Portals to Uncharted Literary Worlds
These stories are presented as partial narratives, each offering a brief, potent entry point into a larger world. Consider them moments captured mid-scene, like turning to a page in a book where the action is already unfolding and the characters are immersed in their journeys. Your imagination is invited to bridge the gaps, connecting what has been and what is yet to come.
This project is an experiment at the convergence of human authorship and artificial intelligence. It seeks to understand how digital tools can serve as a supportive partner in the writing process, leading to innovative forms of storytelling and advancing digital literacy. The collection demonstrates a collaborative approach to literary creation.
This particular collection features a spectrum of genres, from the high stakes of Political Thriller to the chilling suspense of Sci-Fi Horror, including the intricate details of Legal Thriller and the expansive worlds of Fantasy. Jamie F. Bell and Eva Suluk are the authors contributing their unique perspectives to this diverse array of unfinished tales.
We invite you to step into these worlds, to piece together the narrative from the clues provided, and to become an active co-creator in completing these rich, compelling short stories within your own thoughts.
Today’s Unfinished Tales and Short Stories
Delve into captivating short stories across Political Thriller, Sci-Fi Horror, and Fantasy genres, enriched by Cinematic and Cosmic Horror categories. We advance digital literacy by showcasing AI-assisted narrative, demonstrating how creative technology is reshaping publishing and envisioning the future of digital storytelling.
The Silver Spoon Drop
Category: Cinematic | Genre: Political Thriller
A grand, drafty dining hall in a high-security mountain lodge, where the clinking of silverware masks the sound of secrets being traded.
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.
Granite and Glitches
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Slice of Life | Genre: Slice of Life
Three friends haul heavy camera equipment up a steep granite outcrop in the heat of a Northwestern Ontario summer, intending to film a message for their collaborators in China.
The Deepwood Yield
Author: Eva Suluk | Category: Cosmic Horror | Genre: Legal Thriller
A crisp autumn afternoon in the Deepwood Land Lab. The air hung still, carrying the scent of damp earth and dying leaves. A thin, grey light filtered through the skeletal canopy of birch and pine, casting long, wavering shadows across the narrow, winding path. Thomas Caldwell, his breath misting faintly, adjusted the collar of his tweed jacket, his gaze fixed on a particular, unnerving anomaly. The land, usually so generous, seemed to hold a secret in its quiet dormancy.
The Shimmering Descent
Author: Eva Suluk | Category: Expository | Genre: Fantasy
The biting cold of a northern Ontario winter permeated everything, a constant, dull ache that seeped into bones. Beneath a sky that was too vibrant, too alive with an alien luminescence, three figures navigated the precarious terrain of a frozen lake, their breath fogging in ragged clouds. The air hummed with an unsettling static, a promise of something more than just a deep chill.
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.
