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@SobSax “Longtime Creative Loafing writer and editor Cliff Bostock has died after a long battle with cancer. Hs article for Creative Loafing’s 50th anniversary issue, its last in print, discussed …” 
I had not heard anything from Cliff in a while. In the early nineties, you could not avoid him. He wrote restaurant reviews for Creative Loafing, and intensely personal pieces for Etc. That article gives you a feel for the voice of Cliff Bostock.
Cliff had a story, and a point of view. Defiantly gay, scarred by the AIDS calamity, Cliff said plenty of things you are not supposed to say. For a while, he was pumping out 3,000 words a week, for anyone who cared to read. “Intensely personal” may not be adequate to describe his output. One person said he would rather walk naked down Peachtree Street, than publish things like that.
It turns out that Cliff had been writing for Georgia Voice. Fagrags are not what they used to be. Cliff was, as usual, vocal about his experience. (March 8 April 6 June 7) Glioblastoma multiforme was the vehicle for this one way journey.
AIDS is a constant presence here. I believe I once saw Cliff write something about getting tested, followed by a staunch refusal to give his own results. Whatever the outcome, Cliff managed to hang on to life until now, which is an achievement. “I often feel like my mind is hosting a marathon séance, with dead friends constantly popping into my head.”
In the early oughts, Gay.com was an online hangout. Cliff adopted the name Bachelard, and made his presence known. I was PiersGavestonJr … two chatters named after Frenchmen. Cliff said that he met me at a meet-and-greet, but I am not sure. … If you type gay.com into a browser, you will go to Los Angeles LBGT Center. Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library I do not know if Cliff ever reviewed Krystal.