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Born: Established: 2002 Abbotsford, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
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1 y separately published work icon Cornerstone : The Rise of Mithras Kit Fennessy , Richmond : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2022 29603379 2022 single work novel thriller

'The Cult of Mithras, a soldier's religion driven underground as Christianity rose in Ancient Rome, exists in secret today and forms the background to three lives on a collision course.

'Meet Felicita "Fizz" Serra, on the run from her father's Swiss-based group of professional art thieves – fleeing secrets around the identity of her father and her own mother's death.

'Next, Leonard "L" Goldman, a British Museum archaeologist; witness to a cover-up at a Mesopotamian dig and framed for murder.

'Then there's Sergei Marchakov, "the Hunchback", a Russian thug tasked with smuggling the Cornerstone across international borders, killing his way across Europe.

'Welcome to a no-holds-barred thriller in the grand tradition, an edge of your seat adventure that will take you to hell... and back again.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Tales of Enlightenment Kit Fennessy , Fitzroy : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2019 17056795 2019 selected work short story 'Welcome to Tales of Enlightenment*. Found on bookshelves between John Clarke and David Sedaris, Kit Fennessy's writing has been compared to Roald Dahl; only with slightly shorter legs and more hair. This collection provides an emergency hatch from the humdrum, everyday life to a realm of laughter, escapism and metaphysics. Tales of Enlightenment is another instant classic from the author that brought you Tales of the Dark and the Hidden People. WARNING: This book may open your inner eye and allow the mystic light of wisdom in.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Hidden People Kit Fennessy , Fitzroy : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2016 20460341 2016 single work novel fantasy

'Welcome to the secret world of Ísland's Huldufólk.

'What happens when a university researcher from the planet's most populous island, New York, visits one of the world's smallest? Gates open between parallel worlds, the huldufólk travel the earth and change into animals, Vikings fight trolls, massive explosions are set off, and she gets kidnapped by those that no ordinary mortal can see - that's what!

'Hillary Maynard-Keynes gets more than she bargained for when she travels to Iceland for a PhD into the Hidden People. Will her true love, Thor Thorson, escape the clutches of the hidden people and return to his old life? Will she? And what will happen to the innocent troupe of actors on tour to Reykjavik? The countdown to Midsummer’s Day is on. '

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1 y separately published work icon A Hero in the Night Time of Dreaming : The Story of Penda Gudje Anscar McPhee , Fitzroy : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2014 7166001 2014 single work children's fiction children's

'This is the dreamtime story of how a great warrior inspired his people to unite against the poisonous scourge of the Two Body Monster Malan and his wicked spirits the Djimis.'

'Set around Kalumburu in the remote north east Kimberley, this story is enriched with words from the traditional P'la language, spoken by the Kuini and Kulari people in years gone by, and uses photographs of local ice age rock art to assist in the story telling.'

'A Hero in the Night Time of the Dreaming will delight and entertain anthropologists, students of aboriginal language and culture, rock art enthusiasts and anyone who enjoys a tale of triumph over evil. ' (Source: Dreamtimehero website)
1 y separately published work icon Señor Pilich the Monastery Cat & the Sinister Mr Dreggs Anscar McPhee , Fitzroy : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2014 7165891 2006 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Tales of the Dark Kit Fennessy , Fitzroy : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2013 6981841 2013 selected work short story poetry

'Full of mischief, valour, ribaldry and murder, the Tales of the Dark collection has enthralled everyone who has read it. These are the Tales that will take you to places unseen during daylight hours.'

'Packed within this delightful volume you’ll find:
• Time travel ficiton in “42”
• Zarkan Coridian – alien school boy (Part I)
• Sigurd, bane of Thissledor
• Withering Whites
• New York’s Brussel Sprouts Murphy
• Life in a leaf with Cedric Chattrel
• An Icelandic night in the Dark in a metal igloo'
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1 y separately published work icon Señor Pilich the Monastery Cat in Wartime Kalumburu Anscar McPhee , Fitzroy : Blue Vapours Publishing , 2009 7166134 2009 single work children's fiction children's

'It's 1943 and the monastery cat Señor Pilich finds himself on the Kalumburu Mission, in the far north of Western Australia. Filling his days exploring the wilderness and helping the monks build a new monastery, life is pretty good for this cat of superior talent and importance, but the arrival of a mysterious stranger is the first sign of approaching trouble. This lively tale by Benedictine Anscar McPhee, offers readers of all ages a rare glimpse into life in the remote Kimberley region, and a vivid portrait of the role Kalumburu and its people played during the World War II bombings of northern Australia.'(Publication summary)

 
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