After careful deliberation, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature has nominated the following writers and poets for Best of the Web 2007. Check out their fine work.

Fiction:

Clamming in January” by John McCaffrey

Death’s Janitor” by Andrew Killmeier

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Poetry:

Among the Missing” by Pris Campbell (scroll down)

Fireflies” by Jenni Russell (scroll down)

Ghost Child” by Jayne Pupek (scroll down)

Lunch” by Carter Monroe (scroll down)

reflections on artistic inspiration gone awry” by Terry Lowenstein (scroll down)

Mountain Verse” by Sam Rasnake (scroll down)

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According to the rules, each poem or story must have been first published or appeared on the web between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.