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From there the machine takes over printing a random short story or poem the 600 short stories in the dispensers are the best stories written and selected by the community on short edition . Short edition which is based in grenoble and was founded by publishing executives set up its first kiosk in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide we want to create a platform for independent . Toward the end of last year french publisher short edition unveiled short story vending machines in eight public places around the city of grenoble in southeastern france users can choose either one three or five minutes worth of fiction to read ideal for waiting or commuting and one of six hundred community submitted stories is dispensed for free from the cylindrical orange vending . Need to kill a few minutes while waiting for a bus or train instead of mindlessly staring at your phone or twiddling your thumbs why not print out a quick short story a small start up in grenoble france aims to do just that with the short edition vending machinethe machines were conceived by short edition co founder christophe sibieude who was standing in front of a traditional candy . The short story vending machines have 600 stories representing a range of top fiction locked away ready for you to print them each one takes one three or five minutes to read you pick the stories are chosen to appeal to a variety of ages and are appropriate for kids as well as adults