Merry Christmas to you one and all!   On this episode of The Necronomicast, I welcome to the program writer/producer Mark Onspaugh. Mark is a California native and the author of over fifty published short stories. Like many writers, he is perpetually curious, having studied psychology at UCLA, exotic animals at Moorpark College's EATM program, improv comedy with the Groundlings and special effects makeup with Thomas Burman, Rick Baker and Rob Bottin. Mark has also written for film and television.  In the grand tradition of Charles Dickens with a little H.P. Lovecraft thrown in for good measure, Mark will read a special selection of his Christmas ghost stories that are perfect for listening in front of a warm fire and underneath the soft glow of your Christmas tree.   Leave out some milk and cookies for a special visit from Mark Onspaugh on The Necronomicast! www.markonspaugh.com   (Music Credits:  "Horizon Flare" by Alexander Nakarada, "Unseen Horrors' by Kevin MacLeod, "Night Calving" by Simon Wilkinson.)