Narratives Unbound
This collection offers short stories in their incomplete form, presenting a unique literary experience. Each piece is akin to a snapshot, a single frame from a moving picture, designed to immerse the reader directly into a scene without the benefit of a full backstory or a definitive resolution. This format encourages personal interpretation.
This project explores the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence. It stands as an experiment in how digital tools can act as a partner in the writing process, shaping new forms of storytelling and enhancing digital literacy. The goal is to observe new possibilities when a creative concept is given a fresh, algorithmic perspective.
Today’s selection encompasses a range of genres including heartfelt Romance, observant Contemporary Fiction, intense Dystopian Thriller, and chilling Horror. These varied unfinished tales were created by Eva Suluk and Jamie F. Bell.
We encourage you to explore these stories with an open mind, using your imagination to build upon the foundations laid. Envision the characters’ pasts and futures, and allow yourself to shape the full narrative arc within your own perspective.
Today’s Unfinished Tales and Short Stories
Engage with a diverse selection of short stories, including tender Romance, insightful Contemporary Fiction, intense Dystopian Thriller, chilling Horror, bleak Dystopian visions, stark Post-Apocalyptic settings, mind-bending Surreal / Absurdist narratives, and thrilling Action-Adventure. This project is dedicated to fostering digital literacy and innovating publishing by showcasing how creative technology and AI-assisted narrative are defining the exciting future of digital publishing.
Splintered Timbers, Renewed Light
Author: Eva Suluk | Category: Romance | Genre: Romance
Late autumn, inside the Willow Creek Seniors’ Centre. The air is stale, the light anemic, and the hum of routine hangs heavy. Daniel Wallace, a creature of precise habits, arrives for his daily ritual, only to find his sacred space occupied by an unknown, formidable woman.
The Mire of Wakefulness
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Post-Apocalyptic | Genre: Contemporary Fiction
The world was a static hum, a low thrum against Jared’s teeth that vibrated through the cold concrete floor beneath him. He was stretched out, face pressed against something rough and gritty, the smell of damp dust and decaying metal filling his nostrils. His eyelids felt heavy, cemented shut with a kind of internal resistance, each blink a monumental effort against a suffocating pressure. He tried to remember where he was, or *who* he was, but his mind offered only a blank canvas, scarred with a deep, unsettling grey.
Snow and Surveillance
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Surreal / Absurdist | Genre: Dystopian Thriller
Winter clung to the city like a shroud woven from ice and despair, each gust of wind a mournful cry through the skeletal branches. The omnipresent hum of the surveillance drones, a low, metallic thrumming, vibrated in the bones, a constant reminder of eyes unseen, but always there. Grey skies pressed down, mirroring the spirits of those who shuffled along the gritted pathways, heads bowed against the biting cold and the unseen weight of the Directorate’s gaze.
The Orange Peel Grimace
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Horror | Genre: Horror
The crisp bite of late autumn clung to everything, a preamble to winter’s harsher embrace. Fallen leaves, ochre and burnt umber, whispered across the deserted suburban street, disturbed only by the keen wind. A sense of wrongness, subtle yet profound, began to settle over the quiet afternoon, preceding the grotesque arrival.
The Hidden Café
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Action-Adventure | Genre: Dystopian
The biting wind whips across a desolate, snow-covered urban perimeter, where the monotony of a controlled existence is broken by an unexpected flicker of warmth and the tantalizing scent of something forbidden.
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 an experimental, creative research project by The Arts Incubator Winnipeg and the Art Borups Corners Storytelling clubs. Each chapter is a unique interdisciplinary arts and narrative storytelling experiment, born from a collaboration between artists and applied AI researchers, designed to explore the boundaries of creative writing, automation, and storytelling. 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.
