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NOW AVAILABLE AS A BOOKLET! SMOKE RINGS - A One Card Link by David Forrest

Singled out by the legendary Paul Harris for inclusion on his True Astonishment DVD set, SMOKE RINGS is a truly incredible impromptu miracle!

If I only had one playing card with which to do magic, this is the routine that I'd do, bar none. - David Forrest (from the introduction of this manuscript)

SMOKE RINGS is a completely impromptu, 100% examinable linking card effect which requires no preparation whatsoever. Only one card is used, nothing else. No additional gimmcks are required, your hands are clearly empty. This is anywhere, anytime magic with nothing more than a single playing card.

Any card is borrowed or freely chosen by a spectator and signed. With both hands unmistakably empty, two impromptu rings are torn from the card. Without any overt actions or suspicious cover, the two rings are magically linked together, one ring hanging from the other. Such is their linked condition that one ring must actually be torn in order to free the other - one ring is unmistakably displayed as being torn.To finish, the torn ring is completely restored and everything is handed out for examination. There is nothing to find. The rings may be kept by the spectator as a souvenir. Believe it!

After many years of secrecy, SMOKE RINGS can now be yours!

Pages 16 - Black & White, Photo-Illustrated, Saddle Stitched

This is a Three Card Monte or Find The Queen effect with a difference. In the normal routine, the magician uses one Queen or special card and two odd cards, and the spectator has to find the Queen. This makes the odds 2-to-1 in the magician's favor, which is not really fair. So for this effect you use two Queens, and one odd card. This will make the odds favorable to the spectator.

The normal effect is done with ordinary playing cards, and magicians are famous for sleights and hanky panky with cards. So you will perform the effect with Giant Cards, nearly a foot long, making any sleights impossible. In spite of this, the spectators can't find the Queen. Finally, for a climax all the three Giant Cards change to the odd card.

Giant Find The Queen is an excellent item, mechanical in working, and suitable for any performing conditions, including a large stage. Supplied complete and ready to use.