Editorial Team

Kate Horsley Editor & Founder
Kate’s first novel, The Monster’s Wife was shortlisted for the Scottish First Book of the Year Award. Her second, The American Girl (William Morrow/Harper Collins) was translated into Korean by Tomato Publishing, and both books have been optioned for film. Her recent fiction can be found in Smokelong Quarterly, The Cincinnati Review, The Citron Review, The Vestal Review, Wigleaf, Moon City Review, and Flash Fiction Online, and has been shortlisted for the Bath, Bridport & Oxford Flash Fiction competitions. She’s on the editorial board of Best Small Fictions and lectures in creative writing at the University of Hull.

Peter McAllister Editor & Founder
Peter has lectured in English and Creative Writing at a number of UK universities. He is an executive committee member for the Penzance Literary Festival and the Director of the North Cornwall Book Festival. Peter is the current Writer in Residence at The Morrab Library and a Higher Education Committee Member for the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). As well as being commissioned to write for BBC Radio 4, Peter has been shortlisted and highly commended in several International Literary Prizes for his short-form fiction and poetry. His work has been published online, in print journals and numerous anthologies.
About our Interns

Heidi Richardson Editorial Intern
Heidi’s favourite pastimes are reading, reviewing and discussing books and poetry. She writes poetry and prose and enjoys reading translated fiction. She’s currently editing poetry and reviewing poetry anthologies for Inkfish. Outside of her degree, Heidi loves to travel and go running. She spends most of her time swimming in the sea by the coasts of Cornwall, where she attends university, and at home in Brighton.

Zoë Blake-James Editorial Intern
Zoë has been enjoying her time proofreading and copyediting for Inkfish publications, including an upcoming poetry anthology from the Cornish Mor Poets group. Beyond this, she hopes to get even more stuck in with the magazine, by interviewing authors, writing book reviews and developing publicity campaigns. In her downtime, Zoë enjoys reading, writing, cooking for family or transcribing old documents.

Amirah Walters Editorial Intern
Amirah mostly spends her time proofreading, writing blog posts and reviewing books. One of her favourite parts of the job is finding new books to write reviews about — she could talk about books for hours, so getting to write about them is a perfect fit. When she isn’t working on the magazine, she is working on her English and Creative Writing degree, looking for new coffee shops, reading, or exploring new walking routes.

Ambika Bates Editorial Intern
Ambika is currently working on an interview series with Cornish fiction writers for the Spring Eco-Fiction edition of Inkfish magazine, and is also writing her own stories and poetry on-theme. In her free time, she enjoys reading (English and Creative Writing student so a bit of a requirement), writing (of course), travelling, and spending far too much on film for her Pentax K1000.
