<DIV>Short stories and short-short stories about traveling rock musicians that focus on the unseen, less than glamorous side of touring as a struggling rock band&mdash;the personal tolls, the grueling poverty, the gnawing hunger for fame, and the small and unlikely moments of redemption. These characters are slowly realizing that their dreams are slipping away, that age and hard living have worn them down, that their funky, rootless, rock & roll lives have not taken on the grandeur they&rsquo;d envisioned.<BR><B>Debra Marquart</B> toured with several rock and heavy metal bands during the 1970s and 1980s. She previously published a book of poetry,<i>Everything&rsquo;s a Verb</i>(New Rivers Press, 1995), and currently teaches creative writing at Iowa State University. She is the poetry editor of the<i>Flyway Literary Review.</I></DIV>