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Five random excerpts from Jay Rankin’s “Under the Neon Sky: A Las Vegas Doorman’s Story”

$15, Jay Rankin Publishing

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“She didn’t look familiar, but she did look drunk.”

“‘I don’t see any watch,’ Chicago the Clown murmured. ‘Do you?’ We struggled to stifle our laughter.”

“The Weasel ripped an aggressive bite from his dinner. I tried not to watch him eat. He went after his food as if he were competing against it.”

“T-bone’s face was a pain-twisted death’s-head mask, and sweat darkened his hair. ‘We’ve got to let the supervisor know.’”

“I wanted to yell, ‘Hey! Zombies! You couldn’t be done yet! This is Las Vegas!’”

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