It was a resting point for the alien races that roamed the universe.
WAY STATION
As keeper of the way station, Enoch Wallace was the only human privileged to communicate with the rest of the galaxy. He looked like any other man on Earth, except that he was 124 years old and showed no signs of aging. And his house seemed like any other, though mysteriously impregnable. All was quiet around Enoch's isolated farm - until someone raided the family graveyard and discovered and unknown horror.