Pitch

Jack of hearts is a flippant tail about a 7-year-old card trick magician who is sent to a magical world where he uses his slight of hand to become a celebrity while trying to keep secret the fact that he can’t do magic.

Genre:

Comedic Magic Realism

Themes:

Happenstance

Flippancy- the story doesn’t always take itself seriously

Realism through anti-climactic events- not everything ends with a bang sometimes they just putter out

Selective Realism

Fantastic Juxtaposition:

Young boy does card trick -> is charged for street performance without a permit

Protagonist is trying to do research to enable his plan -> gets bored and walks away

Young boy falls out of a chair and breaks a window -> Police claim he is using powerful magic beyond their control

The Story also explores the power of perspective

I was inspired by the art of impromptu storytelling. I remember as a kid my grandma would make up stories. Some days I was fighting dragons and others I was in a forest where the trees were so tall that they went straight through the moon. I don’t care that that's not possible if you can still entertain me.

I hope that this story is read aloud with friends I hope it creates engagement and immersion without extracting the reader from the world they are already in.