People wonder if there is life after death. In the story, "The Portal," it appears that there is something beyond life on Earth, and it isn't as peaceful of existence as most believe.

A man named Gangus greets Jack as he goes through a portal and enters into a strange land. Jack might have been a simple country boy from North Dakota, but when Gangus tells him where he was and the reason he was there, it seemed impossible to believe. Every explanation only created more questions for Jack. Yes, he was a simple country boy, but he knew there was something very odd going on.

Why was he selected to come to this new place? Who was this figure that Gangus referred to as the Overseer? Jack's head filled with endless questions. Then he was informed of the purpose of all the people who had arrived on this planet. He and the other's had been selected to recapture and take control of Earth! For a moment, Jack wondered if he was having a nightmare, but the more facts that Gangus shared with him, the more he realized it was real. The details were too specific for this to be a dream. His biggest question was, Why had he been chosen to play a role in this mission?  What was his purpose here? There was something very troubling about the entire arrangement, but he would never guess how twisted this new world was.