Hi everyone,
Several of you have reached out asking how to read Cold Creek's original Defenceman, DMan2, and DMan3. For a long time the answer was frustrating — all three were locked behind the Premier Only paywall on Stories Online, which meant you either had a paid subscription or you were out of luck.
I just noticed that has changed. All three books are now available to anyone on the site, no subscription required.
What makes this interesting is that Cold Creek's other works on Stories Online are still listed as Premier Only. Only the Defenceman series has changed status. That is not a platform-wide decision — someone made a specific choice about these three books.
I will not pretend I know who made it or why. Maybe it is coincidence. But here is what I want to believe — somewhere out there, Cold Creek is quietly reading along, and decided to open the door so new readers could find the story that started all of this. That would be a generous thing to do. If that is what happened, thank you. Whatever the reason, the result is the same: one of the best hockey stories on this platform is now sitting there, waiting for you.
If you have not read the originals, please do. The Defenceman is where Michael Stewart begins, and Cold Creek built something genuinely special with that character — the voice, the relationships, the world. Everything that came after owes a debt to what Cold Creek put on the page.
Read the originals first. You will not regret it.
Links are below.
CCTW
The Defenceman (Book 1)
Dman2 (Book 2)
Dman3 (Book 3)
Defenceman: Parallel Ice (Book 4)