Ron Bauer Series: #8 - The Cursed Ring

Make a ring seem impossible to give away: it vanishes from a volunteer’s hand, then invisibly returns to your finger. Ron Bauer’s The Cursed Ring frames the close-up magic as a family curse, with the startling return happening again under “test conditions.”

• Memorable plot: The ring’s supposed family curse gives the routine a story your audience can follow.
• Volunteer moment: A spectator holds the ring before it vanishes and returns to your finger.
• Performance ideas: Explore subtext, avoiding the dead giveaway, plot construction, the feint, and more.
• Booklet format: This is a 16-page, staple-bound manuscript; provide your own props.

Use Bauer’s ideas to shape a close-up routine where the story and repeated impossibility keep attention on the ring. It’s a compact manuscript to add to your study of presentation and plot construction.