Long, Cold, Winter

 

This is South Jersey in winter, five minutes from the surf shack. It reminds me that soon this cold air will be gone, the fish, birds and waves will return, class will let out and our days will be filled with reading, writing and fishing. In the meantime I’ll sit here and write, grade a few papers, take the dogs for walks, and dream of summer nights in the backyard, fish on the grill and arms sore from paddling into Jersey A-frames.

Welcome

Nate House’s Novel Float is now available from Aqueous Books. His short fiction has appeared in Sentenia, Armchair Shotgun, The Pebble Lake Review, Carve, Methree, Philadelphia Stories, and Troika. His non-fiction has appeared in The Rambler, Roadbike Magazine and Chesapeake Bay Magazine. Columns and features have been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Weekly and The Philadelphia Metro. After graduating from Temple University’s School of Communication and Theater Mr. House worked as a crime and courts reporter for The Philadelphia Tribune. He then attended Temple University’s Graduate Creative Writing Program where his novel Float won the Frances Israel award for fiction. He has taught Creative Writing, Literature, Composition and Journalism classes at Temple University and Cumberland County College. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Community College of Philadelphia. On this site you will find short stories, news, essays, and creative non-fiction. Enjoy!