Karl Fulves


Karl Fulves is a magician and author and editor of publications on magic, including the Pallbearers Review.

Career

Karl Fulves lives in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. There is not much known about him other than his high output of magic literature. He has taught thousands of beginners to perform feats of sleight of hand through the books he has published.
Fulves is most well known for his "Self-Working" book series from Dover Publications.

Periodicals

Fulves published many periodicals over the years including Charlatan, Underworld accompanied by Fine Print, Interlocutor, and Midnight Magic Monthly.
'List of periodicals published by Karl Fulves:
Alfredson/Daily - Fernandes numbers, titles, year of publication and number of issues in a complete file:
Karl Fulves current publications, started in 1999, are Discoverie, Charlatan and Latter Day Secrets.

Published works

TitleYearPages
M1994?
Binary Count Notes1969?
Blocking Off??
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets1980106
Bob Ostin's New Submarine Card198340
Calculator Tricks1998130
Card Counting198248
Card Under Glass197924
Cards #1 Four-card Brainwave197820
Cards #2 51 Faces North197824
Cards #3 Interlock198072
Cards #4 Side Steal198160
Cards #5 The Multiple Shift198948
C199855
Combo II??
Command Colors199722
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic, part 1198730
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic, part 2198728
Contemporary Rope Magic, part 1198628
Contemporary Rope Magic, part 2198628
Contemporary Rope Magic, part 3198628
Covenant198729
Crooked Tales1994129
Cryptology197924
Curioser198061
Deceptive Practices199283
Deceptive Practices, Supplement199228
Downs on Malini?11
NSOM : Dr Ken Krenzel's Incredible Card Tunnel19756
Easy to do card tricks for children198947
Easy to do magic tricks for children197490
Epilogue1993312
Faro and riffle technique197690
Faro and riffle techniques196946
Faro and riffle technique; Supplement 1197010
Faro and riffle technique; Supplement 21970?
Faro and riffle technique; Supplement 31970?
Faro possibilities1967?
Faro possibilities197936
Four color problems197924
Fourcast198136
Fr Cyprian's TV card rise198240
Gambler's third lesson197916
Gene Finnell's card magic197376
Hardcore aces198312
History of the brainwave principle1983100
Hocus Poker Fulves1982-
Hofzinser's Card Tricks??
Hofzinser Notebook200387
Impromptu holdouts197750
Impromptu openers19798
Inner sanctum197948
Jack in the Box197924
Jacob Daley's Notebooks 1975194
Kaleidoscope Rope198950
Kannibal Kards19758
NSOM : Karl Fulves Technicolor Cards19746
Magic Book1977195
Methods with Cards, part 1197580
Methods with Cards, part 2197580
Methods with Cards, part 3197580
Mexican Monte197232
Millennium Aces198192
Money Moves198934
More Self-working Card Tricks1984136
Mutus Nomen1988?
Neale's Trapdoor Card198312
New Card Rises199662
Notes from the Underground197361
Nyria Effect197924
Octet198176
Origins198156
Packet Switches 197656
Packet Switches 197356
Packet Switches 197776
Packet Switches 197772
Packet Switches 197770
Pallbearers Review volume 1-41993290
Pallbearers Review volume 5-81993390
Pallbearers Review volume 9-121993380
Parallel Lines198040
Principles of Riffle Shuffle Set-ups196830
Prolix
Prototype198950
Punch out Puzzle Kit198224
Quick Card Tricks198950
Riffle Shuffle Control197923
Riffle Shuffle Methods198749
Riffle Shuffle Set-ups197398
Riffle Shuffle Set-ups197698
Riffle Shuffle Technique Preliminaries, Notes, Problems197122
Riffle Shuffle Technique Preliminary Notes, part 1197222
Riffle Shuffle Technique, part 1197512
Riffle Shuffle Technique Preliminary Notes, part 2197360
Riffle Shuffle Technique, part 2197510
Riffle Shuffle Technique, part 3198492
S-C contemporary money magic no 1, Robert E Neale's short change wallet198521
S-C contemporary money magic no 2, Max Londono's After max198516
S-C contemporary money magic no 3, Harvey Rosenthal's two and two198516
S-C contemporary money magic no 4, Howard Wurst's paper money198516
S-C contemporary money magic no 5, Robert E Neale's bill tube198516
S-C contemporary money magic no 6, Howard Wurst's simplex switch198516
S-C contemporary money magic no 7, Nick van Selter's one hand turnover198516
Secret Session, part one198729
Secret Session, part two198728
Secret Session, part three198728
Self-working Card Tricks1976113
Self-working Close-up Card Magic1995120
Self-working Coin Magic1989136
Self-working Handkerchief Magic1989184
Self-working Mental Magic1979121
Self-working Number Magic1982145
Self-working Paper Magic1985147
Self-working Rope Magic1990148
Self-working Table Magic1981122
Setting up Exercises1995111
Shape Changers197944
Shuffle off198312
Six Impromptu Card Tricks198248
Swindle & Cheat - a collection of nontransitive games199171
Teleportation Notes19698
Teleportation Notes197924
The Best of Slydini and More, vol 1 1976108
The Best of Slydini and More, vol 2 1976126
The Book of Numbers197147
The Book of Numbers, Supplementary Notes197119
The Children's Magic Kit198016+16
The Magic of Slydini and More, vol 1 1976108
The Magic of Slydini and More, vol 2 1976126
The Magical World of Slydini, vol 1 1979101
The Magical World of Slydini, vol 2 1979176
The Return Trip198639
The Shamrock Code & the Parallel Principle197948
Topological False Count197918
Transpo Trix197880
Trick with Dice1970?
Vampire Chronicles199792
Vampire Papers199745
When Psychics Play Poker??
Wireless II198248
Word Play??
Worknotes on Brainwave198320

Fulves wrote the text for a number of the Stars of Magic manuscripts, including Chris Capehart's 3-Ring Routine, Joe de Stefano's Chinatown Poker, Max Londono's Eternal String, Metalogic and David Roth Okito Box routine.