Lucky Day - by Chuck Tingle (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster occurred. In what was later known as the Low-Probability Event, 8 million people were killed in a single day, each of them dying in improbable, bizarre ways: strangled by balloon ropes, torn apart by exploding manhole covers, attacked by a chimpanzee wielding a typewriter. A day of freak accidents that proved anything is possible, no matter the odds. Luck is real now, and it's not always good. Vera, a former statistics and probability professor, lost everything that day, and she still struggles to make sense of the unbelievable catastrophe. To her, the LPE proved that the God of Order is dead and nothing matters anymore. When Special Agent Layne shows up on Vera's doorstep, she learns he's investigating a suspiciously--and statistically impossible--lucky casino. He needs her help to prove the casino's success is connected to the deaths of millions, and it's Vera's last chance to make sense of a world that doesn't. Because what's happening in Vegas isn't staying there, and she's the only thing that stands between the world and another deadly improbability"--

Book Synopsis

"An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death

Lucky Day is the instant USA Today and Indie bestseller from Chuck Tingle, where one woman must go up against horrifying odds to save the world.

Four years ago, an unthinkable disaster occurred. In what was later known as the Low-Probability Event, eight million people were killed in a single day, each of them dying in improbable, bizarre ways: strangled by balloon ropes, torn apart by exploding manhole covers, attacked by a chimpanzee wielding a typewriter. A day of freak accidents that proved anything is possible, no matter the odds. Luck is real now, and it's not always good.

Vera, a former statistics and probability professor, lost everything that day, and she still struggles to make sense of the unbelievable catastrophe. To her, the LPE proved that the God of Order is dead and nothing matters anymore.

When Special Agent Layne shows up on Vera's doorstep, she learns he's investigating a suspiciously--and statistically impossibly--lucky casino. He needs her help to prove the casino's success is connected to the deaths of millions, and it's Vera's last chance to make sense of a world that doesn't.

Because what's happening in Vegas isn't staying there, and she's the only thing that stands between the world and another deadly improbability.

Also by Chuck Tingle:
Bury Your Gays
Camp Damascus
Straight

Review Quotes

Praise for Lucky Day:

"An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights. In Tingle's hands, the slow trudge toward mortality regains its sense of marvel. We are all lucky for the statistically infinitesimal chance to be alive while Chuck Tingle is writing books."
--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of Death

"Sparkles and shines as bright as the Las Vegas strip! Lucky Day fearlessly explores existence, absurdity, and love as only Chuck Tingle can do it. It will shock, thrill, and unlock new fears never even dreamt of. This is Tingle at his strangest and bloodiest."
--CJ Leede, USA Today bestselling author of American Rapture

"A transcendent bisexual fantasia. Prepare to be astonished, unnerved, and ultimately, delighted. Lucky Day is groundbreaking, surrealist horror like you've never seen before."
--Liz Kerin, author of Night's Edge

"Tingle wows with an absurdist existential horror novel that is as funny as it is unexpectedly devastating, complex, and challenging...Combining irreverent moments of surreality with an earnest message about finding hope even in the face of brutality, this is Tingle's best yet."
--Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

"Tingle's latest is an absurd romp, but underneath the off-the-wall mayhem lies his most sophisticated work to date."
--Booklist, STARRED REVIEW

"Lucky Day is, fundamentally, a rollickingly fun horror novel that is somehow jovial in its exploration of eldritch terrors and rips in the space-time continuum."
--Washington Independent Review of Books

Praise for Chuck Tingle:

"This book is Tingle's declaration: Love is real, and so are monsters."
--Gabino Iglesias, The New York Times Book Review, on Bury Your Gays

"Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love."
―T. Kingfisher, NYT bestselling author, on Camp Damascus

"Tingle cements his place in horror with this gory romp."
--Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW) on Bury Your Gays

"Chuck Tingle is absolutely the best guide through this level of Hell."
--N.K. Jemisin, NYT bestselling author, on Camp Damascus

"Chuck Tingle continues to surprise and thrill."
--John Scalzi, NYT bestselling author, on Camp Damascus

"Brilliantly bloody, wildly fun, and extremely scary."
--Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of So Thirsty, on Bury Your Gays

"Even if you don't think you like horror, you're gonna devour this."
--Drew Broussard, LIT HUB, on Bury Your Gays

About the Author

CHUCK TINGLE is the USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus, Bury Your Gays, and Straight. His books have been finalists for the Bram Stoker and CALIBA Golden Poppy Award. He is a mysterious force of energy behind sunglasses and a pink mask. He is also an anonymous author of romance, horror, and fantasy. Tingle was born in Home of Truth, Utah and now lives in Los Angeles, California. Tingle writes to prove love is real, because love is the most important tool we have when resisting the endless cosmic void. Not everything people say about Tingle is true, but the important parts are.