Middleman's outside in the morning, on Short Street with the author (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
bram stoker
'the author' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'middleman's outside in the morning on short street' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'morning' could be 'am' (as in 12:00 AM) and 'am' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for bram stoker that I've seen is " ''Dracula" author".)