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The Tingleverse is a vast place, with infinite layers of reality that abide by only own steadfast rule: love is real. With all these potential universes, it was only a matter of time before twice Hugo Award nominated author, Dr. Chuck Tingle, began telling stories of love between ladybucks and their beautiful bigfoot, dinosaur, unicorn and living object partners.

Jill doesn’t want to be left out of her friend’s upcoming ski trip, but soon enough, she finds herself caught in a little white lie that won’t stop snowballing. Despite insisting she can handle herself on the slopes, Jill has no idea how to ski. Hoping to correct this, Jill hatches a plan to sneak off for crash course lessons from the best instructor on the mountain, a beautiful sentient twice baked potato named Brimm. Unfortunately, the only thing crashing is Jill.

Vickibod Crame is new to the town of Sleepy Butthole, a recently hired schoolteacher who’s looking forward to calling this beautiful hamlet home. Unfortunately, she quickly discovers the townsfolk here are not as kind as she’s hoped. In fact, they’re downright rude. Now Vickibod is headed out to the old bridge on the night of a full moon, searching for the legendary headless buttwoman. It’s said this buttwoman once tried to turn Sleepy Butthole into a joyful place through voracious ass eating, but failed. Now Vickibod Crame is helping the headless buttwoman try again.

Michelle loves farmer’s markets, and is excited to learn about a mysterious night gathering that takes place before every full moon in the swamp outside of town. It’s difficult to find, but once Michelle arrives, she quickly discovers this isn’t your typical farmer’s market; it’s a market for witches. When Michelle stumbles upon the honey booth of a living tractor apiarist, she’s immediately smitten by the beautiful witch named Willa. Now Willa is inviting Michelle to try some honey at her hut in the woods, but is this really all just some kind of hedonistic sexual ritual?

Kendra’s been having a terrible day, and it only seems to be getting worse. Between the jammed drawer that kept her from eating breakfast, or the flat tire on her car, Kendra’s beginning to worry that her big presentation as work is headed for a similar dose of bad luck. Fortunately, on the way to the office Kendra stumbles upon the planet Mercury herself, and quickly discovers that these unfortunate circumstances may be linked to the fact that Mercury is in retrograde.

Lara is a small town girl with dreams of the big city, and when she finally saves up enough for a five day vacation in New York, she decides to plan out everything down to the minute. Unfortunately, from the second Lara lands, she finds herself immediately falling behind. Forced to change her tight schedule over and over again, Lara finally breaks down and declares that she hates New York City.

Nicole’s time in quarantine is starting to get difficult. She’s reached the end of all streaming television and movies, and her hobby of gardening didn’t quite work out as expected. Fortunately, attempting her hand at baking some bread has put a spring in Nicole’s step.

When Alison is forced to move across the country for a new job at Tingle Industries, she finds herself in a complicated situation. On one hand, she’s able to buy her first house, something that Alison never would’ve dreamed possible. The unfortunate drawback is that she’s never seen the place in person.

Carly’s boss has announced that everyone is receiving a raise, and her coworkers are buzzing with excitement. The only catch, however, is they aren’t allowed to discuss how much of a raise they’ve received. This request seems fine, at first, but when Carly realizes she’s only getting five more cents a day, she becomes skeptical about Cobbler Corp’s motivations. Fortunately, the beautiful physical manifestation of her coworkers and her discussing their salaries even though their boss told them not to quickly arrives and gets to work setting things straight.

Robin has never heard a song that she liked, and she is perfectly fine with this fact. Still, it doesn’t stop her friends from trying to find the perfect record that will finally get Robin to tap her feet.

Bailey loves the video arcade, and spends most of her time at her local spot racking up high scores and running through pockets full of quarters. When she hears about an exclusive club up in the hills called The Tinglecade, however, Bailey sets out to find a way in. Eventually, Bailey finds herself at this mysterious arcade, but quickly realizes there’s much more at work here than just a few rare game cabinets. Now Jessica and Henry, a pair of gorgeous sentient arcade games, are treating Bailey to a three-player bisexual encounter unlike anything she’s ever experienced.

Marge and her sentient log friend, Cole, have noticed a stranger at the local diner in Twin Cheeks, but they’re still curious what brings this beautiful T-Rex to their small town. Further investigation reveals this mysterious stranger to be Agent Hale Boober, a dinosaur tasked with seeking out the best cherry pie in Washington State every 25 years. Boober is almost finished with her quest, but there’s one slice left to taste. Unfortunately, the final cherry pie lies between worlds, in a mysterious location known only as The Snack Lodge.

Amy is on the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree, but after visiting every lot in Billings, she’s begging to worry that the perfect Christmas tree doesn’t actually exist. In a moment of inspiration, Amy attempts to get to the heart of the season by traipsing into the snow covered hillside and finding the perfect tree for herself, but what she discovers is so much more.

Joma’s tropical vacation is off to a rocky start when she learns the nearby beach cove is inaccessible to guests. Apparently, local legends of mermopeds in the ocean caves have caused scientists to close down the area and hunt for answers.