My Sister's Song    by Gail Carriger
Price: $0.99 USD. 4690 words. Published on August 30, 2011. .
The warrior Mithra must repel a Roman legion alone and armed only with a very peculiar weapon. To protect her lands and her tribe, Mithra comes up with a sticky solution to an impossible problem. Written in 1998, this short story was New York Times Bestselling author Gail Carriger’s first professional sale.