Memoirs of a yellow dog / O. Henry -- Ava's apartment / Jonathan Lethem -- Garm, a hostage / Rudyard Kipling -- The emissary / Ray Bradbury -- The mixer / P.G. Wodehouse -- There I was, stuck with Bubsy / Patricia Highsmith -- A dog's tale / Mark Twain -- Josephine has her day / James Thurber -- Kashtanka / Anton Chekhov -- The oracle of the dog / G.K. Chesterton -- Seeing eye / Brad Watson -- Her dog / Tobias Wolff -- Sir Henry / Lydia Millet -- Barking man / Madison Smartt Bell -- A yellow dog / Bret Harte -- The story of two dogs / Doris Lessing -- The hermit's story / Rick Bass -- Flight / Thomas McGuane -- My lord you / James Salter -- Black dog / Penelope Lively.