To whom it may concern,

Once, there was a book. A leatherbound volume in which I shared my experiences of accidentally traveling from Earth to a strange other world called the Oikoumene, on a planet I call Antichthon.

In that book, I divulged theories about what this world might be, how I came to be here, and why. But something happened. The book was lost. I do not know if it was stolen, destroyed, or simply misplaced, but I find it imperative to write this letter, if only out ...