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In about 1966 or so, a stand-in teacher at our primary school spent the afternoon reading short stories to us. There was a wide genre, but I was particularly fond a one which was science fiction/mystery.



It involved a group of people who were talking about mysteries, and another man from outside the group bet the he could tell a story, and one of them would disappear and the others would not notice. The final line was something like "he kicked over the stool and walked from the room".






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    Possible duplicate of Wiped from Memory

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In about 1966 or so, a stand-in teacher at our primary school spent the afternoon reading short stories to us. There was a wide genre, but I was particularly fond a one which was science fiction/mystery.



It involved a group of people who were talking about mysteries, and another man from outside the group bet the he could tell a story, and one of them would disappear and the others would not notice. The final line was something like "he kicked over the stool and walked from the room".






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    Possible duplicate of Wiped from Memory

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In about 1966 or so, a stand-in teacher at our primary school spent the afternoon reading short stories to us. There was a wide genre, but I was particularly fond a one which was science fiction/mystery.



It involved a group of people who were talking about mysteries, and another man from outside the group bet the he could tell a story, and one of them would disappear and the others would not notice. The final line was something like "he kicked over the stool and walked from the room".






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In about 1966 or so, a stand-in teacher at our primary school spent the afternoon reading short stories to us. There was a wide genre, but I was particularly fond a one which was science fiction/mystery.



It involved a group of people who were talking about mysteries, and another man from outside the group bet the he could tell a story, and one of them would disappear and the others would not notice. The final line was something like "he kicked over the stool and walked from the room".






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  • 1





    Possible duplicate of Wiped from Memory

    – Bjorn Eriksson
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @BjornEriksson The OP has not accepted the answer and so this is not a duplicate.

    – TheLethalCarrot
    59 mins ago














  • 1





    Possible duplicate of Wiped from Memory

    – Bjorn Eriksson
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @BjornEriksson The OP has not accepted the answer and so this is not a duplicate.

    – TheLethalCarrot
    59 mins ago








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Possible duplicate of Wiped from Memory

– Bjorn Eriksson
1 hour ago





Possible duplicate of Wiped from Memory

– Bjorn Eriksson
1 hour ago




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@BjornEriksson The OP has not accepted the answer and so this is not a duplicate.

– TheLethalCarrot
59 mins ago





@BjornEriksson The OP has not accepted the answer and so this is not a duplicate.

– TheLethalCarrot
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This sounds like Exit by Harry Farjeon (adapted into a film in 2012)



It involves a group of people attending a dinner party, where one claims he can erase people from existence. Of course no one believes he can do this, as they are also wiped from all memory of ever having existed. He ends up trying to demonstrate his claim. At the end an empty chair is left where they had previously all been taken.






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  • Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

    – Jenayah
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  • @Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

    – Fifth_H0r5eman
    1 hour ago






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    As if they have been erased from existence...

    – SQB
    49 mins ago



















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Yes, Exit by Harry Farjeon.



Here it is as a short film.



https://vimeo.com/76992293





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This sounds like Exit by Harry Farjeon (adapted into a film in 2012)



It involves a group of people attending a dinner party, where one claims he can erase people from existence. Of course no one believes he can do this, as they are also wiped from all memory of ever having existed. He ends up trying to demonstrate his claim. At the end an empty chair is left where they had previously all been taken.






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  • Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

    – Jenayah
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  • @Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

    – Fifth_H0r5eman
    1 hour ago






  • 4





    As if they have been erased from existence...

    – SQB
    49 mins ago
















5














This sounds like Exit by Harry Farjeon (adapted into a film in 2012)



It involves a group of people attending a dinner party, where one claims he can erase people from existence. Of course no one believes he can do this, as they are also wiped from all memory of ever having existed. He ends up trying to demonstrate his claim. At the end an empty chair is left where they had previously all been taken.






share|improve this answer
























  • Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

    – Jenayah
    1 hour ago











  • @Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

    – Fifth_H0r5eman
    1 hour ago






  • 4





    As if they have been erased from existence...

    – SQB
    49 mins ago














5












5








5







This sounds like Exit by Harry Farjeon (adapted into a film in 2012)



It involves a group of people attending a dinner party, where one claims he can erase people from existence. Of course no one believes he can do this, as they are also wiped from all memory of ever having existed. He ends up trying to demonstrate his claim. At the end an empty chair is left where they had previously all been taken.






share|improve this answer













This sounds like Exit by Harry Farjeon (adapted into a film in 2012)



It involves a group of people attending a dinner party, where one claims he can erase people from existence. Of course no one believes he can do this, as they are also wiped from all memory of ever having existed. He ends up trying to demonstrate his claim. At the end an empty chair is left where they had previously all been taken.







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  • Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

    – Jenayah
    1 hour ago











  • @Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

    – Fifth_H0r5eman
    1 hour ago






  • 4





    As if they have been erased from existence...

    – SQB
    49 mins ago



















  • Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

    – Jenayah
    1 hour ago











  • @Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

    – Fifth_H0r5eman
    1 hour ago






  • 4





    As if they have been erased from existence...

    – SQB
    49 mins ago

















Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

– Jenayah
1 hour ago





Also the answer to this question, unfortunately the source containing the text seems dead.

– Jenayah
1 hour ago













@Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

– Fifth_H0r5eman
1 hour ago





@Jenayah, Yes I've been looking for summaries of the story but they're hard enough to come across, there are definitely no legitimate sources of the text itself. Odd, since I remember reading it online fairly recently (last couple of years)

– Fifth_H0r5eman
1 hour ago




4




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As if they have been erased from existence...

– SQB
49 mins ago





As if they have been erased from existence...

– SQB
49 mins ago













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Yes, Exit by Harry Farjeon.



Here it is as a short film.



https://vimeo.com/76992293





share








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Yes, Exit by Harry Farjeon.



Here it is as a short film.



https://vimeo.com/76992293





share








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Yes, Exit by Harry Farjeon.



Here it is as a short film.



https://vimeo.com/76992293





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Yes, Exit by Harry Farjeon.



Here it is as a short film.



https://vimeo.com/76992293






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