The Cancer Cowboy Rides by John Connolly

The Cancer Cowboy Rides

Author(s)	John Connolly
Published	2004
Publisher	Atria Books
Genre(s)	Horror
Age group	Adult

The Cancer Cowboy Rides by John Connolly is an adult horror novella, originally published in 2004 as a part of Nocturnes, a short story collection by John Connolly.

Trigger Warnings

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• Ableism Expand
  The R slur gets used at one point.
• Abusive relationship Expand
  Mentions of domestic violence.
• Animal death
• Body horror
• Cancer Expand
  Though not technically cancer, the spreading disease the story deals with has symptoms identical to, and is treated as, various forms of cancer.
• Emesis
• Gore
• Gun violence
• Homophobia Expand
  The F slur gets used at one point.
• Parasites
• Sexual harassment Expand
  Mentions of a woman being groped against her will.
• Terminal illness

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

• Gay side character

Tropes

• Amnesia
• Pandemic

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• Cliffhanger