Description

Stephen Tucker is probably one of the craziest people you will ever meet in magic. He may be crazy but he also happens to be highly talented and a very creative person. He has invented many magic effects and has supported himself over the years by performing magic, inventing magic tricks and editing and producing magic magazines. He was the editor and publisher of the amazing Spell-Binder Magazine.

Chicanery is a worthy successor to Spell-Binder and most of the effects within its pages are by Stephen. He gave himself pen names and a typical Tucker touch is that the names are Pen Tell, Mark Erpen, Nick Fountain, and so on.

Besides the many Tucker creations you will also read contributions by some of magic’s heavy weights such as Phil Goldstein (Max Maven), John Carney, Fabian (Aldo Colombini), Wayne Dobson, David Britland, Bill Miesel, and more.

Originally published from June 1986 to March 1988; 342 pages

2. Introduction

4. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 1, June 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 4)
1. Abdication – card effect – Stephen Tucker
2. Whispering Grass – card effect – Stephen Tucker
4. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
5. Why, for Two Pins – dice prediction from Ian Velleda
6. Les Counts de Monté Cristo – card effect – Don Parker
8. Redial – thoughts about telephones from Nick Fountain
9. Liquid Paper – card effect – Stephen Tucker
11. 12:55 pm – coin effect – Nick Erpen
12. i$i$ – card effect – John Lenahan

16. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 2, July 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 16)
1. Carbonation – Phil Goldstein’s work on “Carbon” Copy”
2. 51 All Out! – card effect – Tony Sheaffer
3. Countdown to Deckstasy – card effect – Al Smith
4. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
6. Verbatim – a film or TV star’s name is revealed – Maggie Bonner
8. Pennies from Heaven – coin effect – John Carney
9. The Triad Throw – card move – Stephen Tucker
10. Time Warper – watch effect – Stephen Tucker
11. Hoax – coin move – Fabian
12. Fantastrick – card revelation – Fabian

28. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 3, August 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 28)
1. Electric Sheaffer – card effect – Al Smith
3. Menu – prediction effect – Stephen Tucker
5. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
6. Domino Masque – domino effect Ron Quill
7. 66999 – card effect – John Carney
10. Janus – card effect – Joe Staedtler
11. Cyclone – finger ring effect – Mike Berol

40. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 4-5, September-October 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 24 pages (beginning on file page 40)
1. Thanks to Fred – a sequence of three coin moves – Bob Ostin
3. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
4. H2Oil – card effect – Stephen Tucker
6. Knot On! – ring and rope move – Fabian
7. Last Again! – card effect – Al Smith
9. Parvo – a thimble and a coin idea – Don Parker
10. Fiat Lux – living and dead test – Nick Fountain
11. 6th Sense – card routine – Faber Castell
12. Thimple – cord and thimble effect – Wally Boyce
14. Super-Grass – a version of “Whispering Grass” from issue 1 – Stephen Tucker
15. Welder – playing card matrix – Ian Velleda
17. Sandswitch – card effect – Don Parker
18. Acepell – card effect – Philipe Conté
20. Fore-3-2-1 – card effect – Mark Erpen
21. Back to Front – card effect – Phil Goldstein
23. Spectagic – card divination – Al Smith
    24. Or … ?

64. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 6, November 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 64)
1. Seer – revelation on a glass disk – Stephen Tucker
2. Gozinta Coins – coin effect – Steven Biron
3. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
4. Saxa – vanishing salt – John Carney
6. Whisper – a variation of “Whispering Grass” from issue 1 – Richard Perrin
7. Trio – Tarot card effect – Stephen Tucker
8. Tiles – card effect – John Teo
11. Fused – routine with house-hold plug fuses – Johnny Wai & Stephen Tucker
12. Aero – thoughts on using “British Airways” deck – Stephen Tucker

76. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 7-8, December-January 1986/7 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 24 pages (beginning on file page 76)
1. Boxed – coin box routine – Wayne Dobson
3. Pointer Poker – card effect – Kevin Reay
5. Glass Go – vanishing coins and glass – Wayne Dobson
6. Cut – card effect – John Gordon
7. The Fate Line – cards and coins – Stephen Tucker
10. Don’t Wind Me Up! – cards and wind-up toy – John Hotowka
11. Roll Up, Roll Up – metal bending stunt – Stephen Tucker
12. Poker Players Panic – card effect – Al Smith
13. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
14. Elevate – card effect – Fabian
15. Demolition – radio effect – Jack Lowen
16. 2nd Abdication – variation of “Abdication” from issue 1 – Bill Worsley
17. Sign Off – coin effect – John Hotowka
19. Enigma Variation – coin effect – Stephen Tucker
21. Tap Dancer – card effect – Stephen Tucker
22. Millenium – coin effect – Stephen Tucker
23. Disapen – fountain pen effect – Stephen Tucker

100. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 9, February 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 100)
1. Modesty – card principle/effect -Stephen Tucker
2. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
3. On the Up and Up! – card effect – David Britland
5. Adder Again – snake can effect – John Hotowka
6. Pub Poker – card effect – Jack Lowen
8. Regal Smoke – cigarette effect – Brian Holland
9. Ham Sandwich – card effect – Stephen Tucker
10. Second Sleight – card move – Bill Worsley
11. Pinza Movement – safety pin effect – Jens Pentel

112. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 10-11, March-April 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 24 pages (beginning on file page 112)
1. Matchical – match effect – Stephen Tucker
2. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
3. Still Blushing! – card effect – Stephen Tucker
4. Null and Void – card force – Bob Yelland
5. Binary – card revelation – Nick Fountain
8. Idea: 1 – idea with a watch – Stephen Tucker
9. Stand Still – lighter effect – Tony Sheaffer
10. The Austin Mega Move – card sleight – Neal Austin
12. Aces without Piles – card effect – Neal Austin
13. Idea: 2 – book test idea – Stephen Tucker
14. Penned In! – pen and note effect – Jens Pentel
15. Upper-Cut – card move – Fabian
16. Ghandi – coin effect – Mark Erpen
17. Double Christ – card effect – Bill Miesel
18. Idea: 3 – coins through table idea – Stephen Tucker
19. Handy – psychic effect – Stephen Tucker
21. (A.T.T.A.) – Another Twisting the Aces – Al Smith
22. Idea: 4 – card on window idea – Stephen Tucker
23. Furious! – card effect – Stephen Tucker

136. Chicanery, Volume 1, Issue 12, May 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 136)
1. Stretch – rope effect – Tony Sheaffer
3. Blast Off – card effect – Stephen Tucker
4. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
5. Springboard – card move – Gordon Wray
6. Matlessrix – dice and coins effect – Steven Biron
9. No Ace Holes Allowed! – card effect – Neal Austin
10. Spot Off! – card effect – Neal Austin
11. Cut Up 1+2 – card effect – Stephen Tucker

148. Chicanery, Birthday Issue, September-October 1986 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 35 pages, missing page 35 (beginning on file page 148)
2. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
3. Video – video recorder effect – Nick Fountain
4. Staple Diet – card and stapler effect – Mike Berol
6. Chicanery Volume 1 Index
7. Sky Silk – silk from thumb tip idea – Mark Erpen
8. Solid Reflection – sponge and glass effect – Stephen Tucker
9. Subtle Void – card force – Don Parker
10. The Amusing Sponge Radios – sponge effect – Stephen Tucker
14. Competition
15. Link – linked cards – Wayne Dobson
16. Between the Lines – ESP card effect – Stephen Tucker
17. Ram Jam Full – ball and can addition – Stephen Tucker
18. Down and Out – card effect – friends of Bob Colletti and Paul Brignall
20. Limelight – variation of Nick Fountain’s “Fiat Lux” – Maggie Bonner
22. The Invisible Cup – cup and ball effect – Stephen Tucker
25. Paradox – card effect – Stephen Tucker
26. Dream – card effect – Stephen Tucker
27. The Enigma – coin effect – Stephen Tucker
31. Fade Away – card effect – Stephen Tucker
32. Image Maker – coin effect – Stephen Tucker
34. Obsessed – card effect – Stephen Tucker
35. missing
36. back cover

183. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 1, July 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 13 pages (beginning on file page 183)
1. The Sponge Coins – coin effect – Ron Quill
2. Belated Birthday Gifts – readers thoughts on Birthday Issue effects
3. Blast Off in Sequence – new version of “Blast Off” from Issue 12 – Stephen Tucker
3. Tops no Butts! – variation of Neil Austin’s “Spot Off!” from Issue 12 – Stephen Tucker
5. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
6. Key to Note – key and bank note effect – Mike O’Mahoney
7. Clue 2 – card effect – Faber Castell
9. Uppers & Downers – card effect – Stephen Tucker & David Britland
11. Travel Agent – card effect – Stephen Tucker
13. Illustrations for Issue: 1 – Vol: 2 – July 1987

196. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 2, August 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 13 pages (beginning on file page 196)
1. Coin Assembly No: 2,345,678.??? – coin effect – Stephen Tucker
3. Elastic Infiltration: II – card effect – Mike Austin
4. Thru Variant – ring off rope effect – Reinhard Müller
5. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
6. Pentel Plus – cards and pen effect – Bill Swallow (with acknowledgement to Mark Lee)
8. Computer Cards – card effect – Ron Quill
10. Way-Out – card effect – Justin Higham
11. Return Visit – versions of R. W. Hull’s “The Three of Clubs” – Justin Higham
13. illustrations

209. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 3-4, September-October 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 25 pages (beginning on file page 209)
1. Upper Right – book test – Mark Erpen
2. Biroverse – card effect – Steven Biron
3. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
4. Psychic Poker Kind Of – card effect – Stephen Tucker
5. Ringone – vanish for ring on rope routines – Ron Quill
6. Even Quicker Three Way – card effect – Faber Castell
7. Almost a Thought – card effect – Stephen Tucker
8. The Original Chinese Coin Assembly à la Roth – coin effect – Neal Austin
10. Touch-Touched Again – card effect – Nick Trost and Al Thatcher
11. Stung Again – card effect – Stephen Tucker
13. Boys and Girls – card effect with special cards – Alex East
14. Engaged By – card effect – Don Parker
15. Simplacety – card effect – Joseph Staedtler
16. Taped By – mentalism – Stephen Tucker
17. Displayce$ – card effect – Al Smith
18. Fabian’s Chinese Extraction – coin effect – Aldo Colombini
19. Three Chicken Currys To Go – card effect – Stephen Tucker
21. Chicken Curry – card move – Steven Tucker
22. illustrations
22. Robertian – card effect – Aldo Colombini (Fabian)
24. Middle Earth – gambling exhibition – Al Smith

234. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 5-6, November-December 1987 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 24 pages (beginning on file page 234)
1. Mytrix – matrix effect – Ed Ding
5. The One Second Reverse – card move – David Dinari
7. Will O’ The Wisp Retrieval – coin move – Ananth Visuanathan
8. In a Field of Its Own – card effect – Stephen Tucker
10. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
11. Never Give a Sucker a Finger Break! – card effect – Lamberto Desideri
13. Automatic – safety pin Mentalism idea – Stephen Tucker
14. From a Jack to a King – card effect – Bill Worsley
15. But Some Ropes Are More Equal Than Others – rope effect – Jean Garance
18. Premixion II – card effect – Stephen Tucker
20. Never Say Die – die effect – Stephen Tucker
21. Way Out! – card effect – Robert D. Rose
23. Team Aces – card Effect – Stephen Tucker

258. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 7, January 1988 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 258)
1. Vlad – coin effect – Bill Swallow
3. A Little Bird Told Me! – card effect – Stephen Tucker
5. It Makes a Change – coin effect – Colin Artridge
7. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
8. Telescope – card effect – Stephen Tucker
9. Dot’s Incredible – card effect – Barry Allpoint
11. Hoyle and Water – card effect – Stephen Tucker

270. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 8, February 1988 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 12 pages (beginning on file page 270) – Bill Worsley’s Antique Card Session
1. Cardman’s Dream – card effect – Bill Worsley
2. Finding the Aces – card effect – Bill Worsley
3. The Chaperon – card effect – Bill Worsley
4. Concentration – card effect – Bill Worsley
5. Mangled Aces – card effect – Bill Worsley
6. Reversed Transposition – card effect – Bill Worsley
7. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
8. Poker – card effect – Bill Worsley
10. Jokers Caprice – card effect – Bill Worsley
11. The Ten of Diamonds– card effect – Bill Worsley

282. Chicanery, Volume 2, Issue 9, 10, 11 & 12, March, April, May & June 1988 – Stephen Tucker, editor – 48 print pages (beginning on file page 282)
1. cover
2. For Men Only – card effect – Stephen Tucker
4. Chatterbox – comments from the editor
5. Happy Birthday – card effect – Stephen Tucker
6. A Sponge in the Hand – sponge ball routine – Stephen Tucker
9. Scaling the Change Again – card effect – Neal Austin
10. Nowhere Near Hofzinzer – card effect – Neal Austin
12. The Gradual Changing Cards – card effect – Neal Austin
13. Finger in the Silver Dyke – coin routine – Stephen Tucker
15. Watch that Clock – card effect – Bill Goldman
16. Bill Goldman – Introduction
17. Trick Deck – card effect – Bill Goldman
18. Karate Match – match effect – Bill Goldman
19. No Bird – card effect – Bill Goldman
20. No Small Feat – card effect – Bill Goldman
21. Last One – card effect – Bill Goldman
22. D.I.Y. – wall plug effect – Stephen Tucker
    the numbered pages 23 through 27 actually consist of two pages in the file
23. Thought Provoking – card effect – Stephen Tucker
24. Here’s Look at Ya Kid – card effect – Stephen Tucker
26. Royal DisgrACES – card effect – Stephen Tucker
27. Holes Apart – card effect – Stephen Tucker
28. Wire – memory metal effect – Stephen Tucker
31. Wild card Master – Wild Card additions – Peter Pellikaan
33. Aces Over Easy – card Effect – Ron Quill
    the numbered pages 35 through 42 actually consist of two pages in the file
35. The Torn and Restored Card Book – Stephen Tucker
    35. Prologue
    35. Intro
    36. R.I.P.
    37. Transp o
    37. Ripcard
    39. R.I.P.: 2
    39. Quarterless
    40. Quarter Master
    40. History of Warp Factor Two, a Card Trek
    41. Warp Factor Two, a Card Trek
    42. Presentational Themes
    42. Epilogue
    43. Illustrations
    44. Illustrations
45. Swatch– Mentalism – Faber Castell
47. It Makes Change – Mentalism – Stephen Tucker