# Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification

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**Created:** [September 7, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417 "2008-09-07T00:08:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417/1938 "2026-01-14T13:41:39Z")

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From another thread:

> [@What science fiction story is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-science-fiction-story-is-this/1026682/1):
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> I read a science fiction short story online years ago. It was about a young boy that randomly gained the ability to transmute things and he accidentally transmutes his family and does the same to the different authorities that come to his house to apprehend him.
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> Does anyone know what story I’m talking about?

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