Perihelion Science Fiction

Sam Bellotto Jr.
Editor

Eric M. Jones
Associate Editor


Fiction

Places We Call Home
by Amy Sisson

Drone Bee
by Kathleen Molyneaux

Jogging Alien’s Guide to Weight-loss Dating
by Ronald D. Ferguson

Locked Out
by Geoff Nelder

Sweet Dreams
by Tom Barlow

Trust Us: We’re Aliens
by Chet Gottfried

Last Close Encounter
by Brandon Klimack

In Real Life, I Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly
by Anya Ow

Shorter Stories

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
by Stephen L. Antczak

Day of the Doomrock
by Jack Ryan

Copywrong
by Matt Dovey

Articles

Downloading Great Audio
by Eric M. Jones

Science Fiction Trivia Challenge
by Ray Hamel


Cover

Editorial

Comic Strips

Reviews

Feedback

Submissions

Archives of Perihelion Covers

THE COVER PAGES of “Perihelion” are some of the finest works from today’s best graphic artists. We keep them here so they can always be available to view and appreciate. Images are grouped by year. Below each image is its month of issue, and the name of the artist who created it. Click on any individual cover thumbnail from the gallery below to see the full-size work.

 

2012

blanque blanque 1211 1212
    11/ J. Yungbluth 12/ M. Hanford

 

2013

1301 1302 1303 1304
1/ J. Jennings 2/ J. Waltrip 3/ D. Marshall 4/ W. Blakely
1305 1306 1307 1308
5/ G. Caracuzzo 6/ T. Tunaley 7/ E. Bennett 8/ W. Blakely
1309 1310 1311 1312
9/ D. Strologo 10/ D. Marshall 11/ C. Brillon 12/ T. Tunaley

 

2014

1401 1402 1403 1404
1/ J. Shields 2/ P. Saga 3/ J. Waltrip 4/ L. Matei
1405 1406 1407 1409
5/ R. Sanders 6/ J. Barbero 7/ D. Marshall 8/ G. Paese
1409 1410 1411 1412
9/ W. Blakely 10/ T. Teng 11/ J. Jennings 12/ M. Keenan

 

2015

1501 1502 1503 1504
1/ G. Paese 2/ J. Noble 3/ J. Jennings 4/ Sassystock
1505 1506 1507 1508
5/ B. Wright 6/ G. Paese 7/ C. Valenzuela 8/ H. Fowler
1509 1510 1511 1512
9/ T. Teng 10/ E. Evans 11/ B. Fraunfelter 12/ R. Sanders

 

2016

1601 1602 1603 1604
1/ M. Chun 2/ B. Wright 3/ J. Drylewicz 4/ P. Hollinghurst
1605 1606 1607 1608
5/ R. Sanders 6/ M. Hanford 7/ B. Fraunfelter 8/ G. Paese
1609 blanque 1611 1612
9/ D. Beaudin   11/ G. Paese 12/ D. Beaudin

 

2017

1601 1702 1703 1704
1/ R. Sanders 2/ A. Jasinsky 3/ J. Sang 4/ D. Beaudin
       
       
       
       

 

issue 1
Issue No. 1 (as Seldon Seen), 04/67, cover by Cabell Hatfield, mimeo, 10 pg.

issue 2
Issue No. 2 (as Seldon Seen), 08/67, cover by Eric M. Jones, mimeo, 26 pg.

issue 3
Issue No. 3, 11/67, cover by Eric M. Jones, offset, saddle-stitched, 40 pg.

issue 4
Issue No. 4, 02/68, cover by William Stillwell, offset, saddle-stitched, 40 pg.

issue 5
Issue No. 5, 06/68, cover by William Stillwell, offset, saddle-stitched, 40 pg.

issue 6
Issue No. 6, 01/69, cover by Vaughn Bode, offset, saddle-stitched, 40 pg.

issue 7
Issue No. 7, Summer 1969, offset, saddle-stitched, 40 pg. Final print issue.

Unable to secure additional funding, the magazine was placed on hold in the autumn of 1969. It was never discontinued. It was always my intention to resurrect “Perihelion” when the opportunity arose. I went on to pursue a career as a magazine editor, writer, crossword constructor, software developer, and a few other things. Some forty years later, following several lengthy telephone calls and emails with magazine co-founder Eric M. Jones, realizing that my retirement and the Internet provided highly favorable conditions for an online magazine, “Perihelion” returned on November 12, 2012.
—Sam Bellotto Jr., Editor