title: Never Mock God: An Unauthorized Investigation into Paranormal State's "I Am Six" case
author:  Kirby Robinson 
description: Kirby Robinson has been involved in the paranormal field for over 25 years. He was raised in the Midwest and as a child had encounters with ghosts and demons that impacted his life. This led to him being a spiritual advisor. Much of his time is spent helping people deal with demonic hauntings. Kirby has performed numerous house blessings and exorcisms. Kirby is currently at work on a book about demonology and the rite of exorcism. Other Sites: http://www.facebook.com/kirbyjrobinson http://eyeontheparanormal.blogspot.com
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  **VANISHING ACTS**
  
  
  
  
  
  **JODI PICOULT**
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Prologue
  
  
  I was six years old the first time I disappeared.
  
  
  My father was working on a magic act for the annual Christmas show at the
  senior center, and his assistant, the receptionist who had a real gold tooth
  and false eyelashes as thick as spiders, got the flu. I was fully prepared to
  beg my father to be part of the act, but he asked, as if _I_ were the one who
  would be doing _him_ a favor.
  
  
  Like I said, I was six, and I still believed that my father truly could pull
  coins out of my ear and find a bouquet of flowers in the folds of Mrs.
  Kleban's chenil e housecoat and make Mr. van Looen's false teeth disappear. He
  did these little tricks all the time for the elderly folks who came to play
  bingo or do chair aerobics or watch old black-and-white movies with
  soundtracks that crackled like flame. I knew some parts of the act were
  fake–his fiddlehead mustache, for example, and the qu