Unfolding Chapters of Discovery
Here, you will find a selection of unfinished tales, each a concise window into a broader universe. These short stories are presented as narrative glimpses, offering a taste of unfolding drama or a crucial pivot in a character’s journey. They are prompts for the reader’s own imaginative leaps.
This project explores the unique synergy between human creative input and artificial intelligence. It is an exploration of how digital tools can support the writing process, cultivating novel approaches to storytelling and improving digital literacy.
This collection spans the intrigue of Mystery, the excitement of Action-Adventure, the personal growth in Young Adult Contemporary, and the vast scope of Sci-Fi and Family Saga. Featured authors include Jamie F. Bell, Tony Eetak, Leaf Richards, and Eva Suluk, each contributing distinct narrative styles.
Join us in this literary endeavor. These short stories offer a foundation upon which your own interpretation can build, transforming brief encounters into complete narrative experiences.
Today’s Unfinished Tales and Short Stories
Discover compelling short stories across Mystery, Action-Adventure, Young Adult Contemporary, Sci-Fi, and Family Saga genres, further diversified by Literary, Historical Fiction, Popular Culture, Western Style BL, and Comedy categories. This project advances digital literacy by exploring the impact of AI-assisted narrative on publishing and the frontiers of creative technology, shaping how we create and consume stories.
A Ring of Frost on the Mantel
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Literary | Genre: Mystery
A tense conversation between a teenage boy and his aunt about a family secret surrounding a missing cousin from a long-ago Christmas, taking place in a neglected family home in spring. The teen begins his own investigation, discovering a small, unexpected clue.
The Grey Hunger
Author: Jamie F. Bell | Category: Historical Fiction | Genre: Action-Adventure
A biting autumn wind scours the deck of the privateer vessel, the Raven’s Tooth, as its young first mate, Randy, grapples with the encroaching early ice and the grim, silent tension of his grizzled captain, Davidie. The vast, indifferent expanse of Hudson Bay promises only hardship and a relentless chill.
The Community Hall’s Frayed Edges
Author: Tony Eetak | Category: Popular Culture | Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
The old community hall always smelled of damp wood and something vaguely like stale coffee, a scent that deepened on evenings like this when the spring rain hammered the roof. Tonight, though, a different kind of scent was trying to break through: the faint, metallic tang of an idea beginning to form, mingled with the earthy dampness of new spring growth tracked in on muddy boots. Nathan sat hunched, knees knocking against the underside of the table, listening to the cacophony of voices. He could feel the weight of everyone’s hopes and worries pressing down, a strange, warm blanket over the cold, scarred linoleum floor.
The Icy Breach on Cephestus-7
Author: Leaf Richards | Category: Western Style BL | Genre: Sci-Fi
The low hum of Frostfall Ridge Station had become a high-pitched whine, a frantic, losing battle against the encroaching cold. Lights flickered with a weary reluctance, casting long, dancing shadows across the cramped corridors, making the already strained faces of the crew appear gaunt and spectral. Outside, the blizzard was a living, snarling beast, a ceaseless roar against the thin durasteel hull, threatening to tear the very foundations of their precarious existence from the frozen rock of Cephestus-7.
A Dire Script
Author: Eva Suluk | Category: Comedy | Genre: Family Saga
The air in the dusty rehearsal room hung thick with the ghosts of forgotten lines and stale coffee. Outside, autumn rain lashed against the theatre’s grimy windows, a fitting percussive accompaniment to the internal storm brewing between Connie and Terry as they stared at the offending script. A singular, inexplicable ink blot marred page thirty-two, right over the most ludicrous monologue, a tiny, dark omen, like a splotch of dried blood on a map to nowhere. It was a detail only they, the doomed navigators of this theatrical shipwreck, would ever notice or assign such dire significance.
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.
