HeyJaredWhy I Write: Yvonne Battle-Felton's Substack
Author of Remembered and Curdle Creek, on my Substack I post short stories, personal essays, the Curdle Creek Gazette, and poems. This page is for stories in different forms. It's like a library of me.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Diary from Dewsbury on June 27 (opens the original)
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Diary from the Garden on June 26 (opens the original)
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Taste of Home (opens the original)
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Last night I decided to make home-made biscuits. Flour, salt, butter, water. I had a vague idea of what goes into one. I wasn’t sure what else I needed. I found a recipe online. Baking powder, baking soda, sugar, milk. I was close. The recipe called for rolling and folding and folding and folding the dough so the biscuits would come out fluffy and buttery. Although I mostly measured the ingredients, I did not roll, did not layer, did not fold or cut with a glass. So, it comes as no surprise that
Interview with Osira (opens the original)
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Diary from the Cafe on June 24 (opens the original)
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