Taken Away - Part 1 of 3

Bob, the security guard, purchases a bathmat that has a rather strange pattern on it: when he steps on it, a portal opens to another world filled with history, myth, and magic! Will Bob get home in time for his next shift? Will he get home at all? A SF/Fantasy short story series. Part 1 of 3.
Includes a chapter of the novel Brainjob by David Sloma.