Definitions by illinoishorrorman

Couch Mummy 

Someone who is sick with the flu in Chicago and often sleeping on their back on the long couch usually with a backpacker liner with hood enclosed with their face showing or wrapped from shoulders to toe in fleece. The reaction might inspire a few creative nonfiction writers who got the idea from old photos going around. The blanket often used is a full size fleece blanket or something that is not bulky. This would be forced the one who is sick to stay in bed and keep them out of their room mates quarters. This is sometimes borrowed from first aid for when those had gone into shock and get the chills; or hypothermia. This is common in the Chicagoland area; where some would sleep in their friends Chevy Van if has a bed set up but make sure they're secured or a makeshift bed in the back of a older station wagon. Sometimes knocked out while the driver is going around looking for a fix not knowing the person who is under the weather needs an IV.

Way we saw the lady hosting a party in Justice there was some guests under the weather and chugging theraflu like it was Vodka in a mug then coughing up their lungs, one of the guests was Egyptian wrapped and sleeping on the couch. They stuffed the wrapped body in sleeping bag too and placed her on the couch. She was running a high fever and had doctor making a house call. Hence they coined this a Couch Mummy.

Couch Mummy by illinoishorrorman January 25, 2019

outreach 

In Chicago -- getting published in print on demand circles that's not a pay-a-grand to be published and how to effectively do it is appear with 15-18 other authors in an anthology over the years. Some don't see this as part of their vocabulary for some reason, don't see it as meaningful work for others. Getting yourself in print with TheBookPatch.com or Blurb.com are strong examples of this. Some don't understand this at all but in Florida it's cold calling those who are unfortunate. Reaching out to the community in Chicago -- the option is publication and getting the community published. This is very common when you see someone who is trying to get a GoFundMe going want to help them out do a press release and tap a mate who is on WritersCafe.org when they don't have New Media support.

Seems like Florida and Chicago are not on the same page when it comes to definition of this word: outreach , one on the other hand. They see an ISBN and ISSN, such as being on the newsstand the other well it's trying to be more active in the community where they don't see a skillset as a wheelhouse that's useful. Outreach has two different meanings in two locations; and that's a huge factor when horns are getting locked often -- the use of drabble burns out a man and having them disown their published output. That's a sin on their part. The thing about non-profits is how some became published in print was from this and the ISBN that is on The Book Patch and worked with LibreOffice what they have in common. Both are non-profit origins. "You want to outreach, you get published. Don't give someone the drabble output for this to work. Draw out your piece, put a lot of thought into it. Then show me what you can do."

outreach by illinoishorrorman December 30, 2018

Florida Cheerful 

Someone who lives in Florida and pretends nothing cynical happens, always looking for positive news when in Michigan someone was pulling a Betty Crocker crime as in she was making brownies with Exlax. You will known the screen names of those when you see them. Don't let them hear you say the term to their face because they know they're being insulted to the core. This one goes back to back with Florida Baptism as you see them come up together.

What is this? Okay those who expect everyone go around not swearing, speaking of taboos or disowning material that's their most well known -- expecting them to use the word 'dropsies' well sorry that's not me. Those who are the Florida Cheerful you will know it when you see it -- mention The Cabbie Homicide around them or read "Yest Ye Become One" around them and see what happens.

Florida Cheerful by illinoishorrorman December 30, 2018

Dagon 

The name of the bull shark in Lake Michigan named for the story by H. P. Lovecraft, an urban legend with teeth going back before the dinosaurs. Some cases being related of a Bull Shark also found in Lake Erie too, okay the short story "Yest Ye Become One" becomes even more frightening of other cases of this -- WGN in Chicago did a blog entry asking the question. The light blue blog reblogged this making smart ass remarks about how Chicago managed to gain a new pet. Takes what Sharknado and implies it was leftover from that.

By the way; you may not want to put domestic abusers or child sex offenders in a boat with a hole drilled in it within the water's of Lake Michigan. You may never know when an urban legend with Flesh and Teeth comes up doing a bite and run, did we mention we gave him a name. His name is Dagon.

Dagon by illinoishorrorman December 29, 2018

shot 

187 with a .22 or a Glock in Chiraq. I am sorry those who are defining shot as being something of humor we need to be realistic.

b.) Bust a slug
c.) pop off a cap
d.) playing God at point blank range
e.) funeral at a split second.
f.) What Peter S. Ruckman Jr. did in Rockford, Illinois
g.) How JFK was killed in 1963.

You have someone describe being shot as a bit of humor no that's dead wrong. This is more realistic as we're talking about what happened on ABC 7 Chicago when one took down four then other was suicide by Rent-a-badge. I am sorry but those who describe a 'shot' as something of a joke An Eye In Shadows gives this darker undercurrent because it happens every day in DuPage County in the 1990s. The cops had the gang banger at point blank range and got this between his legs (as in a Robocop style direct hit.) If you're a felon with one of these -- as you will be going away because the Feds want to get you where you stand.

shot by illinoishorrorman December 28, 2018

Questionable Content 

Lulu.com's thought police when someone does something controversial. Get on their bad side and it will be #RIPProfile and catalog. This was the fatal move that they did when they went after their junkyard dog. If you're talking the web comic of the same name never seen it. Questionable Content were similar to Facebook Jail before the term was coined

Something controversial is published, and they're not pleased. Questionable Content is pissed at you man, "Fuck it I am going after them with the painting of Obama burning the Constitution. The Ethereal Gazette: Issue Five roster is way too important to lose to their thought policing. World Forgiveness Day? That's a joke when they will see what the 4th of July is about."

Questionable Content by illinoishorrorman October 26, 2018

TheBookPatch.com

In 2010, a best selling author and artist gave back to the literary community in a huge way -- the program and websites one needs some tech to compete with Lulu.com and CreateSpace effectively, An Eye In Shadows and The Ethereal Gazette: Issue Five are housed there now but here are others who came from the circles who noticed how the latter is the most potent, the sections of Creative Nonfiction and Horror overlap quite often. Family owned outfit out of Scottsdale, AZ, where the reviews on trustpilot can't go wrong.

Victor who was a former Case officer of The Mussad developed TheBookPatch.com, when one sees his artwork you will see why authors come aboard from being fired by Creeger and by Questionable Content on Lulu.com. It's a surprise why Angie Hoy hasn't done an article on them if they're that down to earth some of the remarks via e-mail can be a little snarky -- they're authors after all.

The publisher who did The Ethereal Gazette: Issue Five proved he was the master anthologist from Lulu.com who developed The Worm Construction a method where it was pdf separately uploaded them merged, then discovered docupub and split and merge basic to stick it to both Lulu.com and CreateSpace over the lie they were the only players.

TheBookPatch.com by illinoishorrorman October 23, 2018