Introduction /Denise Little -- Searching for the familiar / Kristen Kathryn Rusch -- And so, ad infinitum / Jody Lynn Nye -- First familiars / Laura Resick -- Dog spelled backwards / P.N. Elrod -- This dog watched / Von Jocks -- On the scent of the witch / Jean Rabe -- Familiar / Andre Norton -- Alliance / Bill McCay -- Catseye / Laura Anne Gilman -- Business as usual / Diane A.S. Braunbeck -- Modoc rising / Gary A. Braunbeck -- Goodness had nothing to do with it / Susan Sizemore -- Swordplay / Josepha Sherman -- Thieves in the night / John Helfers -- Legacy / Michelle West.