March 23, 1996

To our world,

The case of the Obscure Cities has come to a point where I can no longer keep silent. Our world is connected to a parallel world. I know that there is a risk that I will be prosecuted by the Authorities, but the exposure is far more important.

The reason for all of this are several publications of the Belgian authors François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, who seem to keep close contact with the World of the Obscure Cities.

The two inhabitants of Brussels started a series of publications in 1983 with the publication of a strange tale about a city, called Samaris, which is under investigation due to orders of the rulers of the nearby situated city Xhystos. The brave Franz is asked to start this investigation. This explorer makes some shocking discoveries, that are thought to be fairytales in our world. Most people didn't pay attention to it. I myself thought the imaginary world of Schuiten and Peeters to be fake as well.

Everything changes in 1985, when the aformentioned authors publish a hallucinatory story about the city Urbicande, which was hit by a growing metal frame in the shape of a cube. The entire city became overgrown by the metal pipes that grew larger and larger. Although this event proved not to be fatal to the city, it shows that our Authorities worry about a possible repetition in our world.