02/02/2023
[IRL] The Plot Thins – Frank McNally on France’s latest contribution to civilisation: the short-story dispenser
The machine dispenses literature, in short story format. Customers can choose from a menu of printed out stories lasting one, three, or five minutes. Photograph: Getty Images
Among the facilities on the campus of Maynooth University these days is a small machine that looks it might sell bus tickets to Dublin.
In fact, it dispenses literature, in short-story format. Customers can choose from a menu of printed out stories lasting one, three, or five minutes.
And unlike most vending machines, this one doesn’t charge.