. But apart from railway stations, the machines have also been installed in airports, hotels, libraries, and shopping malls.
Although stories are randomly dispensed, readers can vote for favourites, boosting their reach. The system also lends itself to localised competitions, like one held recently on San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit network. Anyway, the still-sober Bart celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. Celebrations included a movement-themed short story competition, inspired by the dispensers, in which 30 finalists won publication and $200 each.
The city of Joyce and Beckett, in which “What’s the story?” is a typical conversation starter, remains virgin territory. The typical Real Édition story veers towards the longer end of the prescribed spectrum, at between three and five minutes. An exception is a one-minute piece I read somewhere, translated from French, called “Drowned”.
The tragic vignette reads in full: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” And it appears to have roots in old US newspaper ads, one of which stretched to 12 words, no less desolate: “Baby’s hand made trousseau and baby’s bed for sale. Never been used.”
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