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  <bio>I started Fright-Rags in September, 2003 for one reason: I wanted cool looking horror shirts. Up until that point, there hadn&#8217;t been too many shirts out there that impressed me. And of the ones I did like, everyone seemed to have them. So, as a way to let off some creative steam, I started working on my own ideas and posted them on various forums I was a part of to see what people thought of them. Well, apparently I wasn&#8217;t the only one that wanted something different as many others liked what I was showing. Based on that alone I ordered my first three designs with money I didn&#8217;t have (i.e. credit card) and spent Labor Day weekend designing and building the first ever Fright-Rags site and hoped for the best&#8230;

That seems like ages ago now. Since then Fright-Rags has grown more than I ever could have dreamed. I now have a dedicated printer who does all the shirts, professional artists that help bring my ideas to life, a programmer that helps with the site, and even someone to help fold shirts. Fright-Rags shirts have been sent to every state in the US, and to countries all around the world. They&#8217;ve even been in Hot Topic stores across the nation as well as many different mom n&#8217; pop stores and online shops.

Yet, things are still very much the same. I still answer the emails, and coordinate everyone&#8217;s efforts so we can keep this a well-oiled machine and get people their shirts. I&#8217;d have it no other way, actually, as I enjoy sharing my love of horror with those who feel the same way I do about the genre. And no matter how big Fright-Rags may or may not become, my original focus will always remain constant and pure&#8230;to create the best horror shirts I can, and provide the best possible service&#8230;no matter what.</bio>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-01-03T13:59:14-05:00</created-at>
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  <location>Rochester, NY</location>
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  <name>Ben</name>
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  <website-url>http://www.fright-rags.com</website-url>
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