Whispers by Jon Racherbaumer

Whispers by Jon Racherbaumer
This treatise is a detailed exploration of a glorified location-divination, framed by a whimsical conceit - namely that an inanimate object - a playing card - is the supposed agency that makes the entire trick work. In this regard it was an effort to upgrade an essentially puerile divination effect.

Here is the basic approach or plot: The way the performer learns the identity of a freely selected card is apparently due to enlisting the assistance of another playing card (usually a Queen), which whispers the name of the selection to the magician. The magician then acts as the Queen's proxy and audibly names the selection.

Introduction
Ladson Butler
The Joker Tells (Ladson Butler)
After The Initial Seed Was Sown
The Whispering Queen (Harry "Louine")
The Wise Queen (Thurston)
Whispering Queen (Harry Kellar)
Whispering Queen (Joseph Leeming)
The Wise Queen (Joseph Leeming)
The Whispering Queen (Edward Victor)
Card Voice (Ted Annemann)
The Whispering Queen (Edward Marlo)
The Snappy Whispering Queen (Jon Racherbaumer)
Stage Shout (Roy Walton)
Cries And Whispers (John Bannon)
Scries And Whispers II (Jon Racherbaumer)
The Queen Whispers And Whisks Away (Jon Racherbaumer)
The Whispering Joker (Paul Curry)
The Joker Reads Minds (Edward Marlo)
1st edition 2019, 50 pages.