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Anna Merlan

Anna Merlan is a Los Angeles–based investigative journalist and Magic Castle enthusiast. She’s the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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reynaldo rivera sits on a red velvet couch surrounded by prints, cameras, and lightboxes inside his lincoln heights apartment studio.

In the Studio: Reynaldo Rivera

A Los Angeles photographer converted his home bathroom into a darkroom.

john gaughan, magic shop

The Magician’s Secret

After a lifetime of building illusions for the world’s greatest sleight-of-hand performers—and curating a museum full of priceless automata—John Gaughan takes a modest bow.