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Current  Events :

NEW: Onspaugh nominated for a Pushcart Prize        

Mark's story "The Broken Hand Mirror of Venus" from War of the Worlds: Frontlines (ed. by JW Schnarr) has been nominated for a prestigious Pushcart Prize which bestows honors on America's best small presses.  Read more 

NEW: Read an excellent Q&A with Mark from One Buck Horror, publishers of his
poignant story "A Lullaby for Caliban", which they compare to Bradbury and King.

NEW:  Read a nicely done in-depth interview with Mark by Christopher L. Vaughn of Author-2-Author online at American Chronicle

NEW:  Voice artist Ian McMillan reads Mark's story "Welcome to the Federation"
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BLOOD  LITE II  - in stores now

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Mark writes on Facebook, "My story 'A Sweet Girl for Todd' appears in Blood Lite 2: Overbite, edited by Kevin J. Anderson. It's a collection of humorous horror from some really talented people... and me! Look for it wherever actual books are (still) sold!"

Mark is also in the original Blood Lite - and he will soon be in the next Blood Lite III - a rare triple hitter for this popular series produced by the Horror Writers Association!  see his author page at Amazon for more of his books & stories

Kill Katie Malone

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Watch the the official trailer for the Onspaugh penned film "Kill Katie Malone" ~ now represented by American World Pictures. 

It showed to good insider buzz at the DGA and the European Film Market at the Berlinale in 2010.

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See this link for pics & comments with director Carlos Ramos Jr. in Fangoria

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works in progress/projects

In the screenplay category, Mark has recently completed a re-write of his project "Sitting With The Dead" for producers Michele Weisler ("The Ring", "Stir of Echoes") and Susie Landau Finch ("Wake").  They will begin pre-production shortly.  His family friendly script "My Summer As A Superhero" is under option with Greg Feldman of Etosha Films, and he continues to work on several new projects while seeking representation.

In the fiction category, Mark is honored to have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his work with Northern Frights.  He continues to seek representation for his novel Kushtaka and is at work on a new novel project still under wraps. In the past two short years, Mark has sold more than three dozen short stories and an academic essay on slasher films.  

Finally, he is collaborating with Joe McKinney on a horror anthology, The Forsaken, for 23 HOuse.  It will be somewhat similar to Joe's current zombie anthology Dead Set for which Joe is the co-editor and in which Mark also has a story.  See a short promo below....