Fulves, Karl: The Chronicles ©1997 Karl Fulves, L&L Publishing, Tahoma, CA Hardcover, no dj, 9x11", 395 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt. The Chronicles followed Karl's publications, The Pallbearers Review and Epilogue. It ran from 1978 to 1988 with 36 issues, plus Close-Up Folio No. 11 and 12. Page numbering continued from Pallbearers, with the numbering for Close-Up Folio's renumbered from the originals to fit into the complete file. This hardcover compilation reprints the newsletters as originally printed.

Contents (mainly compiled from the book index, which was originally compiled by Conrad C. Bush and David Michael Evans.; and this submission provided to me courtesy Najee Williams/Hocus Pocus Focus)

I Foreword (Jack Avis)
ii Introduction (Karl Fulves)

The Chronicles No. 1: 1978
1065 Coin Entrapped (Michael Skinner): Coins
1066 Notes (Karl Fulves): Commentary
1067 HyperCard (Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner): Impossible Card
1070 Royal Backs (Jeff Busby): Small packet all backs
1071 Lesson (Al Baker, Fr. Cyprian): Mentalism
1072 The Isis Slate (Karl Fulves): Mentalism w/Confederate
1074 You Win Once (Karl Fulves): small packet trick

The Chronicles No. 2: 1978
1075 Elastic Illusion (Derek Dingle): Rubber Bands
1076 Double Post (Frank Garcia): Cups & Balls move
1076 In Writing (Karl Fulves): Coin to envelope
1077 Levitations (Karl Fulves): Illusion
1077 - Truzzi/Gardner Method (Marting Gartner, Marcello Truzzi):
1078 -John Cornelilus Method (John Cornelius):
1079 - Karl Fulves Method (Karl Fulves):
1080 - Stage Method
1084 Caper (Roy Walton): Color Changing Deck

The Chronicles No. 3: 1978
1085 The Spectrum Effect (Fr. Cyprian): Two card prediction
1087 The Slydini Palm (Slydini): Utility palm
1088 Still Counting (Karl Fulves): small packet tricks
1088 - Factor Four
1089 - Identi-Kit
1090 Looking Glass Pofeer (Karl Fulves): Producing the Aces
1093 HR Cut (Harvey Rosenthal): Flourish or Controlled Cut
1094 Slow Motion III (Derek Dingle, Ken Krenzel): Coin vanish

The Chronicles No. 4: 1978
1095 Odd Coin (Milton Tropp): coin transposition
1097 The Lazy Gambler (Sam Schwartz): Cards, with Omega Count
1098 Bottomless Glass (Frank Garcia, Karl Fulves): Glass bottom dropped out and restored
1100 Reverse Bank Nite (George Sands): Mentalism
1101 Letters (Bruce Barnett): On the Isis Slate
1102 Notes (Karl Fulves): With cartoon
1104 Linking Pin Moves (Tom Ellis): Misc.

The Chronicles No. 5: 1978
1105 Flash Coins (Derek Dingle): Coins change in a flash
1109 Op-Trick (Karl Fulves): Optical illusion with Tally-Ho cards
1110 Rebound (Karl Fulves): Cards and coins
1114 Cardini's Crawling Bill (Milton Tropp): Using a wrist reel

The Chronicles No. 6: 1978
1115 Five Card Mental (Allan Slaight): Mental card chosen
1115 - Slaight's Sequel
1117 Flim Flam (Karl Fulves): Card trick for magicians
1118 Robot Ring (Karl Fulves): Rope - Rings
1123 Notes (Karl Fulves): half way through first volume
1124 Mutant Nomen (Allan Slaight): Card trick using the Klondike Shuffle

The Chronicles No. 7: 1978
1125 Medallion (Karl Fulves): Version of Al Koran's Medallion prediction
1127 A Puzzle (Neal Thomas): Rubber band puzzle
1128 The Lizard of Oz - Balls (Karl Fulves): Ball & Ring transpo in handkerchief
1131 Coin Vanish (Leo McCauley): In the hand
1132 Notes (Karl Fulves): on coin magic, and is there anything new under the sun
1134 Suspense (Karl Fulves): Playing card remains suspended

The Chronicles No. 8: 1978
1135 Platform Key-Rect (George Sands): Comedy presentation
1137 Prime Choice (George Sands): stacked deck routine
1138 The IOU Shuffle (Karl Fulves): briefly described
1139 Mid-Air Exchange (Greg Webb): Han Ping Chien for cards, as a 3 Card Monte
1141 Notes (Karl Fulves): over-rated magic shows, Yogi Magic fire
1144 Two Coin Vanishes (Martin Gardner): In the hands vanishes

The Chronicles No. 9: 1978
1145 Midnite Coin (Karl Fulves): Coin tossed lands audibly in glass in pocket
1146 - Second Method
1147 Flying Eagles (Harvey Telmar): Coins join others in one hand
1148 A Dollar (Phil Goldstein): Message appears betweeen two coins
1149 Letters (Jerry Fulton, Charles D. Ross): Handling for Robot Ring; praise
1150 Retrospective The Red Prediction (Karl Fulves): Card selected by Die throw is predicted, with variations
1154 Stay Up (Bill Coomer): Coffee cup stunt

The Chronicles No. 10: 1978
1155 Take Five (Ken Beale): Variation of the 10 Card Deal
1158 Notes (Karl Fulves): make money through stand-up
1159 Advent (Stephen Clark): Card sandwich transposition
1161 Psi-X (Karl Fulves): Magician finds selection
1163 Countless (Karl Fulves): Counting cards off the top while hiding some
1164 Flash Backs (Fr. Cyprian): Version of Busby's Flash Backs

The Chronicles No. 11: 1978
1165 Read Out - Bill (John Cornelius): Serial Number reading
1166 Reference File (Charles Steele): Notes on McCauley's Coin Vanish
1167 Catapult (Karl Fulves): Borrowed deck vanish of signed card
1168 Psychic Motors (Martin Gardner, Karl Fulves): spinning paper used for psychic effects
1171 Flash Backs (Fr. Cyprian): A second method
1172 Pay Up (David Bornstein): Poker routine
1173 Notes (Karl Fulves): HyperCard, Elastrik, Oddments
1174 Next (Roy Walton): 4 spot is inserted next to prevously selected card

The Chronicles No. 12: 1978
1175 Instant Oil & Water (Dai Vernon): Two phase version
1177 Curious (Stephen Clark): impromptu card routine
1178 Twistrap (Karl Fulves, Sam Schwartz): Chosen card appears face up between two others
1179 Slydini's Hank Gag (Slydini): Sight gag
1181 Fireworks (John Cornelius): A match is magically relit
1182 Solid Liquid (Karl Fulves): Science stunt
1183 Notes (Karl Fulves): End of the first volume
1184 More Than One Way (J.K. Hartman): Impossible location of a freely chosen card
1185 The Problem at Draw (Derek Dingle, Karl Fulves): Draw poker routine

The Chronicles No. 13: 1979
1189 Letters (Charles D. Rose, Anne Carter): Praise, magic hustlers
1190 Pin Thru Hank (Richard Durnam): Safety pin
1191 Notes (Karl Fulves): Retrospective, getting published,
1194 Red Blues (Karl Fulves): Chosen card of four has different back
1194 Mate Two (Karl Fulves): Topological Card Trick

The Chronicles No. 14: 1979
1195 Center Tear (Harvey Rosenthal): Approach to the center tear
1197 Reference File (Karl Fulves): Rosenthal's Center Tear, Two Coin Vanishes
1200 Eleven Card Trick (Edward Victor): classic card effect
1202 -False Counting (Willane)

The Chronicles No. 15: 1979
1204 Go Directly to Jail (Karl Fulves): Monopoly based routine
1205 Count Me In (Roy Walton): Cards appear between cards matching a card value
1206 The Ten to One Trick (Roy Walton): Cards - Prearranged
1208 Dice Trap (Ted Glick): Coin appears under cup between dice
1210 Notes (Karl Fulves): Vernon material, Pluto bet, etc.
1211 Curse of Darkness (Van Cleve): Burning candle mystery
1211 Boiling Point (Martin Gardner): Water boils under a handkerchief
1214 The UCLA Move (Karl Fulves): Utility Center Lift Action

The Chronicles No. 16: 1979
1215 Spellbound for Experts (Dai Vernon, Frank Garcia): Coin change
1218 Knowing Comments (Karl Fulves): more on thieves, books
1219 ZennerPlus (Karl Fulves): Two ESP Deck approaches
1220 Notes (Karl Fulves): on sleight-free, self working
1221 Jump Shot (Fr. Cyprian, Karl Fulves): Rubber Band jumps to selection
1224 Night Riser (Howard Schwarzman): Aces transpose

The Chronicles No. 17: 1979
1225 Gemini Rope (Steve Matthews): String thru finger
1228 Prelude (Allen Lang): Spectator reads the magician's mind with cards
1229 R&B (Bob Brook): Prediction card
1230 A Billiard Ball Penetration (Tom Sellers): Through a handkerchief
1231 On Again - Off Again (Tom Sellers): Safety Pin link
1233 Notes (Karl Fulves): on Mathews rope routine
1234 Center Fold (Karl Fulves): Joker halves find two selections

The Chronicles No. 18: 1979
1235 Paradox (Mitsunobu Matsuyama): Card puzzle, with business card variation
1237 Reference File (Karl Fulves): 10 to 1 trick, Matsuyama's Jigsaw
1238 Notes (Karl Fulves): on Slydini and card magic
1239 Oil & Water (Stewart Judah): Uses four 8s and three 7s
1240 Immoracle (Phil Goldstein): version of Oracle
1242 Perfect Match (Magic Ronnay): ESP Card effect
1243 No Box (Karl Fulves): Cigarette box audible illusion
1244 Coin Move (Dai Vernon): Coin load

The Chronicles No. 19: 1979
1245 Roll Your Own (Derek Dingle): Cigarette routine
1249 Psycho (Karl Fulves): Magician and Spectator select the same value card
1250 Dup-licates (J.K. Hartman): You Do As I Do cards
1251 Letters (James A. Taylor, Eric Eicher): On self-working magic, reprints
1254 Cricket (Karl Fulves): Visual card sandwich revelation

The Chronicles No. 20: 1979
1255 Parity Failure (Alex Elmsley): stacked deck routine
1256 Hatlo's They'll Do It Every Time (Hatlo): Cartoon
1256 Gardner's Aces (Martin Gardner): Tip on MacDonald Aces
1257 Out of Control (Howard Wurst): Psychological Out card trick
1258 Found (Victor Marsh): Performer in a different room determines card selection
1259 Psychogenic (Fr. Cyprian): Spirit photos relying on a Polaroid Colorpack II camera
1261 Notes (Karl Fulves): on Animal ESP
1264 Scorpio Switch (Karl Fulves): card fan switch

The Chronicles No. 21: 1979
1265 Self-Cutting Deck (Slydini): Deck cuts itself under a handkerchief to the selection
1267 Push Push (Karl Fulves): Red and Black cards separate
1268 Sponge Balls (Al Cohn): Using three samll balls and four large balls
1271 You're Cheating (Satzo): Cartoon
1271 Premium (John S. Rule): Card prediction
1272 Notes (Karl Fulves): on coin magic
1273 DarKnot (Karl Fulves): Knotted rope moves from one table leg to another
1274 Jacks And Nigel: Jacks and Aces packet trick
1274 Magic 10 (Roy Walton): Black and Reds separate

The Chronicles No. 22: 1979
1275 Hoax Coin (Karl Fulves): impromptu coin vanish and reappearance
1276 Left? Right? (C.H. Barry): Psychological one of two prediction
1277 Black Out (Karl Fulves): Reds and Blacks Separate
1278 The Wizard of ID (Parker and Hort): cartoon
1279 Memory (Bob Paul): Two spectator memory challenge
1281 Letters (George Draper, James Frasier, John MacKay, Ed Hammod): Black art, Judah Aces, Psi-X, Midnite Coin
1282 Notes (Karl Fulves): on offbeat skills
1282 Dennis the Menace (Hank Ketcham): cartoon
1284 Brainwave Dectet (J.K. Hartman): 10 Card Brainwave

The Chronicles No. 23: 1979
1285 Coin Clip (Dai Vernon, T. Nelson Downs): About the coin gimmick
1290 Two Tricks (Karl Fulves): Krazy Kut & Krazy Poker
1291 One-Hand Tenkai (Karl Fulves): Magician finds prediction from cards spread on table
1292 Letters (Walter Cunningham, Karl Fulves): on coincidences
1293 Pop-Over Card (J.B. Bobo): Card revelation
1294 Open Selection (Francis Haxton): Two variations on a Hofzinser card problem

The Chronicles No. 24: 1979
1295 Gambler's Dream (Derek Dingle): Poker routine
1297 Ivory Tower (Jules Hirsch): Checkers stunt
1298 Textbook Aces (Karl Fulves): A cutting to the Aces effect
1299 Drift (Karl Fulves): color upset in an oil & water effect
1300 Reference File (Karl Fulves): Three Way Ropes; Spellbound for Experts; Out of Control; Blackout
1301 Elastic Solution (Neal Thomas): Rubber Bands
1302 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): End of the second volume
1303 I Just Love Pork and Beings (Hoest): Cartoon
1304 Aces (Martin Gardner): Further ideas on the Ace Assembly using double-facers

The Chronicles No. 25: 1980
1305 Coin Slide (Jim Snapp): Routine around this old prop
1307 The Truth (Frank Ross): impromptu two lies and a truth revelation
1308 All Red (Sam Schwartz): stacked deck routine
1309 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): on what is a coin slide?
1310 Lucky Seven (Roy Walton): card location
1311 Subway Move (Max Williams; Karl Fulves): coin move for the table top with ideas
1314 Murder Inc (Karl Fulves): Impromptu murder mystery with cards

The Chronicles No. 26: 1980
1315 Band in Boston (J.K. Hartman): Card jumps from one rubber-banded packet to another
1318 Boston Notes (Karl Fulves): Notes on Hartman's routine
1320 Tap II (Bob Evans): Coins jump around in an Okito Box
1321 The Forer Personality Sketch (Bertram Forer): Generic personality profile
1322 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): on Hollywood Brain Trust, Mexican Monte; Gemini Rope, rubber band magic
1324 Swindle Box (Nick Van Setten): Okito box routine with four half-dollars

The Chronicles No. 27: 1980
1325 Educated Dollar Bill (Tom Gagnon): Bill crawls under a wallet or ashray on the floor, two versions
1328 Reference File (Karl Fulves): on Cohn's Sponge Balls, Hoax Coin
1329 Mira-Kil (Stephen Clark): Impromptu version of Miraskil card routine
1330 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): notes on Bob Read, card counting, J.C. Doty
1331 Meta-More (John Cornelius): card change, with a coin version as well
1332 Quik Control (Karl Fulves): backjog card move
1333 Sixtet (J.K. Hartman): Approach to the Brainwave type effect
1334 There Was a Crooked House (J.K. Hartman, Karl Fulves): routine with a small card castle

The Chronicles No. 28: 1980
1335 Border Crossing (Roy Walton): repeat transposition
1337 Bluff Ring (Bill Robbins): Ring vanishes from rope and appears elsewhere
1340 Quarter Finals (Karl Fulves): Spectator can't trap the penny
1341 Memorease (J.K. Hartman): Version of Bob Paul's Memory word cards, using letters
1342 Blackgammon (Karl Fulves): Spectator guesses the card colors
1343 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): notes on Self Working card trick books, magic ads
1344 PopUp (Gene Finnell): visual card revelation

The Chronicles No. 29: 1981
1345 Phantom of the Dice Table (Jeff Busby): Dice color change, with a cup
1351 LJ's Prophet (Larry Jennings): Card location
1352 Twogether (Karl Fulves): Coincidence card effect
1352 Switch Out (Karl Fulves): Using the Braue Reversal for a switch
1354 Max Switch (Max Williams): easy to do utility move

The Chronicles No. 30: 1980
1355 Five-Sided Business Card (Martin Gardner): Dots change positions as card is flipped
1357 Synchro (Karl Fulves): Version of above for regular playing cards
1359 The Hydrick Effect (James Randi): Mysterious page flip
1360 Optical Notes (Jack Avis): a bottom card force and notes
1362 Card Popper (Karl Fulves): Selection pops up
1363 Checkers (Karl Fulves): 6 card packet trick with blacks and reds
1353 Chronologue (Karl Fulves): Doug Henning show, other news
1364 False Cut (Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon): set up a red-black shuffle or retain top stock

The Chronicles No. 31
1365 Unlinking Bands (Herb Zarrow): Rubber Bands
1367 Slydini on the Okito Box (Slydini): Okito coin box
1368 Getaway (Arthur Setterington): Rubber Bands
1369 Inch by Inch (Karl Fulves): card force
1369 Clocking the Deck (Karl Fulves): elimination ends in blackjack
1370 Dealdown (Karl Fulves): more blackjacks
1371 Speedo (Karl Fulves): Cards - Prearranged
1372 Riffle Aces (Roy Walton): Cards - Impromptu
1374 Noops! (Karl Fulves): bending spoons

The Chronicles No. 32
1375 Airborn Aces (Dave Ossip): Aces produced
1377 Linking Bands (Herb Zarrow): rubber band linking
1378 Bill's Monte (Bill Wisch): Finger monte with fingers and bands
1379 3 Little Words (Stewart James): card speller
1381 Over Easy (Karl Fulves): four Royal Flushes
1384 Tri Double (Gene Maze): card sleight

The Chronicles No. 33
1385 Link Illusion (Steve Roth): ring and rope
1389 Two Tricks by Dai Vernon (Dai Vernon): coins and handkerchief
1393 Jack Chanin's Favorite (Jack Chanin): coin production
1394 Vanishing Cannonball (Charles R. Brush): cannonballs in a fish tank
1395 Cigarette Go (John E. Mintz): vanish

The Chronicles No. 34
1398 An American Expression (Sid Lorraine): credit card printing
1399 Prince Charming (Sid Lorraine): Jack and Queen effect
1400 Block Off (Frank Cleaver): block penetration
1401 Rope Work (Rick Johnsson, Karl Fulves): knots, on the barrelhead
1404 PsyKick (Karl Fulves): card location with stack

The Chronicles No. 35
1405 King Koin (Jack Miller): coin effect with English Penny
1406 Coin Bound (Michae Carrion): coin & card transformation
1407 R5B5 (Karl Fulves): reds and blacks
1408 Nailed (Rick Johnsson): nail puzzle
1410 The Horowitz Variation (S. Leo Horowitz): card routine
1411 The Triangle (Jack Birnman): Aces and Kings
1412 Connect the Dots (Karl Fulves): Alphabet card match
1413 TriThot (Karl Fulves): impromptu card location
1414 Secret Knot (Bill Wisch): knot in rope

The Chronicles No. 36
1415 Court Spell (Jack Avis): packet spelling
1417 Reflection (Fr. Cyprian): routine with a mirror card
1419 L'Homlet (John E. Mintz): Egg vanish
1424 Chronologue (Karlk Fulves): Final issue

Close-Up Folio No. 11 (renumbered)
1425 Dice Thru Table (Jeff Busby): using cup
1428 Automatic Stack (Karl Fulves): Dice and cup
1430 Three Dice Tricks (Bill Scott): Dice penetrations, change to large die
1435 Tele-Dice (Henry Christ): Dice over phone

Close-Up Folio No. 12 (renumbered)
1437 Pendulum Knot (Herb Zarrow): knot shaken into a rope
1441 New Rope Methods (Slydini): Gypsy ring and more