Jetse de Vries, in a post on his blog, has announced his resignation as co-editor of Interzone after four and a half years. He cites differences in taste, specifically saying “I am unhappy with the direction and tone the fiction in Interzone will be taking.” He notes that he’s specifically talking about stories recently purchased which will probably appear next year, but not all of the stories.
He continues by thanking Andy Cox “for having me all this time,” and thanks the rest of the staff, past and present. He also wishes “Interzone and all other TTAPress publications nothing but success and the best of luck in the future.” The full text of his statement is in this post.
Cox, David Mathew, and Andy Hedgecock responded, also publicly, on the corporate web site, saying “We’re genuinely sorry to have lost Jetse de Vries from the Interzone editorial group.” They write of de Vries’s “discernment and passsion for interesting and polished writing.”
They also express surprise and confusion at de Vries’s stated reason for depature, writing that no change in editorial direction and tone “was identified or discussed at any time wtihin the [editorial] team. [We] do not feel there has been any shift in our editorial process, quality standards, ethics or strategy.” They remind readers that de Vries “played a full and significant part in selecting the stories our readers will be enjoying for many months to come. It will be quite a while before anyone gets to read a post-Jetse story in Interzone.” And they conclude by saying “there is no change in editorial ethos or policy—explicit or implicit, actual or pending” at the magazine. The full text of their statement is in this post.
Interzone is a British small press science fiction and fantasy magazine that was founded in 1982. It won the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine in 1995.