Solomon, Ed; Rolando H. Santos
(editor): Ed Solomon's Meaningful Conjuring ©2023 Ed Solomon, Meir Yedid Magic Hardcover, 6x9", 348 pages Also in Softcover |
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Comments: Between 2004 and 2015 Ed wrote 125 columns in The Linking Ring magazine that featured short stories that used simple magic to highlight their messages. All those columns are included in this book along with some bonus tricks, essays, and more.
Contents (from book ToC):
13 Introduction (Meir Yedid)
15 Foreword (Rolando H Santos)
19 Who is Denomolos? (Rolando H Santos)
21 Denomolos - So You Want to Be a Storyteller (Ed Solomon)
25 Year One (2004)
27 A Rose Is A Rose
29 The Black Bone Ceremony
31 XXX Change
33 The Floating Bill
34 The Trouble Tree
35 Year Two (2005)
37 Ring Of Protection
39 The Ring Box
41 The Shy Guy
44 The Family Tree
46 The Bone Of Contention
48 Magick Mirrors
52 Marbles
54 Torn And Restored
56 Smoke And Mirrors
58 Coffin Nails
62 A Trip To The Moon
64 The Red Banana
67 Year Three (2006)
69 Play Ball
71 Rope Magick
74 Tap Tap Tap
77 Smile
78 Vortex
80 The Mysterious Triple Threat
83 Leave No Stone Unturned
84 Close Encounters Of Another Kind
86 The Hand Of Cthulhu
88 Shadows
91 The Wish Box
93 Year Four (2007)
95 Poltergeist Files
97 The Card Cage
99 Soap On A Rope
101 The Coins Of Molly Mack
104 The Clothesline Told So Much
105 A Story Is A Story (Short and Sweet)
106 Mirror Mirror
108 Well It's About Time
111 The Right Wavelength
114 The Single Rose
116 Christmas Is For Love
119 Year Five (2008)
121 Penny Candy Candy For A Penny
124 The Most Beautiful Heart
126 The Key To Imagination
128 The Mystery Of The Ankh
130 The Story Of Mother's Day
133 Two Hearts Beat In Three Quarter Time
135 I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy
137 Convention Time
139 The Open Mind
141 Listen To The Whisper
142 Remember
144 DeNomolos' Tale Of The Fourth Wise Man
147 Year Six (2009)
149 Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
151 No Greater Love
153 One For The Money
155 Cosmic Connections: Crystals Of Fire
157 Love Affair
159 Mayan Mysteries
161 Do You Remember?
163 Molly's Dolly
165 Not Nyet
167 The Silas Silo
169 The Plain Brown Box
171 The Dime
173 Year Seven (2010)
175 Music In Mind
178 You Gotta Have Heart
180 Money Matter
182 Negative Vibes
184 From The Chronicles Of DeNomolos
187 Pacemaker, Pacemaker, Set Me A Pace
189 Vegas Odds
191 Golem Getaways
192 From The Chronicles Of DeNomolos
195 The Ring Of Time
197 Smile
199 The Gift
201 Year Eight (2011)
203 The Anatomy Of A Prop
204 Valentines Day
205 Rocket Science
207 Sincere Cyclical Cynicism
209 Pirate Saga
211 What's A SIGIL Among Friends?
213 Peggy
216 Voices
218 Building A Ghost
221 From The First Thanksgiving
224 A Most Unlikely Source
226 Christmas Tree
227 Year Nine (2012)
229 The Twelve Months
233 The Prince's Valentine
235 An Irish Tale For The Occasion
237 Spring Flowers (Literally)
239 In The Old Rose Garden
241 Jacob's Ladder
243 Heroes We Have Known
244 A Gift From A Child
245 The Lizard's Blessing
247 The Tree Of Life
249 A Random Number
251 Spirit Light
253 Year Ten (2013)
255 Ghost Goblins And Gully Gaggers
256 La Portal Rouge
258 Black Dogs
262 A Rose Of A Different Color
264 Time Was
266 Extraterrestrial Skull
268 Titanic Revisited
270 Strange But Interesting
272 Miss Lilly
274 The Mummy's Last Stand
276 The Ceremony Of Maat
278 Oh Tannanbaum
281 Year Eleven (2014)
283 Power Of The Pyramids
285 The Way Of The Cartouche
287 Cartouche Again
288 Cartouche Thrice
289 Keep It In The Family
291 Ritual Magic In The Home
293 The Evil Eye
295 Hell's Bells
298 Remembering The March King
300 The Day Of The Dead
303 The Hanging Tree
305 The Santa Key
307 Year twelve(2015)
309 X-Traordinary
311 A Penny Will Do The Trick
313 Bonus - Hocus Pocus Parade
315 Biography
317 The Eye Of Alhazred Revisited
319 The Knot Of Ishtar
321 An Essay From The DeNomolos Files
323 A Story For Halloween
324 The Vampire Kit
326 The Hand Of Fate
328 Afraid Of The Dark
330 Ghost Hunters
332 Birthday Surprise
334 Who Is Djeheuty?
337 The Bird Cage
338 Rolando H Santos' Give The Devil His Due
341 Tribute to a Storyteller (C. Dennis Schick)
347 Ode to Ed (Doug Gorman)