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