Philadelphia’s Fishtown craft publishing outfit The Head and the Hand is teaming up with a vending machine company and Philly’s award-winning coffee roaster Elixr to offer us healthy snacks for the mind. The “Chapbook Vending Machines” will be filled with short stories priced at just $2 a read. Each chapbook will from the publisher’s “Bigger Than a Bread Box Short Story Contest”.

The first chapbook vending machine will be unveiled at Elixr Coffee in Center City on December 5th. If you’re in the area, it’s an opportunity for a terrific cup of joe and a good read too.