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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good Southern writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996. New issues on the 15th of every month.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
No good Southern writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996. New issues on the 15th of every month.
BlogThe River of Strange

Update on October Issue. Online Nov. 8th.

November 5, 2025 UPDATE: Thirteen joists replaced. Three main structural...
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Flash Fiction

David Daniel :: Riders ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised in Virginia. Riders She...
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Essays

James Ryer :: Photimos – Ancient Greek for Enlightenment ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I have lived in the South all...
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Flash Fiction

Sam Rafferty :: The Taste of Turtle ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in a small Georgia...
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Flash Fiction

Dylan Hoover :: An Unflattering Envelope ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I am born and raised in the...
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Flash Fiction

Daniel Hybner :: To Dust You Shall Return ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Texas born. Texas raised. Anyone not born...
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Flash Fiction

Phillip E. Hall :: Where’d My Shorts Go? ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I live in Virginia, along with most...
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Fiction

Larry Blazek :: Yard Saleing With the Ex ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Stayed in Texas and Southern California… Yard...
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Fiction

Jacob Stump :: What Lives Up Mud Creek Holler ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised on the...
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Fiction

Grady VanWright :: The Wormhole Killers ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Grady VanWright was born and raised in...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Gina Ferrara :: The Telling Hour ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: New Orleans, the South’s brattiest city is...
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Poetry

Tom Hunley :: Five Incredible Prose Poems ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Tom C. Hunley has lived and worked...
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