From Hugo Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, the very best science fiction stories of the year are collected in a single paperback volume. Keeping up-to-date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge research fiction requires sifting through countless publications, e-zines, websites, blogs, initial anthologies, single-author series, and more-a job accomplishable by just the most established and voracious visitors. For everybody else, Night Shade Books is proud to introduce the most recent level of The about THE VERY BEST Science Fiction of the Year Volume 4 Greatest Science Fiction of the Year, a annual anthology published by Hugo and World Dream Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the best possible that the genre has to offer, from the largest brands in the field to the most exciting fresh writers. The best research fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limitations from the human being condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the area of a single sentence. Clarke, publisher and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed and award-winning magazine Clarkesworld, has chosen the short science fiction (in support of research fiction) best representing the previous year’s writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and amazing ‘sensawunda’ the genre provides. Table of Items Introduction: A State of Short SF Field in 2018 When We Had been Starless-Simone Heller Intervention-Kelly Robson All the Time We’ve Remaining to Spend-Alyssa Wong Domestic Violence-Madeline Ashby Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae-Ian McDonald Prophet from the Roads-Naomi Kritzer Traces of Us-Vanessa Fogg Theories of Flight-Linda Nagata Laboratory B-15-Nick Wolven Requiem-Vandana Singh Sour Dairy Girls-Erin Roberts Mother Tongues-S. Qiouyi Lu Singles’ Day-Samantha Murray Nine Last Days on Planet Earth-Daryl Gregory The Buried Giant-Lavie Tidhar The Anchorite Wakes-R.S.A. Garcia Entropy War-Yoon Ha Lee An Equation of State-Robert Reed Quantifying Trust-John Chu Hard Mary-Sofia Samatar Freezing Rainfall, a Potential for Falling-L.X. Beckett Okay, Glory-Elizabeth Keep Heavy Lifting-A.T. Greenblatt Lions and Gazelles-Hannu Rajaniemi Different Seas-Alastair Reynolds Among the Water Buffaloes, a Tiger’s Steps-Aliette de Bodard Byzantine Empathy-Ken Liu Meats and Salt and Sparks-Rich Larson Umbernight-Carolyn Ives Gilman