Echoes of the Mind's Eye: 13 Speculative Fiction Short Stories

“The writing is quite legible but is unlike any writing in the ancient or modern worlds. There are no glyphs, only previously unseen, unrecognizable symbols over the doorway. The writing is not painted but etched onto the stone and glows quite visibly even in low light. I expect it will take us quite some time to decipher its meaning and the means used to achieve the bright glow. We suspect it is some type of radioactive material similar to that used in instruments and watches in the recent past, though no trace of radiation has been picked up by our instruments.” He then resumed walking again towards the excavation, still some fifty feet away. “It is all part of the mystery, and it augers well for whatever archeological treasures may be secreted beyond the sealed wall, don’t you think?”