CURDLE CREEK: A NOVEL. Copyright © 2024 by Yvonne Battle-Felton. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10271.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Battle-Felton, Yvonne, author.

Title: Curdle Creek: a novel / Yvonne Battle-Felton.

Description: First U.S. edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2024.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024023829 | ISBN 9781250362018 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250362025 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Horror fiction. | Gothic fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3602.A915 C87 2024 | DDC 813/.6—dc23/ eng/20240529

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024023829

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.