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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. May 15th issue coming up. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. May 15th issue coming up. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
2026/30Flash Fiction

Eileen Nittler :: Gods Anonymous ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My brother, may he rest in peace,...
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2026/30Flash Fiction

Jody Jaffe :: Quarter Horse ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live in the Shenandoah Valley with...
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2026/30Flash Fiction

Erik Peters :: Leon ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Erik Peters is a father and avid...
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2026/30Fiction

Lauren Robertson :: Water Witching ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: After attending high school in central Mississippi,...
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2026/30Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Jimmie R. Pennington :: At The Five and Dime ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: A writer and self taught artist from...
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2026/30Flash Fiction

Scott MacLeod ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up on the South shore...
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2026/30Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Mary Chambers :: White is Overrated OR Cake Matters ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Well, I was born in Mobile Alabama...
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2026/30Flash FictionMule Redux Mea Culpa

Olivia Germann-Mc Clain :: The Final Proof ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up near the South Side...
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2026/30Flash FictionMule Redux Mea Culpa

Chaz Lily :: Holding Water ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Florida, raised in Georgia and...
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Fiction

Mule Redux Mea Culpa :: Writers in the Storm ::

Into this barn you’re born. The Doors reference there. Shows...
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Creative Non-Fiction / MemoirsMule Redux Mea Culpa

Ted Harrison :: How Lovely Are They Branches ::

Christmas in May. How lovely. Sorry, Ted, this one got...
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2026/30Poetry

David Earl Williams, The Absurdilachian

MY LAST SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT: I was born in the...
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2026/30Poetry

CL Bledsoe :: “Raining Apples” A Chapbook by one of the finest editors the Mule ever had… ::

Cort worked with me on the Mule for years. He...
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2026/30Poetry

A Hua :: “Blooming Like Flowers,” “Full Like Moon,” and other poems ::

The Poet: A Hua, born Wang Xiaohua, is from Weihai, Shandong...
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2026/30Poetry

winterSmith :: Ten Quick Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: winterSmith (aka Sam) was born in and...
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2026/30Poetry

Jim Rogers :: “We Don’t Know,” and two more poems ::

I am a blue blooded Southerner Jimmy Derrick was my...
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