Virgin Night rocked!

L to R (since there aren't really "rows"): Jenny Block, Gideon Levy, Nicolette Dixon, Sinclair Sexsmith, Megan Hart, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sarah Wendell, Emily Farris
photo by Stacie Joy

Virgin Night at In The Flesh Reading Series was packed - standing room only! THANK YOU to everyone who came out, to our sponsors, Baked by Melissa (cupcakes!), Ravenous Romance (cookies), JimmyJane (massage candle!) and SexySlang (word games!). And to Megan Hart for the fun giveaways. (For those wondering, Kyria Abrahams couldn't make it.)

And as always, thank you to all the readers, everyone who came out, Stacie Joy for the photos, and the staff of Happy Ending Lounge, especially manager Gina and bartender Juan Carlos!

Please come back May 21st - full lineup and bios coming very soon.

See the full photo set from Virgin Night here.


Nicolette Dixon went into glowing detail about cleavage.


Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches Trashy Books had us roaring with tales of tentacles in orifices and other romance novel delights from her book Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels.


Megan Hart read from her erotic novel Stranger, out from Harlequin Spice.


Sinclair Sexsmith reads hot poetry from the chapbook Sinclair Sexsmith.


Emily Farris read a true, amazing story of orgasms and real estate lust. She told me she was nervous beforehand but I told her the truth: that people actually relate way more to the true stories, because they've been there...or want to be.


Gideon Levy had many permutations on "ghetto-fab-i-diculous" (sp?)


Jenny Block read from her memoir Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage.

Megan Hart brought this "Bring Me My Hookah" t-shirt (the name of her awesome vlog with Lauren Dane):



We had cupcakes from Baked by Melissa - 100 of them and they were gone really fast:



And cookies courtesy of Ravenous Romance:



In addition to the giveaways, there was lots of free stuff (and fishnets):

Don't you want this t-shirt?

I do!



It's by SexySlang, whose board game you can win on Thursday at Virgin Night at In The Flesh! (yes, I'm in mega plugging-my-reading-series-cause-nervous-about-attendance mode!)

What you can win at Virgin Night at In The Flesh April 16th

That's in one week!

So many goodies and giveaways next Thursday at Virgin Night at In The Flesh Reading Series!



From luxury sex toy seller JimmyJane, you can win one of their beautiful massage candles. Here's how they describe it:

AFTERGLOW
Natural Massage Candles
With Body Brush

Light AFTERGLOW and use it as a candle, then blow it out, dip the Body Brush in the warm oil, and paint it on the skin. When heated, the candle liquefies into high-slip massage oil that softens and hydrates the skin. Our proprietary blend of spa-grade ingredients provides silky sensation at the perfect temperature. More than a candle, it’s a massage. Burns up to 42 hours, every one of them memorable.




I also love that JimmyJane founder Ethan Imboden writes about vibrators and sex on Huffington Post.

And from the word game SexySlang (formerly PervArtistry, which you may have heard of), you can win one of 3 games!

Here's some of the cards that came with it - see if you can figure out what these symbolize!