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Can't remember a story about people having unique knacks



There is a story where every one is shown to have a unique knack. For example, one man can make an ashtray-sized object vanish (but he can't bring it back). Another man's knack is to be able to transport a person/object between two cabinets. As far as I recall, this was a short story in some collection.


Thanks for the help!



Answer



"A Trick or Two" by John Novotny features Jesse, a rather nasty man who discovers that his trick is transporting a person between cabinets. The person emerges sans clothing. He does this to Laura, a woman he's pursuing- only to find that she has a talent of her own.


Jesse's friend Tom can make small objects disappear; he demonstrates this with an ashtray.


I have this in the collection "A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction" (1964) edited by Robert P. Mills.


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