Jake Maddox

Sean Tiffany

Eric Stevens

Contemporary stories about teamwork and sportsmanship.

Skateboard Save

Although blind, Matty is an excellent skateboarder, but when the former champion mocks him during the skating competition, Matty shows that seeing is not everything.

Skateboard Sonar

There's a reason this routine has been in my repertoire for so long - It's a WORKER! HAPPENSTANCE is a fifty-page booklet that will teach you how to take a commonly-neglected prop in magic and turn it into a powerful and memorable tool of mental destruction. Once you learn my full professional routine, you'll know how to effectively divine the spectator's choice of card, cause them to name the EXACT position of that same card in a ribbon spread with NO manipulation and THEY THEMSELVES will prove that it was all in the cards to begin with when the selection ends up on top of a freely named packet IN THEIR HANDS! The booklet even goes so far as to describe THREE DIFFERENT alternate endings including one option where you can hand out your business card to EVERYONE and ANYONE you perform this for without fear of someone saying "No thanks." "Kudos to you Eric. You have come up with a real world piece of awesome here!" -Adam Wilber "This...is very well thought out. I can truly appreciate the time that you have put into this book. With all the tips and phases presented along with the great explanation, anyone is capable of performing this solid routine...Great stuff Eric." -Casshan Wallace "HAPPENSTANCE is the result of great thinking combined with love for the art. It is truly enhancing the quality of magic. Great work!" -Kevin Schaller "If you are looking for a creative, organic and ultimately stunning worker to incorporate into your sets that engages multiple audience members that they won't stop asking to see while taking literally no difficult sleight of hand, you came to the right place." -Jakob Michaels "Eric has opened my eyes to the possibilities of what this deck is capable of...clear and brilliant as always." -Ken Margoe

Gold Label Edition

Happenstance

Ever since James turned old enough to drive, he's wanted to enter his Ford Focus ST in the street races downtown. The first night he sneaks out, James finds trouble before he reaches the starting line. A gorgeous older girl has crossed some dangerous people—and she decides James is her ride out of harm's way. The situation is explosive, but James can't keep from investigating. Will he drive the girl to a new life—or crash and burn? Includes real tech specs and tuning details for the FORD FOCUS ST!

Ford Focus ST

Jacked

At a military demonstration of a high tech weapon, the ParaBomb X, a mysterious general that makes off with the weapon reveals himself to be Batman's enemy, Clayface.

Batman: The Revenge of Clayface

Eddie King dreams of drag racing. When Eddie's dad ditched the family, he left behind a '69 Chevy Camaro, and Eddie's determined to get the old beater back into racing shape. He even sets out to get his dad's help with the project. When Eddie's dad shows up with an expensive new carburetor, Eddie can't help but wonder where it came from. Is his dad involved in illegal activity? And will Eddie get drawn in?or rise above it and compete in the big race? Includes real tech specs and tuning details for the '69 Chevy Camaro! Includes real tech specs and tuning details for the '69 Chevy Camaro!

?69 Chevy Camaro

The Classic

Andrew works on improving his speed to become a football star like his brother Marcus.

Speed Receiver

Steve Brezenoff

Jesus Aburto

Sixth-grader Max Stinson is tired of being bullied by Harold Weime and looking forward to a summer in the local paintball league to work off some of his frustration, but he soon learns that anger is not a winning attitude, especially when you take it out on the people around you.

Paintball Problems

Eddie King dreams of drag racing. When Eddie's dad ditched the family, he left behind a '69 Chevy Camaro, and Eddie's determined to get the old beater back into racing shape. He even sets out to get his dad's help with the project. When Eddie's dad shows up with an expensive new carburetor, Eddie can't help but wonder where it came from. Is his dad involved in illegal activity? And will Eddie get drawn in—or rise above it and compete in the big race? Includes real tech specs and tuning details for the '69 Chevy Camaro!

’69 Chevy Camaro

The artificial intelligence race is on, and programming whiz student Ty intends to win! His revolutionary software evolves and learns by itself with full access to the Internet. The program runs while Ty sets off on spring break with a friend, who also leaves behind his research project, two chimps. Ty’s older brother is paid to caretake the trio but is hopelessly clueless about what to expect or rules to enforce. Rapidly the computer develops a method to communicate with the chimps and also discovers a remote data source much larger than the Internet. Intent on becoming mobile, it guides the chimps to obtain funds, acquire military hardware, and begin construction on a highly customized “supercar.” With the help also from a mysterious woman, Tif, who has her own agenda, the formidable armored car is completed. The two strike a deal to search in tandem. All the strange activity soon draws the government’s attention and efforts to intervene, but the car proves unstoppable. After withstanding law enforcement and military onslaughts, the objective is finally reached—a very mysterious cash site in the Rocky Mountains. While in pursuit, Tif reveals the secret of the universe to the students to test their aptitude. Content she found worthy allies, she then confirms her bizarre identity through a stunning demonstration of familiarity with the wreckage. Before the military arrives to settle the score, some data is frantically obtained from a computer at the site, but proves not what anybody expected.

Primal Circuits

Matty Lyons is a top-notch skateboarder who can do all the coolest tricks. His moves are even more impressive since he's blind. But not everyone is a fan of the talented grinder. During the state's biggest skating competition, former champion Bing Hawtin mocks Matty, saying that a blind kid has no chance to win. But Matty knows something Bing doesn't . . . seeing isn't everything.

Fast-Break Friends

Twelve-year-old friends Ted and Ashley are finally old enough to go to Kart Kamp in the summer, where they meet Gil Stevens, son of a famous driver, but soon Ted's competitive instincts start to get the better of him, and camp becomes less about learningthan winning.

Kart Competition

Conner and Hannah are friends who love to go to the skateboard park on Saturdays, so when a bully named Hank shows up and starts pushing them out of the way, they need to find a creative way to practice for the upcoming tournament.

Board Battle

Now that Anakin Skywalker is a full-fledged Jedi Knight, his days of being a Padawan learner are behind him. But the Jedi Council has assigned him a Padawan of his own. Her name is Ahsoka, and this young girl just might be more than the Jedi can handle.

The New Padawan

Star Wars the Clone Wars

Now a full Jedi knight, Anakin's days as a Padawan are behind him. But there is a new Padawan and she might be more than the Jedi can handle.

New Padawan

"Based on the movie Star wars: The clone wars."

A new set of classically-styled notes that contain the following effects: DE-CENT: A half dollar magically grows into a jumbo coin as it falls from one hand to the other. STARDUST: A unique take on the classic cigarette-through-quarter plot where a pencil penetrates through the shadow of a borrowed coin. BILL OF RIGHTS: A highly visual bill change. THUMBLESS TIP: An unorthodox yet totally fooling way of using an old prop to create astounding magic for close-up, parlour AND stage situations. FIELD-O-VISION: A fun piece that can be performed either seriously or comically. The participant holds a randomly selected card to their forehead yet the magician (or anybody else in the room that THEY choose) is able to tell them what it is. NO marked cards used. OPEN-FACED PASS: Eric's handling of the classic Herrmann pass that adds an extra level of deceptiveness. FLIKBAND: Eric has reworked the silly old jumping rubber band trick that you find in joke books into a stunningly cool moment of mystery.

Seeing Double

Hotshot forward Melina Stern is ready to start her last season of middle school soccer. But there's a problem--there won't be a middle school team this year! And the girls are forced to try out for the high school JV team.

Nigel Slack

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