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Marti Talbott

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #50 on: September 22, 2019, 06:21:12 AM »
The "I made a video of you watching porn" extortion ploy seems very silly to me.

Especially when your 74.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #51 on: September 22, 2019, 06:52:30 AM »
The "I made a video of you watching porn" extortion ploy seems very silly to me.

Especially when your 74.

More so when you don't even have a webcam.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #52 on: September 22, 2019, 12:16:07 PM »
We don't answer the phone unless the Caller ID shows a name we recognize. Which frankly is not often.
 

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #53 on: September 24, 2019, 03:32:46 AM »
The "I made a video of you watching porn" extortion ploy seems very silly to me.

Especially when your 74.

More so when you don't even have a webcam.

Received another one of these today.  It closed with some helpful advice:

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For the future - just cover a sticker your device's camera when you visit adult sites!

LOL.  My devices with cameras DO have black blocking stickers covering them so, if they actually had gained access to my devices, as they claimed, they would already know that.  :hehe
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #54 on: September 28, 2019, 05:20:42 AM »
Dear Spammers,

Now may not be the optimal time to advertise mail order brides from the Ukraine.
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Marti Talbott

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #55 on: September 28, 2019, 05:46:12 AM »
 :clap: :icon_lol2:
Dear Spammers,

Now may not be the optimal time to advertise mail order brides from the Ukraine.

 :icon_lol2: :clap: :dance:
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #56 on: September 28, 2019, 08:35:12 AM »
Just got spam for "male problems" but 50/50 odds weren't good enough for them, so they also carry stuff for women too.  In fact, they have a full range of offerings:

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- Antidiabetic
- Cancer
- Stomach
- Women's Health
- Anti-allergic
- Antibiotics

So, apparently, you can buy cancer.

But, wait!, there's more because they also have:

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... and more than 1,000 positions

I don't wanna know.
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Marti Talbott

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #57 on: September 28, 2019, 09:00:21 AM »
Just got spam for "male problems" but 50/50 odds weren't good enough for them, so they also carry stuff for women too.  In fact, they have a full range of offerings:

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- Antidiabetic
- Cancer
- Stomach
- Women's Health
- Anti-allergic
- Antibiotics

So, apparently, you can buy cancer.

But, wait!, there's more because they also have:

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... and more than 1,000 positions

I don't wanna know.
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RappaDizzy

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #58 on: September 28, 2019, 10:05:36 AM »
I’ve been getting a number of emails from women saying they have pictures ready to send me and we could be soon be sweethearts.

This is in between others saying they have taken those pictures of me through my camera where I am watching porn and doing naughty things.

Don’t these guys have a marketing union or an association or something?

I mean...if I’m perfectly happy to play with myself, why would I need a partner?  :icon_think:
 

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #59 on: September 28, 2019, 11:27:29 AM »
I mean...if I’m perfectly happy to play with myself, why would I need a partner?  :icon_think:

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #60 on: October 02, 2019, 05:52:34 AM »
I like the spam too where they warn you your eMail account has to be verified or something or it will be SHUT DOWN.

It's especially fun for me because I have my own mail server so I know it's a scam right off the bat.  :hehe

Got one just now that my eMail account has reached its storage limit of 99.9 GB and will be locked if I don't re-validate the account.

Okay, for one, if it's reached its storage limit, wouldn't they want me to clean it out instead of re-validating the address?

For two, it's an SMTP account--the messages are deleted from the server once I download to my mail software so it's never going to reach a storage limit unless I don't check it for a long time.

For three, I don't think my eMail server even has a 99.9 GB hard drive.  I think its 80 GB.

Silly spammers.
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Marti Talbott

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #61 on: October 02, 2019, 07:32:50 AM »
With all the big company hacking, these guys must be bottom of the barrel scammers. Poor guys. They have to depend on stupid to make a living. And I thought selling books was hard.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #62 on: October 02, 2019, 08:13:17 AM »
They have to depend on stupid to make a living.

I imagine they might do quite well.  Unfortunately.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #63 on: October 02, 2019, 11:54:32 AM »
Got one just now that my eMail account has reached its storage limit of 99.9 GB and will be locked if I don't re-validate the account.

You know what the really stupid part of that is?

If the storage limit had been reached, the email would have bounced, so you'd have never received it.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #64 on: October 02, 2019, 11:57:59 AM »
Got one just now that my eMail account has reached its storage limit of 99.9 GB and will be locked if I don't re-validate the account.

You know what the really stupid part of that is?

If the storage limit had been reached, the email would have bounced, so you'd have never received it.

Unless they increased it just enough for their admin message to get through.

If they were actually the admin, that is.
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #65 on: October 02, 2019, 02:19:56 PM »
Dan, it might be about time you ditched your old email addresses and started over with new ones.   :confused:
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #66 on: October 02, 2019, 02:27:33 PM »
Dan, it might be about time you ditched your old email addresses and started over with new ones.   :confused:

I've had it for 23 years.  I refuse to let the spammers win.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #67 on: October 02, 2019, 02:32:42 PM »
Dan, it might be about time you ditched your old email addresses and started over with new ones.   :confused:

I've had it for 23 years.  I refuse to let the spammers win.

You know what worked for me?

When I moved my domains to another host, my email was down for a day or so.

When it came back up, most of my spam didn't come back with it. The fact the emails started bouncing seems to have removed me from their lists.

Getting all new spam these days, but not nearly so much.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #68 on: March 05, 2020, 02:08:28 AM »
Today, I received a new variation on the "we have access to your account" spam.  This time, it was they gained access to my friend's account and found pictures of his naked wife.  Since he didn't pay them, they are sending the photos to all his contacts, of which I am one.

Now, normally, photos are stored as JPEGs.  Maybe PNGs.  But, these are apparently in a Word document.  A Word document probably containing a macro virus or something.  Nice try, spammer.

But I'm sure some people will click to open the file just to see which of their friend's were "hacked."
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #69 on: March 05, 2020, 02:10:25 AM »
Did your 'friend' actually have a wife?
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #70 on: March 05, 2020, 02:11:30 AM »
Today, I received a new variation on the "we have access to your account" spam.  This time, it was they gained access to my friend's account and found pictures of his naked wife.  Since he didn't pay them, they are sending the photos to all his contacts, of which I am one.

Now, normally, photos are stored as JPEGs.  Maybe PNGs.  But, these are apparently in a Word document.  A Word document probably containing a macro virus or something.  Nice try, spammer.

But I'm sure some people will click to open the file just to see which of their friend's were "hacked."

I'm safe. I don't want to see anyone's naked wife. Please don't show me! :catrun
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #71 on: March 05, 2020, 02:14:50 AM »
Did your 'friend' actually have a wife?

They don't identify the friend.  I imagine that's part of the ploy to get you to open the Word document.  You wouldn't know who the friend is until you see who the pictures are of.

Whether or not there are actually pictures in the Word document, I have no idea.  I am not going to try to open it to find out.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #72 on: March 05, 2020, 02:16:20 AM »
Is it doc or docx?
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #73 on: March 05, 2020, 02:33:31 AM »
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #74 on: March 05, 2020, 02:42:07 AM »
Is it doc or docx?

It was a .doc.

So very old version of Word as well. Probably not even from Word, but a text editor.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #75 on: March 05, 2020, 03:51:00 AM »
I had a spam comment on my blog recently in which the spammer told me my content had become boring but this new post was really interesting so they were going to add me back to their reading list.

Do people actually let comments through on their blogs if they've been insulted? I have a sad feeling that some people would just to prove they were open to criticism. Well, screw them. I'm not open to criticism on my own blog! There's also the fact that I don't let spammers spam my blog. ;)

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #76 on: March 05, 2020, 04:45:19 AM »
Do people actually let comments through on their blogs if they've been insulted?

I think it's a trick to make it appear as though it were a genuine comment and not something from a bot because for years, they would try to post glowing comments and you learned that someone commenting on how great your content was was probably a spammer or spambot.  So, they shifted gears and tried to throw in some criticism mixed in with praise so you might think it was genuine.

What I always found amusing was that marketers had automated blogs which posted auto-written content which would then be auto-commented on by bots from other marketers so really a lot of times these blogs and comments were only being created, read and commented on by bots all the way around.
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Jeff Tanyard

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #77 on: March 05, 2020, 08:22:54 AM »
Is it doc or docx?

It was a .doc.

So very old version of Word as well. Probably not even from Word, but a text editor.


You can make .doc files in OpenOffice, so I would guess there are a bunch of other programs that can do it, too.

I've been getting spam comments on my blog lately, though I've been reporting them, so the comments aren't there anymore.  The traffic is from Turkmenistan.





I don't know if the spammers are actually Turkmen or not.  They may be from some other place and are just routing their traffic through there.  And yes, "Turkmen" is the proper name for people from Turkmenistan, in case anyone was wondering.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #78 on: March 05, 2020, 09:02:11 AM »
I just got my first spam email claiming to have important COVID-19 information. I didn't open it.
 

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #79 on: March 05, 2020, 09:14:38 AM »
I just got my first spam email claiming to have important COVID-19 information. I didn't open it.

The one with a "military source" exposing the "Shocking TRUTH" about it?

I've also gotten a number offering masks and ones wanting you to visit their website to learn more.

Also a number of spam messages that have scraped news about the virus at the bottom of their messages, presumably to try to evade spam filters.
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LilyBLily

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #80 on: March 05, 2020, 02:36:43 PM »
I feel deprived. No spam of late. My spam controls are so tight I often don't even get emails from my close relatives.
 

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #81 on: March 05, 2020, 07:58:45 PM »
Lucky.
 

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #82 on: July 27, 2022, 03:24:12 AM »
I don't know if this is coincidental or how it would deter bots, but I have two comment forms on my website.  One is for the company and the other is for me as the author.  Company one is accessed via the main page; mine is from my author subdirectory.

I used to get spam on both.

Today, I received several in a row.  And then I noticed that all the recent spam comments have been to the author comment form, not the company one.  I checked and found I have not received any spam on the company contact form in over a year and a half.  None.

Well, maybe I messed up and have the same subject line for both.  So, I did a test submission.  Nope.  The message I get from the company contact form submission is different from the author one.

Hmm.  What did I do to that form a year and a half ago that I didn't do to the other?

Well, and I don't see how this would deter bots, but I have on the company contact page that, if you're a spammer, by submitting the form, you are entering an agreement to pay me several hundred dollars per submission.

Who would have imagined that would actually work?  :shrug
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #83 on: July 27, 2022, 10:44:59 AM »
Well, and I don't see how this would deter bots, but I have on the company contact page that, if you're a spammer, by submitting the form, you are entering an agreement to pay me several hundred dollars per submission.

Who would have imagined that would actually work?  :shrug

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #84 on: August 02, 2022, 04:01:14 AM »
Well, and I don't see how this would deter bots, but I have on the company contact page that, if you're a spammer, by submitting the form, you are entering an agreement to pay me several hundred dollars per submission.

Who would have imagined that would actually work?  :shrug

 :icon_rofl: :icon_rofl: :icon_rofl: :icon_rofl: :icon_rofl: :icon_rofl:

I just added it to my author contact form.  We'll see what happens.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #85 on: August 04, 2022, 04:39:29 AM »
I just added it to my author contact form.  We'll see what happens.

So far, so good.  One submission a few hours after I made the change but nothing since.  And that submission was in Russian (I think) so maybe I need to add the line in a few different languages.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #86 on: August 04, 2022, 06:28:26 AM »
Dang.  Just received one.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #87 on: August 05, 2022, 07:08:32 AM »
Well, it was a good theory, but it's apparently not working.

No idea why comment spam stopped on the other form then.

Maybe I need to try bold print on the author contact form.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #88 on: August 06, 2022, 07:32:21 AM »
I modified the form and added a notice right by the submit button.  Should give human senders pause.  We'll see what happens this time.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #89 on: August 16, 2022, 06:49:20 AM »
Well, it hasn't eliminated spam on that contact page, but it has dropped it from about 4 or 5 daily to 1 or 2 every couple days.

:shrug
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #90 on: August 19, 2022, 08:21:42 AM »
You could have it auto-load a payment form where they have to pay you a small amount of money. Say, $5.

You could say that you will refund the money to (whoever) if it's legit. Something like that. So truly legit people might be willing to do so, with the promised refund. But scammers rely on volume and that might deter them. Or you get $5.

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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #91 on: September 29, 2022, 05:51:39 AM »
You guys are so funny! Every once in a while I'll open my spam folder, just to see what comes in. I think I'm happy enough with the size of my boobs, and no need for the male enhancements or... stiffeners. ;)
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #92 on: September 30, 2022, 04:30:14 AM »
Spammers are getting desperate.  Today I got one basically saying that if you use toilet paper to wipe yourself after a bowel movement, it could be an early warning sign that you may have cancer, diabetes, a weight problem or be at risk for a stroke.  And that is a "medical fact."

This is because animals don't need to wipe themselves after a bowel movement so if you do then something is wrong.

I guess they forgot that, instead of using toilet paper, many animals lick themselves clean.  Or, in the case of dogs, scoot across the carpet.

:shocked:
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #93 on: September 30, 2022, 04:50:19 AM »
Spammers are getting desperate.  Today I got one basically saying that if you use toilet paper to wipe yourself after a bowel movement, it could be an early warning sign that you may have cancer, diabetes, a weight problem or be at risk for a stroke.  And that is a "medical fact."

This is because animals don't need to wipe themselves after a bowel movement so if you do then something is wrong.

I guess they forgot that, instead of using toilet paper, many animals lick themselves clean.  Or, in the case of dogs, scoot across the carpet.

:shocked:


Animals also don't get spam emails, so they must be doing something right.  ;)
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #94 on: October 29, 2022, 06:10:04 AM »
Well, the change hasn't really helped with the onslaught of comment form spam.  It has reduced it but still receiving it, though still not getting anything on the main contact form for the site, only the author contact form.  :shrug

Anyway, I was getting 2 or 3 a day from apparently the same place advertising, well, I don't remember.  Something for money or whatever.  But, they listed the same Telegram handle on each on.  So, I added that handle to the filtering I have and--presto!--no more spam from them.

Some of these spammers are beyond stupid.  "Reply to this message for more information" like it's eMail spam rather than comment form spam.  At least be smart enough to tailor your message for your spamming method.

I am tempted to actually send a bill to some of these spammers that leave contact information just to see how they might react.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #95 on: November 04, 2022, 05:21:54 AM »
Just rcvd this merry scamspam:

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If I were techie, I'd write a thriller about tracking down bozos like this to give them a talking to, or at least an English lesson.
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Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #96 on: November 04, 2022, 05:29:55 AM »
Just rcvd this merry scamspam:

"Your yearly help for five contraption used is begun.  Your record has been charged for $307.91 for this help program.  likewise, it with willing be reflected in your records inside the going with 2 working days as '360 Security charge updation'  We regard you for picking Norton.360 for your shielded web looking program."

If I were techie, I'd write a thriller about tracking down bozos like this to give them a talking to, or at least an English lesson.

When I see spam like that, I wonder, is it so hard to find an authentic eMail bill from somewhere and, you know, COPY it word for word?  I doubt spammers have any concern over plagiarism.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"
 

Post-Crisis D

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #97 on: November 06, 2022, 07:56:06 AM »
Apparently, I am getting a divorce.

I guess we've grown apart these past few years.  I mean, he/she's never at home when I am.  I don't even know if my spouse is a man or a woman or otherwise.  We've never actually met.  I only found out a few years ago that I was married when I searched myself online and various sites reported that I am now (as of then) married.  So, my spouse and I spend a lot of time apart.  Whoever he/she is most likely doesn't even have a key to the house.  Probably a good thing.  I don't know how well I can trust this spouse of mine.

So, I suppose it's no surprise we're getting a divorce now.

Shocking that it came in an eMail.

Subject line said: "You getting a divorce"

Sounds kind of final, like he/she doesn't even want to try to work things out.

On the other hand, according to the eMail, a new girl wants to meet me.  And she's a "hottie."  Probably also Russian given that the URL ends in .ru.

But what if I was looking for a new guy instead?  Silly spammer probably didn't do any research.  Just assumed they had a 50/50 chance, you know?

It's that kind of lack of attention to detail that bugs me about spammers, among many other things, mind you.

Anyway, bottom line is that I'm apparently single and available now.  Not that anyone cares, of course.  But, if there are kids I don't know about, I could probably use some help finding them, unless they are hiding under the desk.  Nope.  Not there.  So, you know, if you're single and don't want to see kids that may or may not exist starve to death, don't be afraid to offer some help finding them.  They could be anywhere.
Mulder: "If you're distracted by fear of those around you, it keeps you from seeing the actions of those above."
The X-Files: "Blood"
 
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She-la-te-da

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #98 on: November 07, 2022, 08:56:00 AM »
I hate election time. All that paper wasted. I know who I'm voting for, I know how to look things up on the internet thing. It's still around, right? Oh, and I also know that I've voted in the last six elections (well, the last however many since 1982). Thanks for the reminder notice, snottily telling me that it's the right of my neighbors to know who is voting in their community. Except, you listed the elections I voted in, not my neighbors' records. Hm. Sounds kind of stupid, doesn't it? I'm forgetful, but it's not that bad yet.

Between this and the phone calls telling me I may have been injured in the Camp Lejuene mess the last fifty years... Never been there in my life. I had friends who married Marines. I'm pretty sure they're smart enough to figure out how to join a class action suit.

And don't get me started on all the Medicare insurance benefits I may miss, if I don't reply to this letter right this freaking second! And burial insurance. FFS I seem to recall knowing how to look this crap up on the internet, too.
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She-la-te-da

Re: Silly Spammers
« Reply #99 on: November 07, 2022, 08:57:42 AM »
Hey, Post-Crisis D! Good luck in your divorce. I hope you take him/her/them for all the money. And full custody of the missing kids. They have to be around somewhere.
I write various flavors of speculative fiction. This is my main pen name.