T.E. lives in West Peoria with his family.  He began writing before he knew what words were.  The style he developed is called "mindless reading."  T.E. writes to have his readers forget they are reading.  He claims to have derived it from a Taoist meditation technique about an empty cup.

T. E. employs mindless reading by keeping the reader from thinking about literagurical terms.  Big phony words derail a sentence, interrupt the reader's narrative vision and should be used only in the mechanics of the story, not its text.  Unfortunately Tom E. liked to write about technology.  This made it more difficult to not use big words.  He did what he could, but no better than that.  

In 2006 Mr. Horwitz oraganized Shady House Publishing with Jack Madashu.  It quickly failed due to lack of management, staff, time, money, promotions, and anything else that a successful organization must execute to maintain their status.  By 2009, Shady House Publishing, LLC, ceased operations. 

T. E. continues to refine his skills.  He keeps himself humble by not being very good at most things in life.  In his free time he likes to work on his holding corporation, swim, speak good, and try to get enough sleep.  He also enjoys playing the odds.

Born and raised in Peoria, Illinois, James Liam spent his early years listening to the tall tales of Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor on cassette tape.  He played the tapes out, memorizing the patterns and rhetoric of two of the greatest comedic story tellers of all time.  J. Liam watched hours of television, as was the style of the children in the 90's.

Liam developed an eye our for new forms of media.  Ever since the VCR allow a young James to record the first episodes of "the Simpsons."   He wore those tapes out as well, studying the pattern in a story that could only exist in a cartoon, the Three Stooges, or maybe the pages of a story.  He soon understood how the story is told, and today works diligently on how to tell a story.

SHPC brought in J. Liam for his astute understanding of the presentation of material.  It reflected on the material itself.  Not to judge a book on its cover, but he explained that the font and typeface used for books like H**** P***** and T****** (revealed below) are more appealing to the eye then simple old Times New Roman 12-point.

J. controls quality at Shady House Publishing.  He studied quality from Chief Unineqbutu on Xenu. His theories and rational thought were not well received by the Scientiologists.  He fled to the mid-west. After changing his resume to indicate he studied quality at Liberty University, Shady House Publishing Company quickly hired him to oversee the development of our product line.

Costumer Service Department

Giving you the proverbial run around until we come up with the answers you need since 2006.  First, you wonder why you've been transferred to the costume department.  (Yes, we have one.)  Then put on hold while lunch is delivered.  While you wait, a recording of her mother mocks you with guilt and doubt as to what you're doing.  You'll hang up feeling like you really should not have done that.  By then she goes on break!


    Mr. Wang

Our head editor, a drunk who works for warm pillows to sleep on, cramped spaces and dry food.  He cannot type, read, or speak English.  Wang can't do anything with a computer except for try and rub against it. He turns in his copy late and covered in litter.  If he eats too fast, or if the quality is lacking, Wang pukes back up his dry food.  He can edit a whole book before lunch, which he takes frequently throughout the day.  When the bowl is empty and lunch over, Wang ceases working and cries until more food is served.  The work stoppage is preferable to Wang's work-product when he's hungry.  All the stories turn into quests for food, or deep philosophical ramblings about eating.  We no longer let him work without eating.

*Due to current contractual restraints, lets just say the books are called Larry Porter, and Evening Hour.