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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.
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
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Dennis Mitton: One By One. Each In Turn. Sans One. (essay/memoir) Nov. 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m an ex-pat from Seattle and still miss...
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Fiction

Jessica Simpkiss: Poor Men’s Currency (fiction) Nov 2018

Poor Men’s Currency I sat at the kitchen table with...
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Fiction

November Issue coming soon — OOOPS 17th

November will be online by the 15th, our new publishing...
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Kermit Turner: Intrusion (micro-fiction) Oct 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up on a farm in Lincoln...
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Karan Freimark: Justice for Charlie (short fiction) Oct. 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I grew up in the Kentucky countryside....
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Interviews / Books / Music

Valeria Vose by Alice Bingham Gorman (a book discussion) Oct 2018

Valeria Vose, a Novel by Alice Bingham Gorman Published by...
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Fiction

Tyler Sheldon: The Clay (fiction) Oct. 2018

SOUTHERN LEGITIMACY STATEMENT I’ve lived in Louisiana for a handful...
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Essays

Meredith Baker: Daddy’s Home (memoir) Oct 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I’m a debutant, a beachcomber, and a native...
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Essays

Dwight Watson: Zero Degree Gravity (memoir) Oct 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: Now retired, I devoted the past thirty-six...
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Fiction

Berta Morgan: Puppy Love (short fiction)

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born and raised in Indiana. If...
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Hurricane Florence update

Due to flooding from Hurricane Florence, we must direct our...
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Fiction

Donna Walker-Nixon: Death Comes for Yertle (short fiction) Sept 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: You can tell I’m from the South since...
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Fiction

Victoria J. Ashford: Simple Things (short fiction) Sept 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: My father was from Meridian, MS, my...
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Fiction

Andrew Miller: Stone Wall (micro-fiction) Sept 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born in Michigan, lived in...
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Essays

Elodie Pritchartt: A Hollow Space (Essay) Sept 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I was born by the river — the...
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Fiction

Maggie Hess: Hoodwinked Vignettes Part 2 (fiction) Sept 2018

Southern Legitimacy Statement: already proved myself Southern once on here. I...
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