In four haunting stories, kindred souls reach out across time, space, and magical barriers to rescue and transform each other. In the first story, Spring, a boy finds a world beyond the one in which he was born. In Touch and Go, an elderly man recalls how he and a girl from an earlier time changed and enriched each other''s lives. In Checkers, a ghostly presence holds the key to survival. And Melanie, The Lion Tamer's Daughter, bravely ventures into her own dark and mysterious past.