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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas . . . right? But what happens to the individuals who have to grow up there? Children of Las Vegas tells 10 in their stories: tales of overdoses, desert shoot-outs, suicides, casinos, desert air, and broken dreams. They include the son of a casino owner whose father gambled their fortune away and died broke and on my own; a mother of five whose partner kidnapped her children and is now a meth addict, living within the tunnels within sight of the glittering lights of the city; and a 23-year-old star performer, turned male prostitute. These are the children of the card dealers and the cocktail shakers, the limo drivers and the wheel spinners. Their stories are interspersed with short essays in regards to the city by Timothy O’Grady and portraits by highly acclaimed photographer Steve Pyke. There are horror stories in each and every city, but this stuff don’t seem to be just happening in Las Vegas . . . they are happening as a result of it.