Fulves, Karl: Prolix Issues 1-6 ©2008-2009 Karl Fulves, NJ Softcover, spiral-bound, 8.5x11", about 66 pages each

Issue 6 image courtesy eBay seller qr

Comments: Magazine produced by Karl Fulves with card magic and more, featuring many contributors. According to Genii's Magicpedia, it ran for 10 issues from 2006 - 2013. Each issue included extras for some of the tricks described, such as poker chips, special cards, rubber bands, coins, a toy car, etc.

Contents: (Partial listing from magazine ToCs, first six issues only listed):

Prolix 1

1 Auto Kinetic (Bob Ostin, Karl Fulves)
2 The Peeking Bird (Bob Ostin, Karl Fulves)
5 Loco-Motion (Bob Ostin, Karl Fulves)
8 Uplifting (Derek Dingle & Karl Fulves)
10 Two Unpublished Tricks (Dai Vernon)
10 - Cutting the Aces
11 - A Revelation
11 - Behind the Scenes
13 A Creature Was Stirring (Neal Thomas)
14 Urban Legends (Karl Fulves)
16 - Second Method
16 - Background
18 Coins Thru Table (Robert Byrne)
20 Simple Binary (Karl Fulves)
21 Mystery Card (Karl Fulves)
22 4 Tricks Gone Wrong (Karl Fulves)
24 JKStab (Joseph K. Schmidt)
26 - Scarn Card & Ribbon
27 - Audley Walsh Card Stab
29 Skullo Card (John Scarne)
30 15/14 Delight (J.K. Hartman)
30 Adams + Erdnase (Karl Fulves)
31 - Seven Card Secret
32 - Doubling Box
32 - Casino IQ
34 - Reverse Jonah
34 - Comedy Central
38 A Tabletop Miser's Dream (Martin Gardner)
40 Making Millions (Ken De Courcy)
41 Copper Silver (Tony Kardyro)
42 RSC Discovery (Mel Bennett)
45 Chip Shot (Karl Fulves)
46 - Mock Memory
47 In the Money (Karl Fulves)
50 - X's to Bullets
50 - Drawing Blanks
52 Open Fingers Color Change (Vernon Winiecke)
56 The Road to Ruin (Karl Fulves)
62 Crook's Book (Karl Fulves)
66 - Little Black Book
66 - Cooked Book

Prolix 2

69 Gardner's Gambit (Martin Gardner)
70 - Final Game
71 - Notes on MG's Game
72 - YOu Go First
73 - Last Card Standing
74 - Predict-A-Bill
75 - Pre-Poker
76 - Sure Thing
76 - Blind Chance
78 - Robo-Con
80 Vanishing Buffalo (James Baker)
81 Chump Change (Derek Dingle & Karl Fulves)
83 M'Wave (Chas. D. Willis)
84 Knotornot (Karl Fulves)
85 Draw For the Devil (Robert E. Neale)
88 Darndest Things (Karl Fulves)
90 Automatic Ten (Karl Fulves)
90 - The Expert Returns
91 - The Ten-Hand Deal
93 - Casio Connection
93 - The X-Hand Deal
95 Strip Switch (J.K. Hartman)
98 - Hunt for Red
99 New Spelling Trick (Walter Gibson)
101 Count Spell Extra (Robin Robertson & Peter Duffie)
102 Flip Switch (Karl Fulves)
104 Band Box Encore (Joseph K. Schmidt)
106 Well & Truly Shuffled (Ken De Courcy)
108 Great Escape (J.W. Sarles)
109 Easy As Ab/c (Mel Bennett)
111 Unexplained (Karl Fulves)
109 The Gypsy Switch (Anonymous)
110 - I found a Ring
113 - While You Sleep
113 - The Gypsy's Secret
114 - Basics in Brief
116 - Robert-Houdin
117 - Professor Hoffmann
118 - You Have 3 Seconds
119 New Principles, New Tricks (Howard Adams)
119 - Crazy Ramazy
123 - Fivelefta The Effect
124 - 234 5Lefta
125 - Fivelefta Eleven
127 - Fivelefta Remova
128 - Sixlefta Subtracta
130 - Ramasee-Tulefta Retukrns
131 - Man and Lady
132 - Doublefta
133 - Quintuplefta
135 - Vifteena Variation
136 - Booklefta
137 - Gamblefta
138 - Gambleftwo
130 - Gamblefthree
140 - A Partial Bibliography

Prolix 3

141 Stacking Systems (Joseph K. Schmidt)
141 - 2 Aces, 2 Kings
142 - 3 Aces, 3 Kings
143 - 4 Aces to Dealer
144 - 4 Kings 4 Aces
145 Merlin's Matchbox (Dan Lewis)
146 Card to Wallet (Ken De Courcy)
149 Trick File (Nielsen Bartolotta)
150 Slo Motion Roll (Karl Fulves)
151 Jacob's Ladder (Jacob Daley)
152 Six Quick (Karl Fulves)
142 - Headstrong
153 - Squaresville
154 - Maximo
155 - Near Future
155 - Stevenz
157 - Hop Skip
158 Four Puzzles (Martin Gardner)
159 A Rope Tale (J.W. Sarles)
161 Down/Underhanded (Karl Fulves
163 Three Tricks (Tony Bartolotta)
163 - Signature Collection
164 - Double Tossed
165 - Narrow Minded
166 First to Tenth (Karl Fulves)
167 The Gypsy Switch (Anonymous)
167 - A Secret from Scott
168 - Edwin Sachs
170 - A Versatile Move
172 Cross Colors (Karl Fulves)
173 - Eureka
174 The Magic of Numbers (Roy Walton)
175 Orderly Suits (Roy Walton)
177 Unexplained (Karl Fulves)
182 Triple Three Trio (Howard Adams)
182 - King Tut Principle
183 - Lady Man Principle
184 - Miracle Fifteen Wedding
185 - Fifteen Version
186 Boooking Agent (Karl Fulves)
189 An Appreciation (Joseph K. Schmidt)
192 Card Case 'Crib' (Bob Ostin)
194 3-Blank Monte (Sam Schwartz)
196 Band Through Hand (Martin Gardner)
198 Learning to Count (Karl Fulves)
199 ON Tinterhooks (J.K. Hartman)
202 My # Yours (Stewart Judah)
203 Intelligent Design (Karl Fulves)

Prolix 4 (2008)

211 Releaso (J.W. Sarles)
212 In Plain Sight (Bruce Cervon)
214 Liar's Guide (Roy Walton)
215 Back Home (J.K. Hartman)
216 Do As I Did (Karl Fulves)
217 - Too Simple
218 Familiar Spirit (Mel Bennett)
218 Holding Pattern (Karl Fulves)
219 Direct Aces (Aldo Colombini)
220 Jubilee Dice (Ken De Courcy)
221 Total Test (Karl Fulves)
221 - The Over-Under
222 - Workout
222 - Cube Count
223 - The Fix Is In
223 - Stuck At 26
224 Shark Hunt (Karl Fulves)
226 Stopper (Gene Maze)
227 King Tut/Jack Benny (Howard Adams)
227 - King Tut Principle
228 - Cleo & The King
229 - Jack Benny
230 - Jack Benny Quickie
230 - Another J.B. Quickie
231 The Neutral Zone (Karl Fulves)
236 Falling Out With Marlo (Jay Marshall)
237 The Origin of the Shift (Kurt Volkmann)
240 ‘A’ For Apple (Karl Fulves)
241 Karate Kid (Karl Fulves)
244 Holdout Secrets (Anonymous)
244 - The Slot Box
247 The Slotted Okito Box (Sam Schwartz)
250 Much In Common (Gary Ruiz)
177 I’ll Toss You (Paul Morris)
253 Unexplained (Karl Fulves)
255 The Gypsy Switch (Anonymous)
255 - Frank Kennard's Method
260 Red Rover (Karl Fulves)
265 Riddle Rope (Gardner/Schmidt)
269 Cut Deeper (Henry Christ, etc.)

Prolix 5 (2008)

273 Scarne-Bertram Prediction (John Scarne & Ross Bertram)
275 Predict-A-Twist (Aldo Colombini)
276 Deuces & Dont's (J.K. Hartman)
279 Hydrogen Glass Stephen Howe)
284 Our Relations (Roy Walton)
285 A Retrospective (Larsen & Wright)
285 - The Himber Wallet
285 - The Spirit Message
286 - Love Laughs
287 - The 14/15 Force
288 - Prophetic Card Discovery
288 - Computation Foretold
289 - A Card, A Number
289 - Centerpiece
292 - Linking Finger Rings
292 - Variation of Linking Rings
294 - Novelty Spelling Mystery
295 You Decide (Al Leech & W. Pritz)
296 Thrown For A Loop (Slydini)
297 Trick Questions (Martin Gardner)
299 Spend and Save (Mel Bennett)
300 Follow The Money (Tony Bartolotta)
303 Two Coin Tricks (C. Rosencrance)
303 - Vis-A-Vis Cards
304 - Anywise Coin Vanish
307 The Flip Wallet (Anonymous)
310 3-Cup Interlude (S. Leo Horowitz)
312 A Double Find (Holdout Secrets)
314 Coin Thru Hand (Holdout Secrets)
316 A Real Pocket Trick (Ken De Courcy)
319 Dealflipdropcut (Howard Adams)
319 - The Principle
319 - Spellflipdropcut
320 - ESP Test
321 - The Other Principle
321 - Sequence
326 One-Hand Erdnase (One-Hand Bottom Deals)
326 Gambler's Shoot Out (One-Hand Bottom Deals)
327 Hand-To-Hand Toss (One-Hand Bottom Deals)
333 The Gypsy Switch (Anonymous)
333 - Camille Gaultier
334 - Jack Miller's Ring Go
336 - J.W. Sarles Pin-A-Trate
328 Fearless Force (Anonymous)
339 Mystic Ring (Arthur Ward)
340 Elevator Malfunction (Joseph K. Schmidt)
342 Digital Addition (Sam Schwartz)
344 Several Tricks (Karl Fulves)
281 - Math Glass
283 - Flip Dice
283 - Middle Riddle
298 - Nonconformist
301 - An Easier Princess
302 - Estate of Mind
305 - Lie Teller
312 - A Double Find
308 - Flip Trix
317 - Unexplained
322 - Poker By Mail
324 - X Files
330 - 2Crds2Dcks
332 - 1Crd2Wllts
332 - 2Crds2Wllts
337 - Pocket Picked
339 - Einstein's Shell Game
344 - The Odds Get Even
346 - Back Story (Various)

Prolix 6 (2009)

347 Octad Perplexity (Ken De Courcy)
351 Transpositive (Stephen Clark)
352 Coin Thru Glass (Derek Dingle)
354 Funny Valentine (Mel Bennett)
355 Platform ESP (Sid Solomon)
357 Up & Down (Sam Mayer)
358 Holdout Secrets
358 - Scarne's Vest Holdout
358 - Audley Walsh's Capper
360 - Scarne's Cap Deal
360 - Sam Schwartz Coins Thru Hand
366 Coin Color Change (Vernon Winiecke)
367 Baby Shark (Roy Walton)
369 PSI - Cycle (J.K. Hartman)
371 1-2-3-4-5 (Fred Kaps & Dai Vernon)
374 Deadwood Hold'Em (Joseph K. Schmidt)
376 1-2-3 Rope Count
377 The Looper
378 The Gypsy Swith (G.W. Hunt)
383 Block Mexican Turnover (Peter Duffie; Robin Robertson)
384 - Lin Searles Mexicali Aces
386 - R&D Magnetic Kings
387 - Robertson's His/Her Poker
389 Trial Run (Rob Reed)
390 Paper Money (Slydini)
392 Second Thoughts (Anonymous)
393 Moment’s Notice (Anonymous)
396 Berg-Hunter Knot (Martin Gardner)
400 Knot To Be Found (J.W. Sarles)
403 Unexplained (Karl Fulves)
406 Picking Pockets (Anonymous)
409 Trisection (Anonymous)
411 Divining Palm (Jacob Daley)
414 Cidentaquin (Howard Adams)
416 Several Tricks (Karl Fulves)
360 Sleeve Unlock
364 Dollar Dodge
365 Ricochet
368 Drawing Straws
370 Eek
373 Countertype
380 Tabled Gypsy
384 Heavy Mexican
386 Near-Perfect Poker
387 Ten Card Steal
388 Magician Does Good
391 Flat Dice II
398 Sting Theory
401 Restacking Problem
408 Wires Crossed
412 Cardeeni
416 Trick Poker
418 Dr. Jackyl

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