Winslow Sloan is hired as an assistant by a Prof. Mayhew and taken to Africa on an expedition to find Lost Zimbabwe. They find it, and something called "The Black Stone", a ten-sided sculpted stone with disturbing figures on each face. It's what Mayhew has been searching for.
Back home in the States, Sloan gets more and more uncomfortable as Mayhew digs deeper and deeper into the usual literature. One night, Mayhew sends him on a (truly) pointless mission so he can be free to try out a ritual related to the stone. Sloan gets back in time to see Mayhew being eaten by shantaks.
Very minor stuff from Carter, but short enough to make it an enjoyable enough bit of pulp horror.
The Necronomicon Project, once hosted by Arrakis. The author recreated the rituales and illustrations according to what Simon's Necronomicon would look like if it had been 100% real and verified:
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