Stories & Lit

Musings on the world's oldest friendship in personal essays, memoirs, fiction, classics and, of course, humor.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERESA CRAWFORD

Once More to the Lake

By Elizabeth Berg
Deb Bishop Photography

Journey

In Their Voices
By Doris Westberg
Photographs courtesy of the author

If Only We Could Love So Loudly

By Maggie Pahos
Photo by vintagecat (https://flic.kr/p/9idZLm)

Roxie and Verna

By Kathy Ewing
Brothers Cody, age 7 (top), and Brodie, age 9 (middle), with Gypsy, May 1995.

Gypsy: A Boyhood’s Best Dog Pal

By Brodie Lowe
Photo by Krystian Bęben from Pexels

Poem: Enchanted

By Michele Britton Birkenshaw

Book Review: Dash

By The Bark Editors
Old Dog | Poem

Poem: Imprint

By Paul Castonguay
Mitch Alborn & Dog Elvis

How I Know All Dogs Have Souls

By Mitch Albom
husky and horse

How a Husky Taught Me Acceptance

By Crissi McDonald
old dog swimming

Poem: An Old Dog Teaches My Dog to Swim

For Neptune and Nina, friends
By Elizabeth Johnston
Photo by B.G. WALKER

The Scent of Glory

In Their Voices
By Philip W. Merten
cocker spaniel

Poem: Precautions

By Ronnie Sirmans
City of Dogs: New York Dogs, Their Neighborhoods, and the People Who Love Them Hardcover – October 9, 2018

Toffee and Shadow & Jacqueline

Park Slope, Brooklyn
By Ken Foster, Traer Scott

Poem For Daniel

Mariah
By Lois Levinson

“The Friend” is a Must-Read

Sigrid Nunez's novel is garnering praise
By Claudia Kawczynska

Home Is Where the Dog Is

By Beth Touchette
Photo by Patricia Conway

A Tail's Tale

By Patricia Conway
PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD A. GYLGAYTON

Following a Dream: Bringing Home a Second Greyhound

By Eileen Mitchell
PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVE WEBB

My Secret Cure for Cancer

ESSAY
By Melinda Welsh