Echoes of Futures and Fates Unwritten
This collection presents a series of short stories, captured moments that hint at larger narratives. Each piece is an incomplete journey, a snapshot taken mid-action or a page discovered in a sprawling manuscript. They invite readers to imagine the preceding events and the unfolding future, sparking curiosity about what lies beyond their final words.
This project explores the interplay between human creative thought and artificial intelligence. It serves as an experiment in how digital tools can collaborate in the writing process, fostering new expressions of storytelling and advancing digital literacy.
This collection spans genres from the intimate details of Young Adult Contemporary and Coming-of-Age stories to the tension of Thriller and Domestic Thriller, alongside expansive Sci-Fi. We feature works by Eva Suluk and Jamie F. Bell, whose distinct voices shape these varied explorations.
We invite you to engage with these unfinished tales. Approach them not merely as a reader, but as a co-creator, allowing your imagination to complete the arcs and bring these worlds to their unique conclusions.
Today’s Unfinished Tales and Short Stories
Dive into our curated collection of short stories, spanning Young Adult Contemporary, Thriller, Domestic Thriller, Sci-Fi, and Coming-of-Age narratives, alongside Allegorical, Family Saga, Slice of Life, Psychological Thriller, and Swashbuckling Romance categories. Our project is at the forefront of digital literacy, exploring how AI-assisted narrative reshapes publishing and the future of creative technology, offering insightful perspectives for authors and readers alike.
The Unseen Cold
Author: Eva Suluk | Category: Allegorical | Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
The cold was a sharp, biting thing, a persistent ache in the joints and a raw burn in the lungs. It was the kind of winter night that felt less like a season and more like a punishment, where the very air seemed to hold its breath, waiting. Beneath a sky heavy with low, bruised clouds, two small figures trudged homeward, each step a testament to an endurance born of necessity, not choice. Every rustle of frozen bush, every creak of distant timber, was amplified, stretching the taut threads of an already fraying quiet.
A Congealed Winter
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Family Saga | Genre: Thriller
The wind howled a sustained, predatory sound, rattling every pane in the old Devereaux manor. Outside, the world was a study in stark white and grey, an endless canvas of falling snow that had already swallowed the distant treeline and was working its way up the ancient stone walls of the house. Inside, the air hung heavy and still, smelling faintly of old woodsmoke and damp earth, a scent that clung to everything despite Cynthia’s relentless efforts. Every creak of the floorboards, every groan of the stressed timber, felt amplified in the suffocating quiet.
The Chill
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Slice of Life | Genre: Domestic Thriller
The air hung heavy with the cloying sweetness of gingerbread and the sharper, metallic tang of the cold outside, seeping in through the old window frames. Snow, fine as icing sugar, dusted the sill, blurring the sharp edges of the neighbouring houses. Inside, the fairy lights on the artificial tree pulsed a sickly yellow, casting long, wavering shadows across the floral wallpaper, making the familiar living room feel like a stranger’s house. A faint, almost imperceptible hum emanated from the refrigerator in the kitchen, a low thrum beneath the forced cheer of piped-in carols, a sound Simon had only just started to notice, a constant, low-frequency anxiety.
A Circuit of Thin Air
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Psychological Thriller | Genre: Sci-Fi
The control room hummed with a low, electrical thrum, a sound that always managed to settle deep in Lucie’s bones. Outside, a late autumn snow had begun to fall, muffling the city into a soft grey, but inside, the light was harsh and unforgiving, reflecting off polished chrome and the cool sheen of holographic displays. The air smelled faintly of ozone and stale coffee, a scent as familiar as her own breath after weeks spent within these four walls. Every flicker of the monitors felt like a personal challenge, every soft whir of the cooling fans a judgement.
The Finite Geometry of Leaving
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Swashbuckling Romance | Genre: Coming-of-Age
The letter was folded into a stiff, perfect square in the front pocket of her jeans. Tania could feel its sharp corners pressing against her leg, a constant, physical reminder. University of Manitoba. Faculty of Arts. The words were a spell she’d been chanting for a year. Now, with the pines of home flashing past the window in a hypnotic green blur, the spell was starting to feel like a curse. Her palms were damp, and the half-eaten bag of chips on her lap suddenly seemed like the most disgusting thing on earth.
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.
