No Moves Magic by Rick Kercher

This is a marvelous ebook on mostly sleight-less card magic. The only skills you will need to bring to these effects are presentational. Pros will tell you the presentational aspect of a trick is more difficult to master than any sleight or move. That probably is true, however, these effects have been selected and re-worked so as to have built-in impact so that your presentation can even be as direct as simply stating exactly what you are doing. This is the most basic form of presentation, but it remains effective for those who do not have the creativity or inherent comedy to develop entertaining or funny presentations. The magic itself, in these routines, entertains. You need only direct the audience in what to watch for.

The ebook is divided into two sections followed by the appendices at the end. The first section deals with mental type self-working tricks. Some will require memory, but absolutely no manual dexterity. The second section contains tricks of a non-mental nature. These are transpositions, assemblies and locations, etc. and are all done without the need for difficult sleight-of-hand. These routines were worked out and then streamlined completely with the help of John Mendoza.

Also included is a "glossary" of terms including brief descriptions of moves that, hopefully, will serve as an incentive to whet your appetite to take the time to learn card sleights. While you will not need them for the routines in this ebook, there are numerous outstanding effects that cannot be accomplished without sleight-of-hand.

The final appendix shows a list of books that Rick Kercher, along with John Mendoza, consider to be the best in print on the subject of card magic.

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 SIMPLE SIMON
Chapter 2 THE LIGHT STUFF
Chapter 3 TWO PILES, NO WEIGHTING
Chapter 4 ADDS UP TO MAGIC
4.1 THE FOUR ACE COUNTDOWN
4.2 HIGHLY UNLIKELY
4.3 WHY IT WORKS
4.4 ADDENDUM
Chapter 5 A COINCIDENCE OF NUMBERS
Chapter 6 THE BIG SWITCH
Chapter 7 FOUR CARDS SHORT TO MYSTERY
7.1 THINK SPELL
7.2 SECOND THOUGHT
Chapter 8 EVOLUTION OF AN EFFECT
8.1 Principle of the 21st Card
8.2 The Strange 20 Card Coincidence
Chapter 9 CHEATING
Chapter 10 TAKES A LICKING AND KEEPS ON TICKING
Chapter 11 AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY LINE
11.1 Vanish #1
11.2 Vanish #2
11.3 Vanish #3
11.4 The Climax: The Queens Return
Chapter 12 MYSTERY OF THE SEVEN SUSPECTS RE-VISITED
Chapter 13 THE INSEPARABLE PAIR
Chapter 14 NO-MOVE OPEN TRAVELLERS
14.1 The First Transposition
14.2 The Second Transposition
14.3 The Last Transposition
Chapter 15 THE R.W. FOUR CARD STUNNER
Chapter 16 POOR MAN'S DARYL
Chapter 17 BONUS: THE MYSTERIOUS 19 CARD TRICK
Appendix A GLOSSARY
Bottom Deal
Break
Butt Shuffle
Charlier Pass
Crimp
Criss Cross Force
Culling
Deal and Duck
Deck Switch
Double Facers or Double Faced Cards
Double Lift and Double Turnover
Double Undercut
Down & Under
False Cut
Faro Shuffle
Fishing
Gemini Count
Gilbreath Principle
Injog
Invisible Pack
Klondike Shuffle
Magician's Choice
Olram Subtlety
Outjog
Overhand Shuffle
Palming
Pass
Peeking Cards
Powder Fan
Pressure Fan
Reverse Faro
Ribbon Spread
Riffle Force
Riffle Shuffle
Rubaway Vanish
Slip Force
Tabled Cut
Tent Vanish
Thumb Count
Time Misdirection
Turnover Pass
Twenty-First Card Principle
Up and Down Shuffle
Upjog
Vernon's Add-On Switch
Appendix B DEALERS
Appendix C RECOMMENDED READING
CONCLUSION