Fear, Politics, and the Human Mind
The content provided here consists of unfinished tales, capturing characters at pivotal moments without revealing the consequences of their actions. These narrative slices are meant to be evocative rather than exhaustive, leaving room for interpretation. The ambiguity is central to the experience, requiring the reader to engage actively with the text to decipher the underlying tension.
This collection is part of an experimental program at the intersection of human creativity, interdisciplinary arts, and applied artificial intelligence research. It serves as a testing ground for how digital tools can act as a partner in the writing process. Through this work, we are shaping new forms of storytelling and scriptwriting, while simultaneously enhancing digital literacy skills.
This collection explores the tension of Political Thrillers and Sci-Fi Horror, grounded by Slice of Life and Psychological Drama. Jamie F. Bell is the author responsible for these unfinished tales. The stories move rapidly from the mundane to the terrifying, often blurring the lines between the two.
We invite you to read these fragments and let your imagination take the reins. Where the text ends, your own version of the story begins, filling the silence with your own creative conclusions.
Today’s Unfinished Tales and Short Stories
Navigating the complexities of political thrillers and the vastness of space opera, this selection also delves into sci-fi horror and psychological drama. Our initiative aims to redefine publishing by harnessing creative technology to produce innovative short stories. Through an exploration of AI-assisted narrative, we enhance digital literacy while presenting gripping tales that span from dystopian contemporary fiction to intimate slice of life portrayals.
The Hull-Grown God
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Space Opera | Genre: Sci-Fi Horror
The hiss of the breached seal was the first new sound inside the Ozymandias in four hundred years. It was a thin, complaining noise, the ship’s dead atmosphere protesting the intrusion. Cassian felt it in the soles of his mag-boots, a vibration that travelled up his spine. Outside, the starfield was a placid, indifferent scatter of diamonds on black velvet. Inside was only the tomb-cold and the narrow beam of his headlamp cutting a swathe through the dark.
Resentment
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Boys Love (BL) | Genre: Political Thriller
The old truck sputtered its last breath and died, leaving Caleb in a sudden, profound quiet under a sky bleeding plum and apricot. The air tasted of distant woodsmoke and wet, decaying leaves, sharp and melancholic. Out here, where the paved road gave way to churned earth, every sound became magnified: the rustle of dry weeds against the tires, the faint, persistent thrum of a generator from somewhere on Owen’s property, and the unnerving, too-close caw of a crow. He felt less like a returning friend and more like an accidental witness to a quiet, ongoing excavation.
Cold Stew at Table Four
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Boys Love (BL) | Genre: Slice of Life
A crowded, noisy boarding school cafeteria during a heavy autumn rainstorm. The atmosphere is claustrophobic and filled with the underlying tension of surveillance.
The Orange Peel and the Algorithmic Fog
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Dystopian | Genre: Psychological Drama
The aroma of lukewarm coffee hung thick in the air, clashing with the synthetic tang of the ‘Optimal Productivity’ diffuser. Outside, the perpetual autumn drizzle blurred the city into a wash of grey and ochre, mirroring the dull ache behind my eyes. Another morning had dawned under the glow of the omnipresent Affinity Index, a silent monitor of our worth, perpetually cycling through its digital permutations, always just beyond reach.
Currents of Unknowing
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Mystery | Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Under a bruised Winnipeg sky, a teenage boy stands vigil on a street corner, the city’s ceaseless rhythm amplifying the quiet anxiety building within him as he awaits a meeting that promises either mending or irreversible fracture.
About the Project
By design, these stories have no beginning and no end. Many stories are fictional, but many others are not. They are snapshots from worlds that never fully exist, inviting you to imagine what comes before and what happens next. We had fun exploring this project, and hope you will too.
The Unfinished Tales and Short Stories collection is part of an experimental, creative arts and research program by The Arts Incubator Winnipeg and the Art Borups Corners collectives. Each chapter is an interdisciplinary arts and narrative storytelling experiment focused on two key areas: AI-Assisted Scriptwriting, where researchers explore using AI to generate story ideas, plot structures, and alternative story arcs to enhance creative development; and Talent Development and Training, where the project studies the necessary skills for creative professionals to manage AI and immersive technologies in production, helping to inform future training curricula. The project was made possible with funding and support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program and the Government of Ontario. We thank them for supporting the arts, digital transformation research and innovation in Ontario.
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