I wonder whatever happened to this one book title, "A Local Magician". I forget the author, and whenever I try to Google it, all I ever get are magic trick books and asking if I want to know I'd there's a local magician for kids birthdays. Heh, the book was far from the child type though, dealing demons and death and other stuff. There are three things I remember the most:

1- the cover had a guy at his computer and a demon was being sucked into the screen.

2- the opening had someone applying for a job at this old mansion at the edge of town. I always found it funny how the old guy that lived inside used teleportation magic to get local McDonalds. He was even a nice guy and teleported money in the register.

3- the vampire scene. A nice twist on how to deal with them, throwing garlic powder on them to stun them for a bit and using a jacuzzi to turn the 'can't pass running water' against them. A very interesting feat.

Sadly, I haven't seen the book an years, and my copy has somehow vanished from the fave of the earth...