On the Other Side of the Mirror

Book of card tricks by Cushing Strout that require prearrangement, virtually no sleight of hand, and lend themselves to rich storylines. Subtitled Prearrangement and Plot in Close-Up Card Magic, the plots include predictions and revelations based on zodiac signs, a spectator's birthday, a do-it-yourself murder mystery, and lie detection, with some of the routines making use of unusual decks, such as Tarot cards and Alice-in-Wonderland cards. Softbound, 48 pages, published in 2005 by I Saw That!.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Variations on "The Nine Problem"
• Invisible Setups
• The Queens Cast a Spell
• Further Than That and the Lie Detector
• The Left-Handed Clock
• Taking Another Look at the Dead Man's Hand
• Conjuring with Classics
  • Six Napoleons
  • The Bohemian Scandal
  • Holmes Meets Endfield
  • On the Other Side of the Mirror