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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
April International Poetry Issue. No good [Southern] writing is complete without a dead mule. Established 1996.
Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Sarah Lewis :: “Holler if you need me” ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born in Atlanta, raised in North Carolina,...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Frances Scott :: It Was All Terribly Unfair ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Isabel Hill :: Just Sit There and Look Pretty ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Born and raised Southern, I started moving...
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Flash Fiction

Matt Bender :: Antiheroes From Descending Perspectives at a Party ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the swamps of...
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Flash Fiction

Kirby Michael Wright :: Rambling of a Casting Director ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Kirby Michael Wright split college to follow...
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Creative Non-Fiction / Memoirs

Sean McFadden :: Success ::

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Sean McFadden had a mango branch wedged...
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BlogThe River of Strange

Update on October Issue. Online in full by Nov. 18th. 18th. November & October 2025

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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