Paul Booth
@pbooth81.bsky.social
Teacher, writer, dog-lover, reader, board gamer, tv watcher, Doctor Who enabler; annoyingly optimistic.
New Doctor Who Big Finish author: check out my Short Trips "Ahead of Time" coming out April 2025
New Doctor Who Big Finish author: check out my Short Trips "Ahead of Time" coming out April 2025
Very pleased that my newest writing, "Things We Miss," has been published by sneaker wave mag. Thanks to Michele Morano who read early versions and gave incredible feedback, and shoutout to @rebeccajohns.bsky.social & DePaul's creative writing MFA program
www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/things-we-...
www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/things-we-...
things we miss
by Paul Booth
www.sneakerwavemag.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Very pleased that my newest writing, "Things We Miss," has been published by sneaker wave mag. Thanks to Michele Morano who read early versions and gave incredible feedback, and shoutout to @rebeccajohns.bsky.social & DePaul's creative writing MFA program
www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/things-we-...
www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/things-we-...
@2natown.bsky.social Hi! This is Paul Booth - the prof that runs the con at DePaul. We chatted at the Forest Park holiday walk. Are you were still interested in vending (link: popcultureconference.com) & if so, can you send me a good email so I can send you more details? Thanks!!
DePaul Pop Culture Conference
popcultureconference.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@2natown.bsky.social Hi! This is Paul Booth - the prof that runs the con at DePaul. We chatted at the Forest Park holiday walk. Are you were still interested in vending (link: popcultureconference.com) & if so, can you send me a good email so I can send you more details? Thanks!!
Very happy at the end of the year to have one final short story published - this one's not for the faint of heart (or stomach!): "Words" published in Macabre Magazine:
macabremagazine.com/words/
(Sorry, I think you have to subscribe to see it all)
macabremagazine.com/words/
(Sorry, I think you have to subscribe to see it all)
Words
Reginald Cathcart squirms. His stomach’s disquiet. The past week’s stories have been weak, not up to his usual standards. He can feel the Words’ gurgitation roil. They push against the inside of him. ...
macabremagazine.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Very happy at the end of the year to have one final short story published - this one's not for the faint of heart (or stomach!): "Words" published in Macabre Magazine:
macabremagazine.com/words/
(Sorry, I think you have to subscribe to see it all)
macabremagazine.com/words/
(Sorry, I think you have to subscribe to see it all)
Hi all! Some of you know I am the faculty advisor for DePaul Doctor Who, an inclusive club at DePaul. They're raising money to go to Gallifrey One, the largest US Doctor Who convention. All donations are tax deductible. Please help if you can!
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DePaul Doctor Who
Join me and make a gift to DePaul Doctor Who Club!
givenow.depaul.edu
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hi all! Some of you know I am the faculty advisor for DePaul Doctor Who, an inclusive club at DePaul. They're raising money to go to Gallifrey One, the largest US Doctor Who convention. All donations are tax deductible. Please help if you can!
givenow.depaul.edu/depaul-docto...
givenow.depaul.edu/depaul-docto...
Hi #tabletop #boardgame #gaming friends! @jreylee.bsky.social's new book on CATAN is out! You can read it online for free at the link attached or pick up your copy at online retailers (including the University of Michigan Press) #Catan @tabletopbookshelf.com
lookingglance.com/unsettling-c...
lookingglance.com/unsettling-c...
Unsettling Catan
Read Online Buy Paperback* Buy Audiobook Description Coverage *30% off with code UMWEB30 Audiobook Preview Description Most revolutions don’t start with nineteen cardboard hexagons, but Klaus Teube…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hi #tabletop #boardgame #gaming friends! @jreylee.bsky.social's new book on CATAN is out! You can read it online for free at the link attached or pick up your copy at online retailers (including the University of Michigan Press) #Catan @tabletopbookshelf.com
lookingglance.com/unsettling-c...
lookingglance.com/unsettling-c...
Reposted by Paul Booth
Unsettling Catan releases on Monday, so I sat down with Danielle from @uofmpress.bsky.social to do a Q&A on the book.
(the interview was written, but I was sitting down at the time)
#boardgames #catan
@pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social
(the interview was written, but I was sitting down at the time)
#boardgames #catan
@pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social
Q&A with Author J. Rey Lee
press.umich.edu
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Unsettling Catan releases on Monday, so I sat down with Danielle from @uofmpress.bsky.social to do a Q&A on the book.
(the interview was written, but I was sitting down at the time)
#boardgames #catan
@pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social
(the interview was written, but I was sitting down at the time)
#boardgames #catan
@pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social
Hoping for some academic help...updating my readings in a Monsters class & would love a book that focuses on different monsters (zombie, vampire...) from histor/cult perspective. I've used (& enjoyed!) Asma's On Monsters and Poole's Monsters in America, but both are a bit dated by now. Thoughts?
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hoping for some academic help...updating my readings in a Monsters class & would love a book that focuses on different monsters (zombie, vampire...) from histor/cult perspective. I've used (& enjoyed!) Asma's On Monsters and Poole's Monsters in America, but both are a bit dated by now. Thoughts?
Can I also add how absolutely gorgeous! The book is? Smart, relevant, beautiful -- this book has it all!
🎉🔥🎉ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉🔥🎉DAY🎉🔥🎉
Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.
Jonathan Rey Lee’s book on CATAN is almost out. It’s the first in the Tabletop Gaming series that Paul Booth and I have been hard at work editing this past three years. Anyway, the book is fantastic. Please consider it and share with the right people.
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Can I also add how absolutely gorgeous! The book is? Smart, relevant, beautiful -- this book has it all!
I had an amazing time at Colorado State University's Department of Communication giving the Fall 2025 Gravlee lecture this weekend!
communicationstudies.colostate.edu/events/fall-...
communicationstudies.colostate.edu/events/fall-...
Fall 2025 Gravlee Lecture: Dr. Paul Booth - Communication Studies | Colorado State University
Gravlee Lecture with Dr. Paul Booth (DePaul University) on Sept 25th: "Cardboard Contrafactuals" explores how board games reveal cultural ideologies and shape our understanding of history.
communicationstudies.colostate.edu
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I had an amazing time at Colorado State University's Department of Communication giving the Fall 2025 Gravlee lecture this weekend!
communicationstudies.colostate.edu/events/fall-...
communicationstudies.colostate.edu/events/fall-...
Had a fun time talking to USA Today about Costco fandom...
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer...
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer...
These people love Costco more than you do. They have the tattoos to prove it.
"Favorite place on Earth." Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Wegmans all have obsessive fans, but they can't compete with Costco's cult-like following.
www.usatoday.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Had a fun time talking to USA Today about Costco fandom...
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer...
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer...
Reposted by Paul Booth
I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my newsletter, Silicon Sea. This month, I wrote about AI slop and figured out what else to say about it other than “I hate it.”
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
Can’t stop the slop
AI slop is ruining the casual internet – it’s also warping how we accept reality.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my newsletter, Silicon Sea. This month, I wrote about AI slop and figured out what else to say about it other than “I hate it.”
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!
open.substack.com/pub/silicons...
Hey #Google, I would happily throw down 1K on another new phone if it was designed specifically *not* to have AI. Don't include it on the searches, don't include it in my texts, don't include it in summarizing my emails. Now *that* I would pay for @developers.google.com @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey #Google, I would happily throw down 1K on another new phone if it was designed specifically *not* to have AI. Don't include it on the searches, don't include it in my texts, don't include it in summarizing my emails. Now *that* I would pay for @developers.google.com @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
It arrived! ("Do not bend" was taken more as a suggestion than a command by the USPS)
August 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It arrived! ("Do not bend" was taken more as a suggestion than a command by the USPS)
Had a fun time talking fandom, cosplay, and conventions with Where We Live on Connecticut Public radio this morning!
www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w...
www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w...
Bringing CT fans together: A look at ConnectiCon and fan conventions
Whether you’re a fan of anime, comics or the Marvel Universe, there’s a convention for you. Today, we hear from ConnectiCon; a Connecticut-based convention that has brought fans together for over 20 y...
www.ctpublic.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Had a fun time talking fandom, cosplay, and conventions with Where We Live on Connecticut Public radio this morning!
www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w...
www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w...
I had the amazing opportunity to share some of my board game work with Salt and Sass games! Check out the video here: youtu.be/7b9VG4uAIhc
and check out their work at bsky.app/profile/salt...
and linktr.ee/SaltAndSass
and check out their work at bsky.app/profile/salt...
and linktr.ee/SaltAndSass
July 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I had the amazing opportunity to share some of my board game work with Salt and Sass games! Check out the video here: youtu.be/7b9VG4uAIhc
and check out their work at bsky.app/profile/salt...
and linktr.ee/SaltAndSass
and check out their work at bsky.app/profile/salt...
and linktr.ee/SaltAndSass
Another productive day - 3000 total, split between a short story (now at 2500 words) and new novel (now at 50K words -- a milestone!)
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Another productive day - 3000 total, split between a short story (now at 2500 words) and new novel (now at 50K words -- a milestone!)
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
Huge writing day today. 2100 in the novel, up to 48500 now. And 1000 in a new short story which I'm invigorated by!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Huge writing day today. 2100 in the novel, up to 48500 now. And 1000 in a new short story which I'm invigorated by!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
1000 more this morning, and found a fun foil for my protagonist. Murder scene, gruesome, lots of googling to find out the nuances of blood. 46300 total
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
1000 more this morning, and found a fun foil for my protagonist. Murder scene, gruesome, lots of googling to find out the nuances of blood. 46300 total
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
1500 words today and 400 (unexpected) ones yesterday make for 45500 total!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
1500 words today and 400 (unexpected) ones yesterday make for 45500 total!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
2000 words this morning before every pet in my house starts freaking out. I've been up twice to stop cat fights. #stopfireworks
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
2000 words this morning before every pet in my house starts freaking out. I've been up twice to stop cat fights. #stopfireworks
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
Another 1500 words today, and I hit the 40K mark in the manuscript!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Another 1500 words today, and I hit the 40K mark in the manuscript!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
Another 1500 words down. Up to 38000 now. Had fun new digression which adds tension - hoping to keep it up!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Another 1500 words down. Up to 38000 now. Had fun new digression which adds tension - hoping to keep it up!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
Was slightly off on my total word count yesterday, but made up for it today, with 2600 written for 36600 total.
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
July 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Was slightly off on my total word count yesterday, but made up for it today, with 2600 written for 36600 total.
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
After a weekend away (I got a bit of writing done), back at it this morning, with 1500 down and 35000 total. Have to re-outline though, as I'm now completely off base with what I'd intended!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
June 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
After a weekend away (I got a bit of writing done), back at it this morning, with 1500 down and 35000 total. Have to re-outline though, as I'm now completely off base with what I'd intended!
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
2500 more words today (30500 total). Hard at first but I got into the groove eventually! Plus, edited two chapters of Penumbra. Am on a mini vacation over the next few days so may not be doing quite as much...
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
2500 more words today (30500 total). Hard at first but I got into the groove eventually! Plus, edited two chapters of Penumbra. Am on a mini vacation over the next few days so may not be doing quite as much...
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals
#writing #keepmeaccountable #wip #writinggoals