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The Wicked Affair of the Golden Emperor A Charles Goodfoote Mystery

The Wicked Affair of the Golden Emperor A Charles Goodfoote Mystery

Charles Goodfoote, mixed-blood Pinkerton Operative, runs the labyrinth of San Francisco's Chinatown to solve a locked-room mystery in 1868.

2021

Stories

Tom Hanratty
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Curated Newsletters

Another Unsung Hero

When the outcome of a war hung in the balance.

1d ago

Another Unsung Hero

1d ago

Tom Hanratty
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Curated Newsletters

Words That Pack Meaning

A writer’s friendly vocabulary

Sep 3

Words That Pack Meaning

Sep 3

Tom Hanratty
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Hooked on Books

Where Do Stories Come From?

A hero’s journey of an Apache woman warrior sprang from my subconscious mind.

Aug 26

Where Do Stories Come From?

Aug 26

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E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

A Title That Had to Be Changed

“Anti-Boolean Tropes in Post-Modern Genre Literature”

Aug 18

A Title That Had to Be Changed

Aug 18

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

What is Wisdom, and Does It Increase with Age?

“The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.”

Aug 18

What is Wisdom, and Does It Increase with Age?

Aug 18

Tom Hanratty
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Hooked on Books

A Wonderfully Engaging New Heroine Has Arrived in Singapore

This eight-book Crown Colony Series by Ovidia Yu is not to be missed

Aug 6

A Wonderfully Engaging New Heroine Has Arrived in Singapore

Aug 6

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

I Used Taoism’s Concept of Wu Wei to Improve My Writing

Leaning into the flow of words

Jun 24

I Used Taoism’s Concept of Wu Wei to Improve My Writing

Jun 24

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

My Father Went from a Hansom Cab to Watch Men Walk on the Moon

An Uncommon American laborer

Jun 18

My Father Went from a Hansom Cab to Watch Men Walk on the Moon

Jun 18

Tom Hanratty
in
Curated Newsletters

Nobody Asked, But I Thought I’d Tell You Anyway

How I managed to fall into wild careers

May 24

Nobody Asked, But I Thought I’d Tell You Anyway

May 24

Tom Hanratty
in
E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

Life Lessons Learned Tracking a Horse Over Bare Rock

Looking, seeing, perceiving

May 12

Life Lessons Learned Tracking a Horse Over Bare Rock

May 12

Tom Hanratty

Tom Hanratty

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Scribbler of stories, lover of mysteries, retired Forensic Investigator and Tracker of critters. tomhanratty@substack.com

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