogue 1967-1975 25 issues
• 22102..Fine Print, The 1995-1999 10 issues
• 2955...Interlocutor 1975-1988 52 issues
• 29505..Interim Report 1993 1 issue
• 3262...Lamplighter (with Jim Sarles) 1963-1964(?) 7(?) issues
• 32627..Latter Day Secrets 1999> in progress
• 4850...Midnight Magic Monthly 1959-1960 12+3 issues
• 5180...New Phoenix 1965 4 issues 397-400
• 5335...Notebooks no information available
• 5510...Pallbear's Review original series ?-1965 22 issues
• 5515...Pallbear's Review 1965-1975 120 issues
• 58955..Rigmarole 1993-1994 10 issues
• 6055...S-C 1985 7 issues
• 65703..Swindle Sheet 1990-1992 10 issues
• 69206..Underworld 1995-1999 10 issues
• 69800..Verbatin 1993-1994 10 issues

Karl Fulves current publications are called "Discoverie,Charlatan,Latter Day Secrets".Started in 1999

Fulves also wrote the text for a number of the Stars of Magic manuscripts, including Chris Capehart's 3-Ring Routine, Joe de Stefano's Chinatown Poker, Max Londono's Eternal String and Metalogic (Fred Baumann).

Publications

Most of the titles are published by himself under his own name or Gutenberg Press.

• Blocking Off
• * Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
• Clockwork: Approaches to Card Counting
• Gambler's Third Lesson
• Hofzinser Notebook

SWINDLE SHEETS and CHEAT SHEET (10 issues), together with RIGMAROLE (10 issues, also), for sale. The latter, I am informed, was accompanied by another periodical, VERBATIM,

• Hofzinser's Card Tricks
• Impromptu Holdouts
• Setting Up Exercises
• The Book of Numbers
• When Psychics Play Poker
• Word Play

• 11/1979 Self-Working Mental Magic : 67 Foolproof Mind-Reading Tricks
• 12/1983 Self-Working Number Magic : 101 Foolproof Tricks
• 07/1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks : 88 Fool-Proof Card Miracles for the Amateur Magician
• 08/1985 Self-Working Paper Magic : 81 Foolproof Tricks
• 11/1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic : 61 Foolproof Tricks
• 12/1989 Easy-to-Do-Card Tricks for Children
• 01/1990 Self-Working Coin Magic : 92 Foolproof Tricks
• 12/1990 Self-Working Rope Magic : 70 Foolproof Tricks
• 10/1998 Self-Working Card Tricks : Seventy-Two Foolproof Card Miracles for the Amateur Magician
• 06/1993 Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks for Children
• 10/1994 Big Book of Magic Tricks
• 03/1995 Self-Working Close-Up Card Magic : 56 Foolproof Tricks
• 10/1998 Self-Working Table Magic : 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects
• 12/2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
• 10/2004 Magic : Astounding Magic Tricks That You Can Do in a Flash
• Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks by Ellis Stanyon and Karl Fulves

• 13 Prophets Fulves 1996, soft cover, 60 p. CARD MAGIC
• 28 Card Tricks Fulves 1991, soft cover, 64 p. CARD MAGIC
• 51 Faces North Karl Fulves, no date, soft cover, 24 p. CARD MAGIC
• A History Of The Brainwave Principle Fulves 1983, soft cover, 100 p. CARD MAGIC
• Hocus Poker Fulves 1982, soft cover, 32 p. CARD MAGIC
• Methods With Cards (Part One) Fulves 1975, soft cover, 80 p. CARD MAGIC
• Milennium Aces Fulves 1981, soft cover, 92 p. CARD MAGIC
• New Card Rises Fulves 1996, soft cover, 62 p. CARD MAGIC
• Notes From Underground Gutenberg 1973, soft cover, 61 p. CARD MAGIC - A CLASSIC OF THE 1970s
• Six Impromptu Card Tricks Fulves 1982, soft cover, 48 p. CARD MAGIC
• Topological False Count Karl Fulves 1979, stapled, 18 p. CARD MAGIC
• Transpo Trix Karl Fulvers, 1978, soft cover, comb bound, 80 p. CARD MAGIC
• The Best of Slydini ... and more
• Riffle Shuffle Techique Part III
• Deceptive Pracitices
• Mutusnomen
• "Vampire Chronicles" Collection of tricks all having a vampire theme.

• 13 prophets…1996…..60
  • 28 card tricks…1991…..64
• A history of the brainwave principle…1983….100
• Ace machine…(1963)…6
• After Jordan…1983….12
• And a packet of cards …1989….60
• Animation…1979….12
• Big book of magic tricks…1994
  • Binary count notes…1969
• Bob Hummer's collected secrets…1980….106
• Bob Ostin's new submarine card…1983….40
• Calculator tricks…1998….130
• Card counting…1982….48
• Card under glass…1979….24
• Cards #1 four-card brainwave …1978….20
• Cards #2 51 faces north…no d…24
• Cards #3 interlock…1980….72
• Cards #4 side steal…1981….60
• Cards #5 the multiple shift…1989….48
• Charles Jordan's best card tricks…1992….252
• Charles T. Jordan collected tricks…1975….315
• Close-up mental magic…1974….55
• Color capture…1986….30
• Color quick…1980….50
• Combo…1998….55
• Command colors…1997….22
• Contemporary handkerchief magic part 1…1987….1-30
• Contemporary handkerchief magic part 2…1987….31-58
• Contemporary rope magic part 1…1986….1-28
• Contemporary rope magic part 2…1986….29-56
• Contemporary rope magic part 3…1986….57-84
• Covenant…1987….29
• Crooked tales …1994….129
• Cryptology…1979….24
• Curioser…1980….61
• Deceptive practices…1992….1-83
• Deceptive practices supplement…1992….84-107
• Downs on Malini… no d…11
• Dr Ken Krenzel's incredible card tunnel…1975….6…New stars of magic
• Easy to do card tricks for children…1989….47
• Easy to do magic tricks for children…1974….90
• Epilogue…1993….312
• Faro & riffle technique …1976….90
• Faro and riffle techniques…1969….1-46
• Faro and riffle technique; Supplement 1… no d….47-57
• Faro and riffle technique; Supplement 2…1970
• Faro and riffle technique; Supplement 3…1970
• Faro possibilities…1967
• Faro possibilities…1979….36
• Four color problems…1979….24
• Fourcast…1981….36
• Fr Cyprian's TV card rise…1982….40
• Gambler's third lesson…1979….16
• Gene Finnell's card magic…1973….76
• Hardcore aces …1983….12
• History of the brainwave principle..1983….100
• Impromptu holdouts..1977….50
• Impromptu openers..1979….8
• Inner sanctum..1979….48
• Jack in the box…1979….24
• Jacob Daley's notebooks (transcr.Csuri)…1975….194
• Kaleidoscope rope…1989….50
• Kannibal kards…1975….8
• Karl Fulves technicolor cards …1974….6…New stars of magic
• Magic book…1977….195
• Methods with cards part 1…1975….1-80
• Methods with cards part 2…1975….81-160
• Methods with cards part 3…1975….161-240
• Mexican monte…1972….32
• Milennium aces…1981….92
• Money moves…1989….34
• More self-working card tricks…1984….136
• Neale's trapdoor card…1983….12
• New card rises …1996….62
• Notes from the underground…1973….61
• Nyria effect…1979….24
• Octet…1981….76
• Origins …1981….56
• Packet switches (part I)…1976….1-56
• Packet switches (part II)…1973….57-122
• Packet switches (part III, Harvey Rosenthal)…1977….123-201
• Packet switches (part IV Gene Maze)…1977….202-274
• Packet switches (part V Gene Maze)…1977….275-346
• Pallbearers review volume 1-4 …1993….1-290
• Pallbearers review volume 5-8 …1993….291-682
• Pallbearers review volume 9-12 …1993….683-1064
• Parallel lines …1980….40
• Principles of riffle shuffle set-ups…1968….30
• Prototype…1989….50
• Punch out puzzle kit…1982….24
• Quick card tricks…1989….50
• Riffle shuffle control …1979….23
• Riffle shuffle methods …1987….49
• Riffle shuffle set-ups …1973….98
• Riffle shuffle set-ups…1976….98
• Riffle shuffle set-ups…1979….98
• Riffle shuffle technique preliminaries, notes, problems…1971…22
• Riffle shuffle technique preliminary notes to part 1…1972…1-22
• Riffle shuffle technique part 1 …1975…23-34
• Riffle shuffle technique preliminary notes on part 2…1973…35-96
• Riffle shuffle technique part 2 …1975…97-108
• Riffle shuffle technique part 3 …1984…109-201
• S-C contemporary money magic no 1 Robert E. Neale's short change wallet….1985…1-21
• S-C contemporary money magic no 2 Max Londono's After max…………………1985…22-38
• S-C contemporary money magic no 3 Harvey Rosenthal's two and two……… 1985…39-55
• S-C contemporary money magic no 4 Howard Wurst's paper money…………….1985…56-72
• S-C contemporary money magic no 5 Robert E. Neale's bill tube…………………1985…73-89
• S-C contemporary money magic no 6 Howard Wurst's simplex switch………… 1985…90-106
• S-C contemporary money magic no 7 Nick van Selter's one hand turnover…… 1985…107-124
• Secret session part one…1987…1-29
• Secret session part two…1987…30-58
• Secret session part three…1987…59-87
• Self-working card tricks…1976…113
• Self-working close-up card magic…1995…120
• Self-working coin magic…1989…136
• Self-working handkerchief magic…1989…184
• Self-working mental magic…1979…121
• Self-working number magic…1982…145
• Self-working paper magic…1985…147
• Self-working rope magic…1990…148
• Self-working table magic…1981…122
• Setting up excercises…1995…111
• Shamrock code plus parallel principle…1979…48
• Shape changers…1979…44
• Shuffle off…1983…12
• Six impromptu card tricks…1982…48
• Swindle & cheat - a collection of nontransitive games…1991…71
• Teleportation notes…1969…8
• Teleportation notes…1979…24
• The best of Slydini and more vol 1 text…1976…108
• The best of Slydini and more vol 2 photos…1976…126
• The book of numbers…1971…47
• The book of numbers, supplementary notes …1971…19
• The children's magic kit…1980…16+16
• The magic of Slydini and more vol 1 text…1976…108
• The magic of Slydini and more vol 2 photos…1976…126
• The magical world of Slydini vol 1 text …1979…101
• The magical world of Slydini vol 2 photos…1979…176
• The return trip…1986…39
• The shamrock code & the parallel principle… no d…48
• Topological false count…1979…18
• Transpo trix…1978…80
• Trick with dice…1970
• Vampire chronicles…1997…1-92
• Vampire papers…1997….93-138
• Wireless II…1982…48
• Worknotes on brainwave…1983…101-119

== Contributions to other periodicals

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• A Hofzinser Variation - 1st March, 1969. Volume 47, Number 1205. Page 140

A variant of Hofzinser’s Remeber & Forget effect. In this handling three people each select a card. The first person is then asked to pick another card and decide which of the two they’d like to keep. They then hand their discard to the next participant, who decides whether to keep that or his first selection. That discard is passed to the next person, who is asked to make the same decision. Karl then names all three selections. While the effect is certainly simple in method I’m considering adding it to my repertoire as I’m sure that it would absolutely fry any audience.

• Think-A-Card - 16th March, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1468. Page 210

Instructions for how to make a pretty detailed gimmicked deck. It’s similar to the Ultra Mental deck, but with the cards separated at the start. This allows you to place a odd-backed card into the deck (without anyone seeing it’s face) and have someone think of one of the cards from a spread. Then, you show that the named card is actually the odd-backed card.

• Kings Row - 30th March, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1470. Page 261

A basic Sandwich routine using two black Kings. Fulves also suggests a challenge to the reader that you might like to experiment with: “As a problem the reader may wish to solve, this basic effect can be elaborated upon as follows: the red Kings and the black Kings are shown separately. One of two chosen cards ends up between the red Kings. The other chosen card then ends up between the black Kings.”

• That’s Odd - 27th April, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1474. Page 330

An fun transposition routine where someone on your left is given two odd value cards and someone on your right two even value cards. The two odd cards are placed into the card box and are caused to transpose with the even cards. When the participants check the card box for extra cards they just find the words, “That’s odd” written on the case!

• That’s Odd - 22nd June, 1974. Volume 57, Number 1482. Page 490

A weird and original effect using two borrowed playing cards and two clear plastic sheets. A card, say the Four of Spades is cut into quarters and placed on top of one of the plastic sheets. Another card, say the Seven of Spades, is placed on top of the quarters and then the other plastic sheet is placed on top of that. The condition of the cards is then caused to swap: so the Seven of Spades is now the cut card and the four is shown to be completed restored.