HP Lovecraft
“My fiction can’t be compared with Poe’s or Machen’s, but I take no less pleasure in writing it on that account.”

Vershok
(noun) Unit of length equal to 4.445 centimeters or 1.75 inches. Also equivalent to one “rack unit” in relation to modern rack-mounted electronics equipment.

From 05/18/09


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