Each of the four stories, markedly different in tone and subject, present a journey:Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption(Hope Springs Eternal) - the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo.Apt Pupil(Summer of Corruption) - a golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism.The Body(Fall from Innocence) - four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality.The Breathing Method(A Winter’s Tale) - a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what.