Storytelling On Demand:
Connecting Communities Through Short Stories

Short Story Dispensers are innovative kiosks that deliver free one-, three-, or five-minute stories at the push of a button. Installed in cities worldwide, they turn waiting time into reading time, connect communities across cultures, and showcase local writers to millions of readers.

• What they are: Stand-alone kiosks that deliver short stories to the public at the push of a button.
• Purpose: Encourage leisure reading, spark creativity, make waiting time enjoyable and showcase local talent
• Global reach: Over 600 dispensers installed worldwide (cities like San Francisco, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Paris, London, Philadelphia).
• Impact: More than 5.6 million stories have been read for free so far.
• Community connection: Stories are available in multiple lengths (1, 3, or 5 minutes), audiences, genres and languages, connecting readers across cultures.
• Local engagement: Partners curate community-specific content, helping spotlight emerging writers.

For Whom?

Universities, Public Libraries, Airports, Light-Rail, Transportation hubs, Retail Centers, Cafés, Hospitals, Schools...to offer a literary lift to their patrons, students, customers, patients and families to ignite community engagement.

The essentials

Our content… and yours!

The content comes from our community publishing platform, where we regularly publish Short Circuit, our quarterly review, and The Current, a series showcasing previously published works. We also select stories and poems from our clients' communities, giving your local authors a chance to be published internationally.

Art for free!

Visitors are surprised by an unexpected and original invitation to read: literature within reach!
They can choose how long they want to read: 1, 3 or 5 minutes. Totally free.

Customized

Your logo on the backlit panel.
The paper features your logo as a signature in the footer.
Option of sending a specific message to your visitors.

Admin Portal

Real-time monitoring of each Short Story Dispenser (statistics by location, paper consumption), alerts informing managers when a roll of paper is running out.

Easy!

Very little staff attention necessary

Plug-n-play

Nothing to configure. Plug it in and read!

No wifi, no wire

4G connection is simpler!

Touch-free

Option to have motion activated buttons on the Dispenser

Eco-friendly

Printed on eco-friendly paper, which is certified FSC and BPA free. Recyclable.
Thanks to printing on demand, no waste, no ink, and no cartridge.