THE COWARD AT KETTLE CREEK - by Noah Stratton-Twine & Jake Kuhn

Roy Bound, a timid and deeply cowardly horticulturist, longs only for a quiet, unremarkable life but finds himself thrust into unwanted attention after a drunken night he barely remembers. He wakes to discover he has somehow challenged the feared outlaw Lee “Guarantee” Garrett to a duel, and the town now celebrates him as a hero. 

Unable to escape the mounting pressure and expectations, Roy spends his final hours desperately trying, and failing, to avoid the confrontation. His lack of skill and growing panic drive him to self sabotage, but his efforts only push him closer to the inevitable showdown. 

When the duel ends with Garrett dead and Roy presumed killed, he survives in secret and ultimately chooses to disappear, embracing the legend built on a version of himself he never truly was.