The online edition of The Dead Mule first appeared in the fall of 1996. He donated his html skills, his website, and his time. For that we are eternally grateful. He continues as an advisor to the Mule, offering advice and support. The journal, funded by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, ceased publication after one issue.
Journals can exist without paper.
So it was decided that the Dead Mule should live. The Mule's goal is to provide southern writers with a forum in which they can let go and write whatever needs to be written. Sometimes trashy, often two steps short of politically correct, and always insightful, the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature comes from the voice of the writer, the Southern Voice. Many folks have commented on Jerry Leath Mills' article about dead mules in southern fiction. We suggest everyone purchase a copy, hell, buy 2 or 3 and give them as gifts.