>>24652826
pulp != serial. Conan for instance, you can jump in at any story and have a good time. They're not connected besides very loose chronology.
Speaking of, here's a nice short story about Conan being a thief https://ccxvii.net/tower/tower.pdf
I don't know many with female protags specifically, besides this very violent bit of writing that I enjoy. Lots of stealth and gunbattles, pretty scifi, very much a female violence fetish piece.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61269832
And miss me with that "Write what you know" garbage.