Marla J. Hayes is a freelance journalist whose articles and photographs have appeared in American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. Her earlier, short fiction pieces have been included in textbooks for elementary school reading programs in Canada and in public school libraries. She is also a produced screenwriter. Marla lives in Ontario, Canada.

Michael Hernandez is an exciting young author with a preference for brooding psychological horror stories.  Michael’s mother was born on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota and married his father while he was in the Air Force.  Michael was raised as part of a large family in San Pedro, CA, in a house that people considered haunted . He now lives in Benicia, CA, but visits San Pedro as often as he can. Bad Habitation is his first publication, but he promises there will be many more to come!

Candace Segar grew up in New Orleans and at the age of six months went to her first Mardi Gras.  By five, she was a seasoned veteran and could catch beads and doubloons with the best of them. She knew her way around the French Quarter but was always partial to the Café du Monde.

After working an assortment of jobs which include a computer programmer, marketing director and substitute teacher, T.W. Kirchner decided to concentrate on her second loves, writing and art. Her first loves are her husband, two children, and furry menagerie known as the Kirchner Zoo. Although Pirates Off the Deep End is her first published novel, there are several more on the way including a sequel to Pirates.

Angela Falkowska’s current creative incarnation is as a Script Doctor/Screenwriter. She spent many years as a visual artist specializing in painting roosters, until she caught the screenwriting bug. She is a published poet. This is her first published novel but she has several others in the works.

Writing has always been a passion, spawning countless short stories during school years and articles published in the Intelligencer, dealing with environmental issues. R.J. has also penned a novel for children and a fantasy for young adults, one of which, "The Pauper King", is also on Kindle.
His third novel, “A Hornet’s Nest” is his latest creation, showing a darker streak that will be of interest to those who prefer action packed thrillers.

Lee Tidball retired from a long career as a 6th grade teacher to become a novelist and screenwriter. He has written nearly a dozen screenplays that he and his manager market in Hollywood.

Lee’s first novel with Short on Time Books is Malled, a neo-gothic horror romance.  Besides Malled, Lee had also published the Princess Reborn series of graphic novels with Zetabella Publishing of Toronto, Canada and will soon publish Windfork Secrets, a middle-grades/YA historical fantasy, with Zetabella.

A.C. Thompson lives in Southern California with her husband, a pooka in the form of a white bunny rabbit, and two feline overlords.  When she isn’t writing, she subtitles and captions movies and TV shows, putting her degree in English literature to some use.  The Underminers is her first novel.

Ron Vincent grew up in the Florida Panhandle, the setting for Mother’s Day. The dialect in the story reflects the cadences and rhythms of local speech, including profanity which, while it may seem extreme, is not exaggerated. Ron has graduate degrees in history from Texas A & M and the University of Notre Dame. He currently teaches high school in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

Elizabeth S. Sullivan has taken an interesting road to becoming an author.  While working full-time, and raising her two children, she managed to finish law school and earn her Justice Doctorate degree. 

During this time she discovered and embraced a love of writing.  Elizabeth has completed five screenplays, one short, and worked as a script doctor.  She has won screenplay competitions and has twice been a semifinalist in the prestigious Nicholl competition.

Gloria Creed-Dikeogu is a poet, librarian, life-long learner and educator. She grew up in the suburbs, in Cape Town South Africa and currently works as the director of an academic library. She is a part-time doctoral student in Instructional Technology and has an avid interest in writing children’s stories and adult mystery fiction. Gloria lives with her husband and son in Lawrence, Kansas

Poet Jacob Glen Barton is a first time author. He was born, raised, and still live in Chandler, AZ with my wife Andrea, their two dogs (Coffee and Mocha), and four cats (Felix, Sammy, Dharma, and Luna). Jacob earned a degree in Christian Studies at Ottawa University.

After spending the first ten years of his career with a US-based intelligence agency, Mr. Wallace went on to work for foreign intelligence agencies, law firms, political figures, royals, sovereigns and private corporations for the next twenty years.

Bob Nick Shields once worked in a room, proofreading the New York City phone book. And lived to tell the tale.  He was a rock critic, reviewing, virtually, every rock and roll act of the late 60s at the Fillmore East. He was, also, a copy boy at Time Magazine and a music monitor for ASCAP, identifying music played on the radio so that songwriters received their royalties.

Ignatius Picklesworth Snit was born to parents unknown. He was left on the doorsteps of an orphanage one spring morning after a particularly long, cold, and blustery winter. He was quite a talkative child growing up in a time when children were seen, but never heard. To which end, he was never adopted. 

Shelley Barnett was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her career varied from banking and technical writing, to life coach and owner of her own boutique. Shelley is a multimedia artist and jewelry artisan, has written a book on reading the Tarot, and created inspirational posters and oracle cards.

We're always looking for fresh new talent.  If you have a manuscript that might be a fit for our publishing company please feel free to contact us and consider a submission for our review.