Sexy dinosaurs, hot tigers and handsome … boats? Welcome to Chuck Tingle’s world of weird erotica

With hundreds of self-published books and one Hugo nomination, Tingle has become a beloved internet eccentric - and proof that anything can be horny if you try hard enough

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In one regular segment of John Mulaney's Netflix talkshow Everybody's Live, the comedian and his guests take audience calls about the topic of the week. On the dinosaur-themed week, as well as an overwhelmed small boy and a legendary paleontologist, one caller announces himself as Chuck, an author of - among many other things - dinosaur erotica. I think my most famous and award-winning [book] would be Space Raptor Butt Invasion," he explains politely. It was nominated for a Hugo award."

One of Mulaney's guests, actor Ayo Edebiri, asks if he'd won. I didn't win, but then I wrote a book called Pounded By My Hugo Award Loss, because you can write erotica about just about anything," Chuck replies.