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"Something from Out There" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by the late American author August Derleth, first published in the January 1951 issue of Weird Tales. The story references Cthulhu, R'lyeh, the Elder Gods and the Confessions of Clithanus.
Synopsis[]
Rural English doctor William Currie is brought a man named Malvern, gripping a star-shaped stone and gibbering in the throes of madness. Looking into his movements prior to his delirium, the doctor learns that Malvern had been investigating a ruined priory and had prised the stone from an ancient casket which he had discovered there.
Becoming aware of his past history as an occultist, Currie contacts two of Malvern's old acquaintances and begins to realise what he had been involved in. The occultists and the doctor then track down the creature before it is able to increase its power by through the consumption of human life-essence and use the star-stone to force it back inside its casket, sealing it once again and dropping it to the bottom of the ocean.
Characters[]
- Dr. William Currie, a small-town physician.
- Geoffrey Malvern, the son of an aristocrat with an interest in the occult.
- Soames Hemery, a young occultist.
- Duncan Vernon, a young occultist.
Publication History[]
- Weird Tales (1951)
- Crypt of Cthulhu (1983)
- Weird Tales: 32 Unearthed Terrors (1988)
- The Cthulhu Mythos (1997)
- In Lovecraft's Shadow: The Cthulhu Mythos Stories of August Derleth (1998)
- Weird Tales (2012)
External Link[]
- "Something from Out There" complete text at Librarium Cthulhuvius