Rivalries, Resilience, and Unexpected Affections
These short BL stories are presented as incomplete narrative fragments, glimpses into larger sagas, or moments caught mid-action. They are not whole stories but compelling snapshots, designed to ignite your imagination, urging you to envision the full context of their worlds and the destinies of their characters.
This collection emerges from an experimental program that exists at the intersection of human creativity, interdisciplinary arts, and applied artificial intelligence research. It investigates how digital tools can partner in the writing process, shaping new forms of storytelling, scriptwriting, and enhancing digital literacy skills, all founded on a genuine love for BL stories.
This particular selection features the dynamic energy of Sports BL, the emotional depth of Hurt/Comfort BL, the familiar setting of Contemporary Campus BL, the intriguing unknown of Supernatural/Urban Fantasy BL, and the compelling tension of Enemies-to-Lovers BL. Authors Jamie F. Bell and Leaf Richards have contributed to this diverse group of tales.
We invite you to engage with these tales, not just as a reader, but as a co-creator who completes the narrative within the privacy of your own mind.
Today’s BL Short Stories
Athletic Tape and Truth
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Satire | Genre: Sports BL
Following a locker room assault, Jude and Tom share a tense, secluded moment in the parking lot and inside a car, surrounded by the sensory details of an autumn evening.
Just Stay Here
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Coming-of-Age | Genre: Hurt/Comfort BL
Satoru sits alone in a hospital waiting room, consumed by paralyzing anxiety as he awaits news of his hospitalized friend, Haruki. His fear is a raw, open wound, dredging up memories of a past attack. Yuma arrives, silent and watchful, and without words, begins to offer a profound, physical comfort.
You Ran
Author: Leaf Richards | Category: Comedy | Genre: Contemporary Campus BL
Near the end of senior year, in a quiet, forgotten hallway of Northwood High, Art is confronted by Kenji, the one person he’s spent months avoiding. The autumn light filters dully through high, grimy windows as they’re forced into a conversation to clear the air.
Hold Still
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Colloquial / Conversational | Genre: Supernatural/Urban Fantasy BL
A biting winter afternoon in a desolate city park, where the mundane cold masks a parasitic supernatural presence.
Embers and Electric Skin
Author: Leaf Richards | Category: Surreal / Absurdist | Genre: Enemies-to-Lovers BL
Two men, Casey and Rodger, begrudgingly share a remote campsite in the summer forest. As dusk settles, the initial tension gives way to unsettling introspection and a slow-burning recognition of a deeper bond, amplified by the strangely responsive wilderness.
Storytelling and the Arts, Skills Development and Digital Transformation
AI-Assisted Scriptwriting: Our incubator explores AI’s capacity to generate dynamic sports scenarios and character rivalries for Sports BL, while adeptly charting emotional recovery and support narratives for Hurt/Comfort BL. For Contemporary Campus BL, AI aids in creating authentic social dynamics, and for Supernatural/Urban Fantasy BL, it helps in developing intricate magical systems and world lore. Furthermore, AI assists in building the evolving relationship dynamics inherent in Enemies-to-Lovers BL, proving its versatility in complex genre-specific challenges and enriching the storytelling and scriptwriting process.
Talent Development and Training: This research emphasizes the critical need for creative professionals to cultivate advanced digital literacy and proficiency in managing AI tools. The development of these diverse genre chapters serves as a practical blueprint for future digital publishing and film production, demonstrating how integrating AI efficiently can streamline content creation, from initial concept to refined script, requiring new forms of collaborative and technical expertise within creative teams.
We’re excited to learn about these new technologies and how they can be applied to expand the boundaries of human storytelling. We encourage you to keep reading, keep imagining, and keep exploring the incredible potential that opens up when creativity meets technology.
BL Stories. Unbound
By design, these short BL story chapters have no definitive beginning and no end. Many of the resulting BL stories—exploring intimacy, deep commitment, and the gravity of desire—are fictional, but many others are not. They are evocative story snapshots from worlds that never fully exist, designed to engage you, the reader, and invite you to imagine the profound connection that comes before and what happens next in these boundary-pushing narratives. We had fun exploring this creative research project, and we hope you will enjoy this unique experience in digital literature.
The BL Stories. Unbound collection is an interdisciplinary arts and narrative storytelling experiment. It is part of a creative arts and research program by The Arts Incubator Winnipeg and the Art Borups Corners collectives. This project focuses on two key areas: AI-Assisted Scriptwriting, exploring AI for generating ideas, plot structures, and alternative story arcs; and Talent Development and Training, studying the skills and training needs for creative professionals managing AI and immersive technologies to inform future training curricula. Funding and support were generously provided by the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program and the Government of Ontario. We thank them for supporting the arts, digital transformation, and applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) research for northern innovation in Ontario.
