The Portal Keeper
ShortStory 5,064 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The rabbit was back this morning. It stopped outside the portal like it always does and it checked its pocket watch like it always does. It doesn’t matter—the rabbit’s always late. So far I never found out what the rabbit is late for. It wore a jazzy waistcoat. It looked nervously from side to side and mumbled to itself. Then it hopped through the portal and was gone."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.