Phoebe Barton
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Phoebe Barton is a queer trans science fiction writer. Her short fiction has appeared in venues such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, On Spec, and Persistent Visions, and anthologies from Bundoran Press and Alliteration Ink. She lives with a robot in the sky above Toronto, and is a 2019 graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. You can find out more at www.phoebebartonsf.com.
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A Compass in the Dark
Published Nov 28, 2020 · 2,138 words (8 minutes) · 457 views
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A Square of Flesh, A Cube of Steel
Published Nov 5, 2019 · 5,445 words (20 minutes) · 7 likes · 4005 views
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On a remote outpost on the moon of La Mancha, 17-year-old Felicity has found the one place she can sometimes forget she was born into the wrong body: with her girlfriend Eureka. But when her mom decides it’s time to move back to Mars, Felicity will do whatever it takes to stay in her chosen home. Phoebe Barton is a queer trans science fiction writer based in Toronto. She’s a graduate of the 2019 Clarion West Writers Workshop, and her work has appeared in Analog, Persistent Visions, On Spec, and more.
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Midway on the Waves
Published Aug 23, 2019 · 8,172 words (30 minutes) · 1 like · 908 views
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Twenty-five years after Titan won its independence, a woman who witnessed a city shattered is still trying to come to grips with her trauma in the shards of her world. This is a follow-up to the story "Where the Flock Wanders."
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Where the Flock Wanders
Published Apr 5, 2019 · 3,549 words (13 minutes) · 1 like · 730 views
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Three Years of Ashes and Twenty Years of Dust
Published May 22, 2018 · 6,805 words (25 minutes) · 1 like · 1135 views
Leaving the past behind is hard, no matter what planet you live on. Settle in with a cup of cosmic tea, and follow one woman’s otherworldly quest for justice as she speeds toward redefining her life far, far away in this work of science fiction by Phoebe Barton. Phoebe's work has appeared in publications from Analog, to Bundoran Press, to Alliteration Ink.
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