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Explore Numenera With Audio Drama “A Ninth World Journal”

An interview with the creator of A Ninth World Journal.

Cover art based on a concept from Monte Cook Games created by Ryan Chaddock and Katherine Gohring.

In January 2019, David S. Dear introduced the world to his audio drama podcast “A Ninth World Journal.” Set one billion years into the future, Januae, an Aeon Priest studying teleportation, finds himself jaunting uncontrollably. Every jaunt leads to strange and dangerous discoveries, showing him how little he knows of the Ninth World.

A Ninth World Journal

Inspired by the fantastical world of Numenera, a tabletop roleplaying game created by Monte Cook Games, David S. Dear created short stories in podcast format to explore the Ninth World through the uncontrolled jaunts of Januae.

With every jaunt, Januae needs to figure out how to survive — his jaunts can happen at any moment. Sometimes he teleports away to someplace new immediately, while at other times, he gets stuck in a bizarre situation for months. No matter when he jaunts, he has to start all over again with his prior experiences influencing his future decisions. In turn, his decisions slowly affect the world around him.

All the bite-sized episodes feature fantastical settings, great music, and a vivid narrative. David S. Dear’s background in…