Pride Month 2025: An Interview with Abigail F. Taylor
What is your novel about?
Maryneal, 1962, is American Werewolf in London meets American Graffiti… With the full moon approaching and no salvation in sight, Delah is faced with an unconscionable decision: If she can’t find a cure, she’ll have to kill the boy next door. Despite its monsters and all things that go bump in the night, at its core, Maryneal is about grief and how concealing identities can devour us. Delah is learning how to navigate her sexuality with an unexpected crush developing on one of her girlfriends, and it hits her at the worst possible time: death and mayhem are wrecking her small town. She grapples with the guilt of how she knows she should be feeling and behaving in public, and how those clash with her budding desires. Meanwhile, her childhood friend and neighbor, Hardy, is afflicted with a curse of his own. Bitten by a were-coyote, he’s delighting in all of the ‘gifts’ that come with it, but ignores the toxicity of his behavior and how it changes the dynamics between himself and those around him.