Magicana New Series

Magicana New Series was a continuation of the Magicana magic newsletter started by Bill Woodfield in 1946 and was distributed within Genii starting in 1948.

Charlie Miller resurrected the series starting in November 1964 calling it the "New Series". Magicana continued virtually uninterrupted until April 1978. This was the last of the "New Series", which was numbered #154 (which listed Elizabeth Wilson as the editor). A number of Charlie's later columns were ghosted by Elizabeth Wilson (wife of Ron Wilson) and Jules Lenier when Charlie was off on cruise ships.

The column had a two year hiatus until the January 1981 issue saw the return of Magician as a regular column (it was no longer numbered or considered a "magazine within a magazine".) From 1981 until September, 1987 Charlie's writings continued on a more or less regular basis, ghosted at various times by others, including James Patton and Johnny Thompson.

Beginning with February, 1989 issue James Patton officially took over the duties of the Magicana section within Genii. Patton ran the column until 1992.

New Series trick index

• No. 1, November 1964
  • Think Card Trick (Charlie Miller) 147
  • The Kaleidoscope Card Trick (Bill Woodfield) 150
• No. 2, December 1964
  • ZENITH - A Reverse Card Trick (Charlie Miller) 193
  • Coin Thru the Hand (Larry Jennings) 194
  • Reaping the Aces (Charlie Miller) 220
• No. 3, January 1965
  • Torn Napkin (Larry Jennings) 267
  • Unmatchable Matches (Larry Jennings) 269
• No. 4, February 1965
  • Prefiguration (Larry Jennings) 313
• No. 5, March 1965
  • Famous Chop Cup Routine (Larry Jennings) 369
• No. 6, April 1965
  • The Peripatetic Coins (Larry Jennings) 425
  • Review of Show of Harry Mendoza (Charlie Miller) 427
• No. 7, May 1965
  • Three Rope Trick (Charlie Miller) 471
  • Gad-about Coin (Gerald Kosky) 474
• No. 8, June 1965
  • Remember and Forget (Dai Vernon-Larry Jennings) 520
• No. 9, July 1965
  • Charlie Miller's Think Card Trick Variation (Bill Woodfield) 522
  • Routine for the Miser's Dream (Charlie Miller) 567
• No. 10, August 1965
  • Card at Desired Number (Charlie Miller-Dom Paolino) 613
  • False Shuffle (Part One) (Dom Paolino) 615
• No. 11-12, October 1965
  • Coin Trick (Cal Emmett) 69
  • False Shuffle (Part Two) (Dom Paolino) 71
  • The Coin Box (Glen Harrison) 74
• No. 13, December 1965
  • Deluxe Billiard Ball Routine (Harry Mendoza) 159
• No. 14, January 1966
  • Chinese Rings (Faucett Ross) 199
  • Card Switch (Dom Paolino) 201
• No. 15, February 1966
  • Double Lift (Howard Campbell) 239
  • Shuffle Palm (Dom Paolino) 240
• No. 16, March 1966
  • The Ring on the Stick (Harry Mendoza) 291
  • Larry Jennings' Reaping the Aces Variation (Tom Batchelor) 292
• No. 17, April 1966
  • A Novel Card Transformation (Ed Balducci) 341
  • Tobacco Vanish (Dr. Ervin) 342
• No. 18, May 1966
  • The Dice Box (Robert Gunther) 385
  • Double Take (Robert Gunther) 386
  • About the Dom Paolino Card Switch (Charlie Miller) 387
• No. 19, June 1966
  • Four Cards Through the Newspaper (Albert Goshman) 428
• No. 20, July 1966
  • A Modern Day Presentation for the Card Sword (Charlie Miller-Harry Mendoza) 467
• No. 21, August 1966
  • Card Act (Fawcett Ross) 507
  • The Thousand Dollar Coin Move for Miser's Dream (Charlie Miller) 508
• No. 22, September 1966
  • The Velcro Coins (Charles E. Penton) 21
  • Cigarette and Toothpick (Leo Behnke) 22
  • The Flirtatious Queen (Bernie Walsh) 22
  • Corrections to Goshman's Card Through Newspaper 27
• No. 23, October 1966
  • Glass of Wine Production (Harry Mendoza) 61
  • The Fabulous Centrer Deal (Dom Paolino) 91
• No. 24, November 1966
  • A Brief Outline on the Presentation of Magic (Charlie Miller) 125
  • The Umbrella Trick (Lu Brent) 126
  • The Silent Link (Roy Benson) 127
• No. 25, December 1966
  • Contact Mindreading (David Alexander) 167
• No. 26, January 1967
  • The Odin Count (Claude Odin) 209
• No. 27, February 1967
  • A Version of the Ring on Rope to Pencil (James Ryan-Charlie Miller) 253
• No. 28, March 1967
  • An Afternoon with Loring Campbell (Charlie Miller) 255
  • An Aces and Kings Transposition (Roy Walton) 297
  • Corrections for Goshman's Cards Through a Newspaper 298
• No. 29, April 1967
  • Mental Stuff (Charlie Miller) 341
• No. 30, May 1967
  • The Vanishing and Reappearing Salt (Carl Stenquist) 385
• No. 31, June 1967
  • The Adhering Cane (Carl Stenquist) 431
• No. 32, July 1967
  • An Unbelievable Restoration of a Gentleman's Cut Necktie (Charlie Miller) 473
• No. 33, August 1967
  • Turban Trick (Cyril Yettmah) 525
  • Thumb Tie (Cyril Yettmah) 526
• No. 34, September 1967
  • A Streamlined Version of Alexander Herrmann's Serpentine Handkerchief (Charlie Miller) 21
• No. 35, October 1967
  • Twentieth Century Handkerchiefs (Ed Marlo) 73
  • 30th Century Silk Handkerchiefs (Ed Marlo) 74
• No. 36, November 1967
  • The Amazing Card Discovery (Charlie Miller) 125
  • The Lowey Palm as it Should be Done (Professor Lowey) 126
• No. 37, December 1967
  • An Amazing Coin Penetration Through a Solid Topped Table 181
  • A Novel Rope Knotting 182
• No. 38, January 1968
  • The Great Debatable Rope Mystery or�Hocus Pokus Jr. 235
• No. 39, February 1968
  • Borrowed Bill in a Potato (Ed Marlo) 279
  • Impromptu Ring on Handkerchief (John Rivera) 289
• No. 40, March 1968
  • Card in the Wallet (Larry Beaubien) 331
  • Coin Sleight (Howard Schwarzman) 332
• No. 41, April 1968
  • Fabulous Expanding Card (Brother John Hamman) 373
• No. 42, May 1968
  • The Highland Hop (Ron Wilson) 425
  • Double Lift (Paul Diamond) 427
• No. 43, June 1968
  • Kling Klang (Charlie Miller) 469
• No. 44, July 1968
  • Ding Dong Daddy (Wayne Gibbons) 513
  • Concerning Patter (Danny Dew) 514
• No. 45, August 1968
  • Cane to Silk (Frank Ramirez) 555
  • About Kling Klang (Charlie Miller) 556
• No. 46, September 1968
  • Coin Magic (Charlie Miller) 23
• No. 47, October 1968
  • The Card Fountain (Charlie Miller) 69
• No. 48, November 1968
  • The Indian Cups and Balls (Charlie Miller) 119
• No. 49, December 1968
  • The Indian Cups and Balls (Second Part) (Charlie Miller) 163
• No. 50, January 1969
  • The Transfixed Card (Mike Skinner) 203
  • Slip Slide Sleight (Jack McMillen) 204
• No. 51, February 1969
  • A Favorite of the Later Doctor Jax 243
• No. 52, March 1969
  • The Magic Mail (Will De Sieve) 283
• No. 53, April 1969
  • E.S.P. in Flames (Rolland Hamblen) 323
• No. 54, May 1969
  • The Diminishing Playing Cards (Ron Wilson) 365
• No. 55, June 1969
  • Diabolical Variations with a Bill Tube (Aurie Dgenal) 409
• No. 56, July 1969
  • The Memphis Marvel (Ron Wilson) 453
• No. 57, August 1969
  • How to Clean a Ring (Doc Russo) 497
• No. 58, September 1969
  • The Flying Ring Plus� (Ron Wilson) 27
• No. 59, October 1969
  • A Card Trick Without Cards (William McCaffery) 81
• No. 60, November 1969
  • Water to Wine to Beer to Milk (Sam Shapiro) 135
• No. 61, December 1969
  • The Bewildering Ball Vase (Mike Skinner) 183
• No. 62, January 1970
  • The Jumping Knot (Paul Fox) 229
• No. 63, February 1970
  • The Handkerchief & Candle Trick (Charlie Miller) 271
• No. 64, March 1970
  • Smashed and Restored Watch in a Bun (Charlie Miller) 313
  • Swindle Flip (Bob Byrne) 314
• No. 65, April 1970
  • The Candle That Was (Charles Waller) 355
• No. 66, May 1970
  • Single Cup and Balls Routine (Larry Jennings) 405
• No. 67, June 1970
  • An Idea or Two for the Coin Catching (Roy Benson-Charlie Miller) 447
  • Presentation Timing and Other Things (Charlie Miller) 448
• No. 68, July 1970
  • In Memory of Max Katz (Gerald Kosky) 487
• No. 69, August 1970
  • Watch It! (William Ravetta) 527
• No. 70, September 1970
  • A Taste of Money (Gene Shelley) 23
• No. 71, October 1970
  • Card Verb System (Pat Hennessy) 75
• No. 72, November 1970
  • The Coin and the Hat (Fred Roberts) 129
• No. 73, December 1970
  • A Prediction (Charlie Miller) 185
  • The Card in the Egg (Hugh Johnston-Charlie Miller) 186
• No. 74, January 1971
  • The Mysterious Glass (Charlie Miller) 233
• No. 75, February 1971
  • The Rope Through the Body (Paul Fox-Danny Dew) 277
• No. 76, March 1971
  • The Two Handed Pass (Charlie Miller) 331
• No. 77, April 1971
  • Express Elevator (Harvey Rosenthal) 379
• No. 78, May 1971
  • Ring (Ray Grismer) 429
• No. 79, June 1971
  • Some Tips and Suggestions (Steve Trott) 477
• No. 80, July 1971
  • Conclave in Spades (David Bornstein) 523
• No. 81, August 1971
  • Push Through Change (Steve Spiliman) 571
• No. 82, September 1971
  • Second Sight (Ron Wilson) 29
• No. 83, October 1971
  • A Novel Expose (Charlie Miller) 83
  • Simplex Card in Wallet (Mike Rogers) 85
• No. 84, March 1972
  • Tragedy And Comedy (Snag Werris) 129
• No. 85, April 1972
  • The Twentieth Century Coins (Bill McCaffrey) 175
• No. 86, May 1972
  • A Novel Card Discovery (Mathew Corin) 223
• No. 87, June 1972
  • A Novel Sleight (Charles Miller) 269
• No. 88, July 1972
  • A Charlie Miller Special No. 1 (Charlie Miller) 317
• No. 89, August 1972
  • The Lucky Key (Gerald Kosky) 361
  • Telephonic Telepathy (Gerald Kosky) 362
  • Rub-A-Dub-Dub (Gerald Kosky) 362
  • Tomatoes Anyone? (Gerald Kosky) 363
• No. 90, September 1972
  • Piff-Paff-Poof Variation (Gerald Kosky) 405
  • The Second Deal (Gerald Kosky) 406
• No. 91, October 1972
  • Merlin's Gem (Paul Green) 449
• No. 92, November 1972
  • Two Ideas of Al Baker (Charlie Miller) 495
• No. 93, December 1972
  • Code (Ray Grismer) 543
• No. 94, January 1973
  • A Double Card Prediction (Robert Stull) 23
• No. 95, February 1973
  • The Come Back Balls (Charlie Miller) 69
• No. 96, March 1973
  • The Diakka Gets Doubled (Charles Jordan-Charlie Miller) 113
• No. 97, April 1973
  • A Routine for the Coin in the Bottle (Charlie Miller) 155
• No. 98, May 1973
  • Quadruple Change (Takeo Usui) 201
• No. 99, June 1973
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Magic (Peter Pit) 245
• No. 100, July 1973
  • Four Balls in a Net (Silent Mora) 289
• No. 101, August 1973
  • Super Money Passbook (Gerald Kosky) 333
• No. 102, September 1973
  • Needs Two Packs (Al Portwood) 377
• No. 103, October 1973
  • A Practical Card Index (Paul Green) 423
  • Kay-Gee Card Control (Chris Kessler-Paul Green) 423
• No. 104, November 1973
  • A Name Revelation with Faro Shuffles (Michael S. Ewer) 465
• No. 105, December 1973
  • Quintessential Copper-Silver (Barry Price) 513
  • Did You Bring...? (Barry Price) 516
• No. 106, January 1974
  • Tips and Ideas (Charlie Miller) 21
  • Frazier's Pass (Dr. Elliot) 22
• No. 107, February 1974
  • The Perfect Coin Vanish (Steve Freeman) 65
• No. 108, March 1974
  • A Fair Exchange (Gerald Kosky) 107
• No. 109, April 1974
  • Rabbits (Charlie Miller) 149
• No. 110, May 1974
  • Where Did Those Rabbits Go? (Charlie Miller) 195
• No. 111, June 1974
  • Computerized (Gerald Kosky) 243
• No. 112, July 1974
  • Foxy (Ray Grismer) 291
• No. 113, August 1974
  • Novel Method of Switching Handkerchiefs or Other Small Articles by Means of a Clever Chair Servante (David Bamberg) 337
• No. 114, September 1974
  • A Novel Combination with Matches (Jean Merlan) 381
• No. 115, October 1974
  • The Drop Shift (Dom Paolino) 427
• No. 116, November 1974
  • Triple Change Spellbound (Scott York) 475
• No. 117, December 1974
  • How To Construct a Malini Egg Bag (Robert T. H. Davidson) 523
• No. 118, January 1975
  • Pride Goeth Before a Fall (Ray Grismer) 23
• No. 119, February 1975
  • A Flash Ace Opener (Frank Thompson) 71
• No. 120, March 1975
  • A Ring Trilogy (Scotty York) 121
• No. 121, April 1975
  • Han Ping Chien Again (Scotty York) 175
• No. 122, May 1975
  • The Fabulous Red Snapper (Scotty York) 227
• No. 123, June 1975
  • A Nice Coin Routine (Marty Goldstein) 279
• No. 124, July 1975
  • The Spellbound Miser (John Carney) 337
• No. 125, August 1975
  • Thru (Ray Grismer) 395
• No. 126, September 1975
  • A Transposition Of Two Copper Coins With 4 Silver Coins (Scotty York) 455
• No. 127, October 1975
  • An Impromptu Torn and Restored Match (Allen Okawa) 525
• No. 128, November 1975
  • A Method For Determining a Card Secretly Chosen While the Magician is Out of the Room 593
• No. 129, December 1975
  • Bonus For the Four Cards [Coins] Across (Howard W. Rheam) 653
• No. 130, January 1976
  • The Hopping Copper and Silver (Oran Dent) 31
  • Boomerang Band (John Bass) 32
• No. 131, February 1976
  • Reverse Red Snapper Move (Edward Marlo) 93
• No. 132, April 1976
  • Packet to Packet Collectors (Tom Gagnon) 229
• No. 133, May 1976
  • A Series of Card Flourishes (Marty Goldstein) 303
• No. 134, June 1976
  • A Bit of Fun (Charlie Miller) 371
• No. 135, July 1976
  • Fingers (Ray Grismer) 439
• No. 136, August 1976
  • The Vanishing Salt... Shaker (John Carney) 507
• No. 137, September 1976
  • Milkeau (Charlie Miller) 579
• No. 138, October 1976
  • A Routine with the Jardin Ellis Ring (Charles Miller) 660
• No. 139, November 1976
  • A Quick Code (Simon I. Brown) 721
• No. 140, December 1976
  • Do As Gene Do (Nick Lewin) 787
• No. 141, January 1977
  • Wash Off (Earl Nelson) 29
• No. 142, February 1977
  • Morton's Miracle (Martin Lewis) 93
• No. 143, March 1977
  • The Last Card Trick (Charlie Miller) 153
• No. 144, April 1977
  • Flight of the Phoenix (Ron Wilson) 219
• No. 145, May 1977
  • The Trunk Trick (Johnny Thompson) 283
• No. 146, June 1977
  • Tips and Hints (Charlie Miller) 345
• No. 147, July 1977
  • Patter on the Newlywed Match Trick (Bill McCaffrey) 407
• No. 148, August 1977
  • MacDonald's $100 Four-Ace Routine (Johnny Thompson) 479
• No. 149, October 1977
  • A New Kling Klang (William B. Dodson-Charlie Miller) 615
• No. 150, November 1977
  • Fingertip Color Change Routine (Barry Price) 681
• No. 151, January 1978
  • Headline Prediction (E. Raymond Carlyle) 29
  • Add-a-Number (E. Raymond Carlyle) 29
• No. 152, February 1978
  • A Couple of Gags (Roy Roth) 95
• No. 153, March 1978
  • Galli-Galli Switch (Gerald Kosky) 161
• No. 154, April 1978
  • Another Ring Move (Earl Nelsen) 227