From Hugo Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, the 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 science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more-a task accomplishable by only the most determined and voracious readers. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to introduce the latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers. The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human 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 space of a single sentence. Clarke, publisher and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed and award-winning magazine Clarkesworld, has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year's writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome "sensawunda" that the genre has to offer. Table of Contents Introduction: A State of Short SF Field in 2018 When We Were Starless-Simone Heller Intervention-Kelly Robson All the Time We've Left to Spend-Alyssa Wong Domestic Violence-Madeline Ashby Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae-Ian McDonald Prophet of the Roads-Naomi Kritzer Traces of Us-Vanessa Fogg Theories of Flight-Linda Nagata Lab B-15-Nick Wolven Requiem-Vandana Singh Sour Milk 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 Rain, a Chance of Falling-L.X. Beckett Okay, Glory-Elizabeth Bear 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 Meat and Salt and Sparks-Rich Larson Umbernight-Carolyn Ives Gilman
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Mary Robinette Kowal is an author, a voice actor, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, and a puppeteer. She was the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo nominee for her story “Evil Robot Monkey.” She is an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. A professional puppeteer and voice actor, she spent five years touring nationally with puppet theaters.
Karen Chilton is a New York–based actor and writer and an accomplished voice-over artist and narrator. She has narrated dozens of audiobooks, won three AudioFile Earphones Awards, and in 2020 won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narration. Her voice can be heard on numerous national network television, radio, and Internet advertising campaigns.
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Feodor Chin, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, is an actor classically trained at the American Conservatory Theater and UCLA. His acting career includes numerous credits in film, television, theater, and voice-over.
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Richard Poe, a professional actor for more than thirty years, has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including 1776 and M. Butterfly. On television he has had recurring roles on Star Trek and Frasier. His films include Born on the Fourth of July and Presumed Innocent. Poe is a well-known and prolific audiobook performer and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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