Mystery Arts Holiday Calendar 2024

This page is part of the Mystery Arts Holiday Calendar (MAHC) for 2024, which is organised by Jay Jennings. Jay is a part-time author and mindreader from Scottsdale, Arizona. Learn more about the Mystery Arts Holiday Calendar.

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🎁

Merry Christmas to my fellow magicians, mentalists, and mystery artists! This page gives you FREE access to ten paid articles from Marty’s Magic Ruseletter. The Ruseletter is my email newsletter on magic as a hobby and performance art.

Subscribing to the Ruseletter is the best way to keep up-to-date with the latest content published to this blog. In addition to sending out a FREE monthly update, I write several regular columns in the Ruseletter. I use a “Freeven” publishing model. This means that every even issue of a column is free to read. However, if you want to read the odd ones, you must become a paid subscriber ($5 or £4 per month). If this is not feasible for you, you can still subscribe to the Ruseletter for free and gain access to all of the free content I publish (well over 50% of my articles are free to read).

Use the links below to read ten of the paid articles from the Ruseletter completely free of charge. You don’t even have to give me your email address to the read them! Of course, I would prefer it if you decided to become a subscriber, but that's up to you.

Corrupting the Classics

In this column, I reinterpret a classic magic trick and offer one or more new ways to perform it. Here are two articles for you to enjoy. The first focuses on the well-known Twenty-One Card Trick, while the second discusses the card trick known as The Four Burglars or The Four Robbers.

Read Corrupting the Classics #1: The Twenty-One Card Trick 👈
Read Corrupting the Classics #3: The Four Burglars 👈

Deeper Magic

In this column, I explore the “deeper”, lesser-known secrets of magic. The first paid article discusses David Devant’s seven basic magical effects.

Read Deeper Magic #1: Basic Magical Effects  👈

Easy Does It

Easy Does It is dedicated to showcasing magic tricks that are simple to execute from a technical perspective, giving you more time to focus on the trick’s presentation. Most of the tricks featured in the column are self-working or use minimal sleight of hand, keeping them in the easy-to-do category.

Read Easy Does It #1: Fantastic Five Flushed 👈

Packet Trick Paradise 🃏🌴

I absolutely adore packet tricks. In this column, I published some of my original packet tricks (card tricks using a small group of playing cards). Here are the first three paid editions of Packet Trick Paradise.

Read Packet Trick Paradise #1: Gone Catfishing 👈
Read Packet Trick Paradise #3: The Jaybird Jump 👈
Read Packet Trick Paradise #5: Quick Change Queens 👈

Fully Stacked

In this regular column, I explore the various forms of card magic that employ a stack of some sort. The first paid article is on the Si Stebbins stack.

Read Fully Stacked #1: The Si Stebbins System 👈

Trick, Tricks and More Tricks

In Tricks, Tricks and More Tricks, I share some of my original, unpublished magic. Each article features at least three related tricks (by plot, method or presentation). In issue #1, I share multiple handlings for Jim Steinmeyer’s “The Nine Card Problem”, including a holiday-themed one called “The Twelve Cards of Christmas”!

Read Tricks, Tricks and More Tricks #1: I’ve Got 9 Card Problems, But a Trick Ain’t One! 👈

Vernonesque

And finally, Vernonesque is a recurring column in which I strive to capture Vernon’s unique style of magic. In each instalment, I showcase a trick that either pays tribute to one of his classic routines or embodies the essential elements I associate with The Professor’s conjuring.

Vernonesque #1: Underambitious 👈

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I hope you have a very merry Christmas and a magical New Year. 🎄🥳

Yours Magically,

Marty