1 Another Day Another Dollar: 7.75

the gang hangs out at a bar, scaring other customers and being vagrant. One of them walks outside to try to shake the woman (Rosie) he recently bedded and strikes her in front of a group of passing seamen. They take after him to defend her honor and he summons the rest of his gang from inside the bar. They drive down the military men who rush back to base, and catch one trying to climb a fence to safety. They beat the piss out of him till the cops show up and shake down the barflies who conveniently summon Rosie as a witness wife whose honor was besmirched by the seamen. They all laugh it off in the bar.

Very vulgar Stream of Consciousness

2 The Queen is Dead: 8

similar to the IJ chapters about the tranny

(the G string! The bennie!!!)

what losers the barflies are. After Vinnie and Harry and yo stabbing georgette in the leg, she recovers and there’s a party at the drag queen den and the whole crew shows up despite their violent homophobic tendencies trying to score some as

It. \ Wasn\t. \Shit.

Vinnie and Harry rape one of the drag queens, then come back out. Georgette seduces Vinnie but then tastes Lee’s shit on Vinnie

so many bennies and IV drugs and gin

3 And Baby Makes Three: 7.5

other characters adjacent to the barflies get married bc of the impending child (they seem like alright people). Friend of the groom is obsessed with bikes and is constantly wanting to ride Tommy’s bike. They throw a christening party 2 weeks after babe is born, coupla the barflies and other degenerates have a grand ol time getting loaded and fighting. But for the most part this is a wholesome chapter

4 Tralala: 9

perhaps the most brutal chapter. Downfall of a high end escort who preys on men at bars, going with them hoping for a buck but rejecting the implication that she’s a prostitute, oftentimes violently bopping them in the head and robbing them. Eventually going to sleezier and sleazier locations as her reputation begins to spread, ultimately dying after a 50+ person gangbang brought about by people who kick her out of a bar

vile!

5 Strike: 9

fantasizing about killing his wife while get head from a drag queen (w/o realizing).

He eventually leaves his wife for a "fairy", then once the strike breaks and he can't afford to keep up with those lushes, he accosts a little boy and tries to filate him. Vinnie and the crew catch word and beat him to death.

If I had to guess, Strike was written first, or the rough idea hatched first, and the other vignettes drafted and woven around it

6 Coda Landsend: 8

Lightning round of character vignettes following some characters from before (and their now-miserable lives), many of which appear to inhabit the same apartment complex.

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