Meeting Mogwyn is a literary essay and a response to a visit to Calke Abbey, the house that time forgot. It is full of rich description of the author's day, the people he meets, the stately home and its surroundings. It is an intimate and detailed sharing of warm Summer's day in Derbyshire and yet it is something more too. Colin Edward Mason was enjoying his unplanned day trip to an art exhibition at Calke Abbey when he experienced the inexplicable - voices from the past, and the name "Mrs Fitch." Questioning the tour guide posed more questions than it answered. Mrs Fitch, or Nanny Fitch was a real person, now long dead. The author is a sceptic and keeps his options open but even sceptics can experience the inexplicable and possibly the supernatural. Was this a Time Anomaly? Was it an example of "stone recording"? Was it no more than the babble of an overactive imagination creating a striking coincidence? Always supposing, that is, that you believe in coincidence Could it have been an experience of the supernatural - a genuine haunting with actual ghosts. It is left to the reader to decide whether this was a ghost.

In an era of computers, it is rare to come across truly individual picture books. This is one The Cat, the Bat and the Burglar is a beautifully hand illustrated work by writer and artist Colin Edward Mason. He is both the author, calligapher and illustrator of this delightful work. The Cat the Bat and the Burglar draws its inspiration from illuminated manuscripts and Victorian cautionary rhymes to produce an adorable tale in verse that will delight readers of all ages. Published for the first time by the Realm of Photahsiamirabel, Colin hopes you will enjoy this, his first complete illustrated story. The Cat, the Bat and the Burglar is also available from Lulu in larger hardback and A4 comic book formats.