Narratively

My family wanted me to change so badly, I suspended my disbelief and tried to imagine I could.

When her husband died and left her penniless, audacious Adelaide Hermann transformed from lowly assistant to “the Queen of Magic.”

In a world where women are often the "lovely assistant," Tanya Solomon takes charge by making her own magic.

In the heart of youth-obsessed Hollywood, a century-old mansion for magicians refuses to bow to modernity.

Far from the ominous spells and creepy pin-dolls of the silver screen, three New Yorkers debunk the myths about Haiti's ancient religion.

Long after its heyday, New York's oldest surviving sleight-of-hand shop still draws die-hards to an unimaginative stretch of Midtown Manhattan.

Inside the enchanted bond between a neophyte illusionist and an octogenarian legend.