Have you ever heard the tale of Darth Plagueis the wise?

Came across one of these in the lobby of a hotel in Québec. My wife pressed the "English" button and got a cute little printout. Figuring this would be a good opportunity to practice my French, I pressed the "Français" button and the machine spit out a story the length of a CVS receipt.

I'm sad that I assumed this was a slop machine.

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Local authors. Excellent.

The machine is on the right-hand side by the wall immediately after you pass through security. There is a button for Child, Young Adult, and Adult. You press the button, and the story is printed out on a sturdy, long piece of paper.

I freaking love stuff like this!

Looks like its this. https://short-edition.com/en/p/short-story-dispenser

Wish it was open sourced.

My local library has one of these as well! Super neat.