The Illusion of Deceit ConceitShane Gillen

'Magician'

'A writer’s brain is like a magician’s hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.'

—Louis L’Amour

March 2008

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Change from hobby to a career...

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'His magic is not about the paranormal, the dangerous, the spectacular, it's about the funny, the dexterous and the genuinely puzzling'

Deception is a co-operative act

A lie's power emerges only when someone else agrees to believe the lie

Only through uncertainty is the

potential to understand