the same old streets

Queer hockey stories by Catherine Cloud. OUT NOW: "call it home"

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Welcome to The Same Old Streets!

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→ OUT NOW: CALL IT HOME

→ 300 WORDS OF SUMMER (2024) | 300 WORDS OF WINTER (2025)

Updates will be slow for the foreseeable future. 

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Can you believe I'm almost done with a book I wanted to write immediately after "Three Is the Luckiest Number" came out, started and restarted like five times and wrote several different first chapters for that I all ended up hating.

Because I can't.

(The first chapter that I ended up going with and is still part of the manuscript with some changes was written in....... April 2024)

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October 2020 Blake doesn't know if he's about to play his last first game of the season. It's better that way.

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SO excited to hear ur working on another book! literally jumping for joy LOL u are by far my favourite hockey fiction author& i adore your work. best of luck with all the trials of writing& publishing& what not ^_^💖🏒🐈‍⬛

Thank you so much :) And, honestly, I'm also so excited that I'm working on another book, because for a second there, I was convinced that I'd forgotten how to do that.

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Hi friends!

I'm very happy to announce that I will be publishing another book!

What I can tell you at this point:

it's about Charlie! (finally.... my boy is getting his own book)

the love interest isn't a hockey player

it'll likely be available early next year

yes, Blake Samuels will make an appearance

What I can't tell you yet:

the title

the exact publication date

more plot details

if there'll be ARCs

what the cover will look like

if there'll be a paperback

Thank you for your patience and for supporting real people who write books with their own ten fingers.

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Sorry for not updating Blake, but I have been.... writing....... a thing

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i legit dont wanna finish the miles are just an afterthought BC IT IS SO GOOD! I dont wanna part ways with it , your writing is so good oh my god ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Aww, thank you, but consider this: If you finish it, you can read this little snippet about Shane and his friend who is a horse.

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Guys, I've officially made it, I got a scammy email with a wild AI-generated book summary and an offer to promote my work! I'm getting the same spam emails as bestselling authors!

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Hi! I can’t tell you how much I love your books and stories, every single one of them. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. I’ve been re-reading Three is the Luckiest Number and Blake and Elliot’s stories from A Different Point of View, and it got me wondering: did Elliot ever win the Cup? I feel like he didn’t, but maybe he did in a future we didn’t get to see? He absolutely broke my heart in the To Hell and Back. I just want him to win all the awards - he so deserves them!

Hey, thank you so much :)

Elliot hasn't won the Cup as of, like, summer 2022 (his book ends in 2015). I haven't made a ton of decisions on what this universe looks like beyond that and I also haven't picked Cup winners past 2022.

I do understand why you want the Cup for him, though, I really do. I just can't definitively say he will or he won't win it at this point.

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August 2020 Blake's house has been full of hockey players for at least a week.

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I'm re re re re rereading The Miles Are Just An Afterthought (it's one of my all time favorite confort reads), and as a house nerd realtor in the Twin Cities, I always want to know what neighborhood in Saint Paul Shane grew up in so I can picture the house style. I realize this is a ridiculous ask, but is that something you thought about at all?

Hi! I tend to look at neighborhoods and houses in whatever city my dudes play in (if I have never been there myself), so it's easier to imagine what their houses/apartments may look like, but I don't think I did that for Shane's childhood home, since he doesn't actually live there anymore.

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May 2020

The Sailors have to deal with another playoff exit—and one of Blake's teammates is thinking about retiring soon.

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I've just been reading through your books and love them so much! I'm reading Adrian Bradley's Best Mistake right now and I was googling but couldn't find it - sorry if I miss it. But is there a list somewhere of the songs on Extra Soft Tunes for A, cause Hozier, Lumineers, Fleetwood Mac - sounds up my alley. Thanks!!!

Hi! Thank you so much :)

There's no actual playlist, but have a look at this.

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January 2020 Blake is too old to be woken up at two in the morning during All-Star Weekend, but that doesn't stop Sean.

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One day I will stop writing All-Star Game crossovers, but today is not that day

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Hi. Good morning/night/afternoon. I just want to tell you i just found you and i am so happy that i have. I can’t wait to read more of your books. Thank you for sharing your stories with us.

Hello! Thank you so much for the sweet message, and welcome :)

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October 2019 Someone from Percy's past shows up in Seattle.