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Synopsis of The Fishers from Outside
We begin in Zimbabwe as Prof. Mayhew and his assistant, the narrator, are undergoing digging to uncover the secrets of the ancient people that once lived in here in inner Zimbabwe. Prof. Mayhew had studied the people rumored to be here in various occultic texts, such as the Book of Eibon, the Necromonicon, and the Ponape Scriptures.
They eventually find the object of his quest – an ancient black crystal that is said to summon Gorgorgoth, whom the Fishers apparently worshipped, according to ancient legends. Each of the sides of this black crystal object have these undecipherable hieroglyphics on them that are hard to figure out.
They head back to New England to look up some more information at local universities. After some studying, they realize that the fishers from outside from the local myth have a strong physical resemblance to people mentioned in the ancient text of Ponape in the Pacific on the other side of the world. Why would that be the case?
After investigating more, Prof. Mayhew can interpret the crystal and they are the summoning rites. One night he sends the narrator away, and then incites the ritual to see what happens. He summons these half avian and half apterous shapes, all slimy and scales where feathers should be arrive, and they eat his body and then disappear.
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