Over & Under is a collection of naughty and wicked short stories compiled by best friends, Maude & Mabel under the guiding light of creators, Peter & Paul. Spurred on by Mabel s new work project, the indomitable pair of fortysomethings reach out to their eclectic group of friends: Cleo and Donald, Miss Lash and Madam Li, Cleo Pushkin and the Count to post their weird and wonderful tales. On the way the reader is treated to a host of bizarre incidents, terrible dilemmas and comic friezes. How will Kateryna woe Shevshenko? Will the Count elude confession on his death bed? Can a true Scot really appreciate a holiday in the Med? How will we grow old? Gracefully or with a bottle in our hands? Of course Maude & Mabel just have to add their very own take on each story as burgundy s finest ebbs and flows. Under & Over is the perfect companion for dull journeys and lazy days by the pool. With postcard images to accompany each story, it is the ideal book for a Christmas stocking or a friend's birthday treat, and just the thing for the book club whose members cannot quite bring themselves to finish their weighty tomes. A luminous bit of life delicately piled on prose platters Jay Parini, Author of Benjamin s Crossing"