Mick Ayres Wares

The title Decipiatur comes from the Latin and literally means "fool them."  And fool them you shall with this collection of intriguing, fully-scripted mysteries.  With Grand Opening a golf ball changes into your business card with a clap of the hands...or find selected cards under a series of challenging conditions with Triplet.  Quartet and Octave are four-card and eight-card mutliple-selection routines that will appeal to any audience.  The Wild Rovers offers a baffling no-gimmick wild-card routine.  Souvenir is a 'close-the-deal' mystery that leaves your potential client with a surpising and unique memento.  There is plenty more.  From the self-working to the intermediate skill levels.

This collection of powerful magic and strong mentalism presentations is sure to please any working performer.  Some of these routines were contributed to books and manuscripts written by other authors...but now they are finally gathered under one roof in this volume.  For example, in his review of Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks VI, reviewer Michael Close of Genii named Subliminal Message as a personal favorite.

Bamboozlings is packed with fresh twists on old classics, self-working mysteries and new principles.  To cite a few examples, Bamboozlings offers several new routines for The Slipstream Maneuver...a utility sleight that is also fully explained for the cardworkers.

For mentalists, there is Subliminal Message and its variations...but they will also enjoy the mystery and humor of Crank Call or the simple but clever revelation offered in Elemental.

Every presentation in Bamboozlings has been audience-tested in front of thousands of guests for several years.

Seize the Playing Cards!  Carpe Chartas is a volume of thirty-seven baffling routines and utilitarian sleights using cards and coins.  These mysteries were collected from four lecture notes I published from 1990 to 1998:  Really... What Instrument Do You Play?, The Game of the Hand, Mick's Tricks, and Carpe Chartas.  Now, in one book you will find self-working presentations, mental challenges, coin workings, sleights, techniques and neo-classic card material spanning 25 years.  These are powerful, working routines that have been performed in trade shows, nightclubs, restaurants and theatres.  Edited by Paul Cummins.  Includes commentary by Jon Racherbaumer.

Feats of mentalism and other mysteries using common pasteboards!  Cards & Curiosities offers seventeen fine routines for mentalists and magicians alike.  Walk on stage and ask someone to merely think of a card.  Write the name of a card on a large board.  The card is named aloud as you turn the board around. A perfect match!  In these pages you'll find a wonderfully logical Book Test and a Disney-themed mental routine that is perfect for children.  Sleight-of-hand artists will be pleased with the introduction of The Cardworker Shift, a versatile sleight that controls cards to a variety of locations.  Includes many applications for this shift...along with commentary by Fr. Roger Crosthwaite!

Personal thoughts, strong effects and useful sleights with playing cards...along with a bonus coin routine!  Cardworker blends mentalism and magic together... along with a few essays on the performances of conjuring.  Mentalists will enjoy Hummingbird, an impromptu presentation that pays homage to Max Maven's incredible Mockingbird.  Calculated Risk is a prediction experiment that adds up to one amazed audience.  Sleight-of-hand workers will use the Ceilidh Pass, a control that is done while everyone watches.  Mr. Clean & Co. allows you to pick the pocket of a guest and remove a chosen card from a packet of many.  From the self-working to intermediate skill levels.  Each routine is fully scripted and choreographed so you may get the most impact out of these presentations!

On August 13, 2004 a special, one time only, duo-lecture was presented by myself and Robert Moreland in Charleston, South Carolina before a gathering of conjurers from around the state.  Dubbed The Holy City Session, these popular lecture notes quickly sold out and soon became impossible to find.  In addition to introducing Robert Moreland's talents to the conjuring community, the lecture offered several original sleights and routines...including the versatile SlipStream Maneuver (a highly invisible slip-cut) and Robert Moreland's unbelievable Cloud Change.  The Mick Click is a utility sleight for coin workers, who will also love Moreland's Loose Change.  Intermediate skills required.  All routines fully scripted.  Edited by Steve Beam.  Introduction by Paul Cummins.

A concise understanding of Magic in biblical terminology and the modern use of theatrical magic to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  In 1997 I wrote this treatise as an answer to the questions: "How can a christian be a magician?"  and  "Doesn't the Bible warn against the practice of magic?"  In addition to answering these valid queries, this book not only compares the multiple definitions of the word magic in the English language but also accurately explains its varied uses in both the Old and New Testaments.  Includes examples of clever effects that clearly illustrate Christian principles.