The Secret No One Tells You is Jim's recent lecture at the Sam-IBM convention, July 2008, in Louisville. You can purchase the lecture notes (including six new effects) by visiting the More Books section of the online catalog.

Don't miss Bunko, a new close-up shortchange routine. An ingenious presentation and secret make it perfectly theatrical and almost self-working. You can see why the reviewers rave.

The Conjuring Anthology is still available through this website. Magic reviewers proclaimed it a uniquely practical and valuable book for working magicians.

This site offers a catalog of Jim Steinmeyer's publications through Hahne Books, profiles and credits of his creations, and news on current projects. Or, you can contact Jim regarding consultation and designs.

Jim is responsible for popular illusions featured by professional magicians around the world, and special effects in theatrical shows from Broadway to Las Vegas. Through his designs and his writing on historical magic, he's been credited with creating the "defining illusions in contemporary magic:" deceptions featured by Doug Henning, David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, Harry Blackstone, Orson Welles, The Pendragons, Lance Burton, Mark Kalin and Jinger and many others.

John Carney's Master Sessions, a new dvd project with the respected close-up magician, can be ordered through this site.