Year's Best SF 4

The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editor.

• Alexander Jablokov: "Market Report" (First published in Asimov's Science Fiction, 1998)
• Gregory Benford: "A Dance to Strange Musics" (First published in Science Fiction Age, 1998)
• Norman Spinrad: "The Year of the Mouse" (First published in Asimov's, 1998)
• Mary Soon Lee: "The Day Before They Came" (First published in Interzone, 1998)
• Rob Chilson: "This Side of Independence" (First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF), 1998)
• Stephen Baxter: "The Twelfth Album" (First published in Interzone, 1998)
• Ted Chiang: "Story of Your Life" (First published in Starlight 2, 1998)
• Robert Reed: "Whiptail" (First published in Asimov's, 1998)
• Mary Rosenblum: "The Eye of God" (First published in Asimov's, 1998)
• Michael F. Flynn: "Rules of Engagement" (First published in Analog, 1998)
• Michael Swanwick: "Radiant Doors" (First published in Asimov's, 1998)
• Jean-Claude Dunyach: "Unraveling the Thread" (First published in Galaxies #4 (French magazine) as "Déchiffrer la Trame," 1997)
• Dominic Green: "That Thing Over There" (First published in Interzone, 1998)
• Mark S. Geston: "The Allies" (First published in F&SF, 1998)
• Ron Goulart: "My Pal Clunky" (First published in Analog, 1998)
• David Brin: "Life in the Extreme" (First published in Popular Science, 1998)
• Michael Skeet: "Near Enough to Home" (First published in Arrowdreams, 1998)
• David Langford: "A Game of Consequences" (First published in Starlight 2, 1998)
• Nancy Kress: "State of Nature" (First published in Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, 1998)
• Bruce Sterling: "Maneki Neko" (First published in F&SF, 1998)

• Year's Best SF 4 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database