Astonishing Essays

In early 2019, to celebrate our 10-year anniversary as a company, we launched an ambitious three-year project centered around our commitment to...

Evergreen by Steve Cohen. In his first book written exclusively for magicians, the exceptional Steve Cohen explores how he came to create the...

The A,B,Z's of Magic by Rob Zabrecky. Zabrecky is a master of character development and entertainment, and his Astonishing Essays volume explores...

Diary of a Prison Magician is an autobiography written by a prison inmate-magician serving a life sentence. He speaks about doing magic "on the...

In 2006, Dr. Lawrence Hass did the unthinkable. He left his job as a tenured Professor to pursue close-up magic as a full-time profession. Against...

The Trickster Spirit by Robert Neale. This volume is a challenging adventure about magic and death. At turns humorous and deeply insightful, Neale...

Andi Gladwin is a lifelong student of magic. In this Astonishing Essay, he passes on the lessons learned from two decades of studying the craft. He...

In this extraordinary Astonishing Essay, Tina Lenert delivers a personal, uplifting piece of writing unlike anything you've ever read in magic. Part...

Magic’s Most Revered Essayist has a New Book In The Conjurer’s Conundrum, Jamy Ian Swiss explores the magician’s relationship with skepticism. In...

For most of us, one of the best ways to learn is to study the work of the people who have gone before us. But deep, critical analysis of specific...

As magicians, we deceive our audiences. But, are we also deceiving ourselves? Are there things—big things—that we get wrong about our craft? More...