Citations:cancerfic

English citations of cancerfic

Noun: "(countable, fandom slang) a fanfic centered around a character undergoing treatment for or dying from cancer"

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• 1998 July 8, Silver Fox [username], “Fanfic?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[1] (Usenet):

  I've been told that there was once an MSR cancerfic what had M and S on Assateague island for some kind of romantic thing or something […]

• 2001 September 1, Rotem Shahar, “[all-xf] Repost: Shalom Haver”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[2] (Usenet):

  Cancerfics and Character Death are two of the few types of fics I will not read, yet here I am writing one.

Noun: "(uncountable, fandom slang) such fan fiction collectively"

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• 1998 October 8, Nicola Simpson, “Working Stiffs: A Resource for XF Fanfic Writers”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[3] (Usenet):

  Read a no holds barred interview with author Leyla Harrison, in which she talks about rapefic, cancerfic, feedback, and her approach to writing fanfic.

• 1999 October 3, Stephie, “xfc: Xfcancerfic Runner-up: "Walls Have Ears"”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[4] (Usenet):

  Here is my cancerfic contribution.

• 2000 February 21, Eileen S. Whipple, “xfc: NEW: Blood and Thorns (1 of 1) - Eileen S. Whipple”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎^[5] (Usenet):

  I do love writing Cancerfic because it allows me to write dark and angsty stories.