“ ...on my porch i trembled, white with haste

to get inside and bolt the heavy door .

i had the book that told the hidden way ... ” — lovecraft

maelstrom; a powerful, often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius...webster’s dictionary

book; a long written or printed literary composition . a major division of a treatise or literary work ...something that yields knowledge or understanding ... — webster’s dictionary