Get the dirt on Tim Conover and Carl Cloutier "before they were stars"; the "On the Road" column premiers; the first-place fiction contest-winner gets some ink; Richard Kaufman's dissertation on magic books aimed at the general public, and dope on magicians working Atlantic City. Get the inside work on more fine tricks, from illusions explained by Dean and Hooper in the 18th century and provided by Byron Walker, to more up-to-date miracles from giants like Larry Jennings, Herb Zarrow, and Todd Lamanske.