[David Anthony]

Well done, Mark.
They always gave me the bum's rush.

[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

Congrats, Mark!

One of my few ambitions is to get something published there.

Duncan

[Mark McDonnell]

Hey folks,

Thanks so much for the kind words. I tried once before, after hearing it was a good place and got rejected. Something clicked the second time, obviously. So much is luck isn't it? Even being able to write poems is basically luck. It's a very weird business. Matt, I'm now a subscriber, one issue in. I've never subscribed to poetry journals before, but recently I treated myself to this and 'Pn Review'. It's a whole new field and feels quite decadent, what with mouths to feed etc haha. And there are so many! (Poetry journals, not mouths, though there's enough of them). But I tell myself I'm only spending what I used to spend on beer.

Thanks again.

[Jake Sheff]

Congratulations, Mark!

[Mark McDonnell]

Thanks Jake!

Sorry to bump this up (though I warned that I would) but my copy dropped through the letterbox this morning, so I'm excited all over again. Second poem in print.

Cheers all! I'll ride away on my dark horse now...

[Andrew Frisardi]

The Dark Horse is such a good lit mag. Congrats, Mark! There'll be many more publications to come, I reckon.

[Matt Q]

I just got my copy too. Great to see your poem in there Mark!

[Mark McDonnell]

Thanks, you two. I just noticed Cally and Dave Mason are in there too!

[Cally Conan-Davies]

Great news about Vinyl, Sharkey! I remember it well. It must look very fine in print -- I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!

This is an exciting time for you. I'm so happy you're getting poems into the world!

Lots of warm,

Cally

[Mark McDonnell]

Thanks Cally, that's a really nice thing to say. It feels exciting. Dream-like.

Your poem in there is witchily wonderful too.