Intended from conception to be the heir of the venerable Ibidem, Miesel coaxed the most creative minds in magic to part with cherished secrets which he re-wrote and used to filled the pages of Precursor.

Miesel cleverly would accept concepts and problems along with fully fleshed out routines, and by opening up the pages of Precursor to unfinished thoughts his journal became the birthplace for a lot of important material.  As you go through each issue you see names like Phil Goldstein, Larry Jennings, Neil Elias, David Ben, Allan Slaight, Stewart James, Mel Stover, Ed Marlo, Martin Gardner, Ron Wohl, Jon Racherbaumer, Ed Eckl, Gary Plants, and of course, William Miesel himself. Quite an impressive list, and they all part with excellent material, much of which cannot be found elsewhere.