#love is real !

[drchucktingle]

very happy to present incredible cover art for LUCKY DAY. beautiful work from LA BOCA capturing the spirit of this strange and terrifying and existential and absurdist horror novel. PRE ORDER HERE AND SUPPORT THE ART YOU LOVE

i have talked on this many times, but i would like to use this opportunity to say again, ESPECIALLY NOW, taking a moment to directly support queer, neurodivergent, counterculture, or outsider art is so important and POWERFUL. WE CAN BEND TIMELINES TOWARDS LOVE but it takes trotting together.

LUCKY DAY is about a lot of things. its my bisexual erasure book, but also about how we deal with a world that seems so full of overwhelming grief. its about finding hope amid chaos and trotting forward with love. please take a moment to preorder if you can. 

[totalincandescense]

We hardlaunched too close to the sun we have Phyuri now 💔

[eggsdoodz]

bye bye 2024

[yooo-lets-go]

They are meant for each other

[aimseytv]

my girlfriend came into my office and handed me this coffee and said “i tried to draw applejack for you”

[p-assionateheart]

[winndycakes]

Winndy Rambles And Gushes About Chuck Tingle

Wanted to ramble a little about one of my favorite authors, creators and overall just super rad people; Chuck Tingle.

Like many people, when I first heard of Chuck, I took him as some sort of meme. A troll, a joke, someone not to be taken seriously. After all, the majority of his works are "silly short erotica stories around dinosaurs, cryptids and even living concepts and items". How COULD this be serious? It's a question I asked before, years ago, and one that many still do to this day.

One holiday season, a friend had made a post on FaceBook saying "first five people to comment I'll gift you a book". So I did. The book I got was a physical copy of the "Space Raptor Butt Invasion Trilogy" by Chuck Tingle. Since I had a book of Tingle's now, I really had no excuse to not read it for myself.

Erotica normally isn't my thing (I'm pretty ace and grey aro too), but very quickly, I was charmed by the prose. As you read Chuck's stories, there's a fact that becomes very apparent. Chuck Tingle is a great writer, a really great writer. How he writes, how the words flow together, one sentence going into the next. The characters, the plot, the little bits of lore, dialogue and all he puts in... You quickly begin to see; this is NOT a joke.

It is not a meme. He is not trolling you. It is art. Passionate, sincere, genuine art. And it's beautiful. The more you read, the more definitive it gets.

I will admit, I have read aloud many a Tingler for friends and others in Discord servers, both to share my joy of Tingle with others, but also, it is fun to look at how different his works are. It's fine to laugh along with them even.

The moment that really was like... angels singing, light shining down and there's bishi sparkles and a heavenly soft pink background appearing for me though was the summer Chuck Tingle released on of his first full novella's; "Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus". Like many, I was crushed and gutted at JKR's extreme turn to committing to transphobia (and of course the hindsight of realizing... the HP books and universe were not as kind and welcoming as I remembered growing up). So when Chuck Tingle (in one weekend mind you) came out with a 50k novel affirming trans people and their belonging in not just queer spaces, but being on this Earth, as fellow human beings, it was... affirming. It was the welcoming feeling I had gotten with the original HP books all those years ago, but it was real. (Also please read both Trans Wizard Harriet Porber books. They're delightful, fun and the magic system Tingle creates is so, so cool and interesting).

The next thing that got me just mega hype for Tingle was his first foray into horror; "Straight". "Straight" is Tingle's answer to the ever popular trope and genre of zombies and the apocalypse that comes with them, and what a fun turn of tables he takes on them. Zombies in the Tingleverse are not undead beings, they're not humans afflicted by a virus, instead a strange cosmic event happens once a year, when one night, all cishet people on Earth get this animalistic, violent urge to brutally harm and even kill all queer people. I won't get too spoilery about it but it is a very fun romp, and as someone who has been fatigued by zombies, it is a welcome new perspective.

Not long after this, Chuck came out with two full, traditionally published horror novels; "Camp Damascus" and "Bury Your Gays". Both are very different experiences in horror, both a joyful celebration of being queer and your authentic self even in the face of those looking to silence you, permanently if they must. I had the pleasure of meeting Chuck (twice!) while he was on tour for both of these books, getting my copies signed (along with my copies of the Trans Wizard duology and my beloved copy of the Space Raptor trilogy) and was able to tell Tingle myself just how important he is to someone like me; another queer autistic creator. (I was also one of the few people to win the little mini games he gave, twice, but that's a different story).

Ultimately that is what I am trying to get at. Growing up, and even for all of my 20s, there wasn't really someone like Tingle. Someone unabashedly authentic, themselves, queer, open and imo most importantly, joyously so. One is often told "just be yourself" but that can be hard to do when it seems like the world is against you for one reason or another.

Seeing a creator like Chuck shows how important it is to have such a presence in the world, and I was glad I got to tell him myself. I've had a lot of hardships in life, a lot of losses, a lot of grief, but someone like Chuck is there to tell you to keep trotting and remind you; Love Is Real.

And that's truly the ending message:

Love Is Real.

[amanonthecorner]

This one goes out to all the buckaroos whose trot has been SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED by the art of @drchucktingle

[applebugg]

The lampposts are in love

[drchucktingle]

'on your left OR right' THANK YOU BUCKAROOS i am blown away by LUCKY DAY preorders. so honored. we have trotted far together and i cannot wait to continue this trot into the future with you. LOVE IS REAL. if you did not already then preorder lucky day here

[totalincandescense]

Hi why was the JENGA VIDEO fucking LETHAL????

[eggsdoodz]

i love love <333

[willsweedwords]

what I love about Chuck tingle is that.. like.. he's our little guy right? you know what I mean? he's our little guy and we love him and he loves us and that helps us love each other better because love is real, you know? but he's just pur little guy...

and then every now and again you see someone that's a Big Guy out in BigGuydom and he goes "chuck is my little guy" or "chuck is my Big Guy" and you're reminded that he's everyone's little guy, he is everyone's Big Guy, because chuck IS love is love and he is also all of us so we are all each other and each other is love ❤️

which, of course we are. because we are REAL and so is love ❤️

idk I'm just feeling happy and grateful and buoyed by peace

[geopsych]

Earth Day morning sights from my walk this morning. <3 (I would say the Earth is my beloved but you have to watch what you say around here or you could end up in a Tingler. haha)

[lovesicksunday]

Chuck Tingle is my Roman Empire