Comments (Doug Cuff): A
collection of close-up effects using cards, coins, silks, rope, and
a few other objects from teenage magician Joshua Jay. (Also some
essays.)
Contents: (from book ToC,
updated Jan 2023)
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Forward
Introduction
1 Chapter 1 MisDIRECTIONS
2 The Moment Magic Changed My Life
3 The Magical Journey
5 Questions
8 The Tour Guide
9 Itinerary
11 Travel Tips
14 No U-turns Allowed
17 The Road Less Traveled
19 Chapter 2 Other
Detours
20 Travelogue
21 Pulling My String
23 Button Buster
26 Cascading Carnation
28 A Striking Appearance
30 Grandma's Coin Trick
33 Fold-Up Fooler
35 Chapter 3 Sleights to
See
36 Travelogue
37 A Perplexing Pen Production
39 A Discreet Displacement
40 - "Red Hot Mama"
41 - Ace Location
43 Utility Discovery
45 The Book Cut
47 The Clutter Cut
49 The Jay Change
51 Strand, Hand, Wedding Band
53 Fancy Find Flourish
54 A Reverse Curse
55 - Multiple Reversals
55 - Triumph
56 Boomerang Cards
59 Chapter 4 Bicycle
Tours
60 Travelogue
61 Trumped Triumph
64 Knuckle Sandwich Cards
66 Triple Thought-Of Card
70 Combined Interests
73 Behind the Scenes Transposition
76 That's the Hard Part
78 Cascading Queens
81 EncACEd
85 Chapter 5 PrePACKed
86 Travelogue
87 Losing Diamonds
89 Written Favorite
92 Shrunken Revelation
96 Triumph in 211
99 Side Show
102 Seeing is Believing
105 Pocket Jokers
107 Card, Clip, Gasp
110 A Preposterous Paperclip Problem
112 Dear Journal
116 Ballistic Band-Aid
119 Matchbox Restoration
120 - To Shrink a Card
120 - Signed Card to Matchbox
121 Chapter 6 Time Travel
122 Travelogue
123 Convincingly Clean Copper-Silver-Brass
125 Watch This
127 Watchama-Call-It
129 Watch Out
131 Coin from Silk
133 Chapter 7 Scenic
Route-ines
134 Travelogue
135 Paintbrush Penetration
139 The Remote Control
143 Psychometry and Me
148 Beach Business Cards
151 Six Card Repeat
155 Book Test Bonanza
