Alice Payne Arrives
Novella 28,536 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
Alice is an unhappy black lesbian aristocrat living in a Steampunk 1788 England. Prudence is a time traveler from 2145 unhappy with how the Time War is going. This is what happens when they meet.
Quasar links out; the story lives on Tor Novella, where the author gets the click.