There's no such thing as ghosts. Shadows and odd reflections late at night only frighten the weak-minded. But when a trick of light looks back at you and smiles, then your heart believes, your gut believes, and every single hair on the back of your arm believes, even if you don't. It's only natural to try and find out who she was.Passable, Mississippi is a small town. Everybody knows everybody else. Asking around for background information on a ghost would attract attention and set tongues to wagging. Jerry wants to inquire discretely, but his wife, Nina, takes them into the local beauty shop instead.

They meet a prim, cultured woman who claims to know their ghost. What follows is the story of surviving the Great Depression, the war years, and old age. "Abigail Dare" is about falling in love with the right person, enduring intolerable absence, and going home again, regardless of the cost."Abigail Dare" is not a ghost story. It's a ghost's story. If you believe in such nonsense.