"The Duel" takes us back to a time just after repeal of prohibition on the national stage, but when much of the South remained officially dry. Tensions run high between those who cling to the lofty goals of the temperance movement and those wanting to break free. Told through the eyes of a young black girl growing up in a small town in the Southern United States, excitement runs high as the entire town and folks from far and wide gather to witness a legendary showdown between the most famous blues man who ever lived and an equally famous young female guitar thumping gospel and blues singer.

Jason Malcolm Stewart is an author, journalist and media professional who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. His short fiction has appeared in the Pulp Empire Series, Heroes of Mars, Twisted Tales, Temptation Magazine, the Once Upon a Scream Anthology, the Killens Review of Art and Letters as well as on the Smoke and Mirrors podcast. He has written quicklets on a variety of topics such as Moby Dick and Atlus Shrugged. Stewart hosts the YouTube features SEVEN MINUTE TAKES and ACTIVE VOICES.

His novel-length thriller "The Eyes of the Stars" can be found at Double-Dragon-ebooks.com in both ebook and paperback. His short story collections "Exodus From Mars" and "The Last Words of Robert Johnson" are available now on Amazon.com along with his non-fiction collection of horror film essays , "Look Back in Horror."
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Episode originally aired live on January 1, 2019, on KKUP Cupertino, 91.5 FM, www.kkup.org.
Due to copyright restrictions, musical selections have been redacted.
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