Alright, gang, I’ll keep this short because I still have presents to wrap. . .lol.  Have a very Merry Christmas and I’ll see you in the new year.  As always, thanks for checking out my artwork and thanks for supporting Fright-Rags.  TK

 Greetings from your Shipping Manager.  I hope you guys are having a great holiday, I’m almost done with my Christmas shopping and I couldn’t be happier.  I’d like to say thanks to everyone who purchased our newest Re-Animuppet release last week, I still can’t believe how fast they went.  Keep an eye on your inbox next week for a shipping confirmation as I will be shipping the rest of the orders so that you guys can get them in time for Christmas.  Hopefully, this will add to your Ghoul-tide cheer.  For my drawings this week I went into my vault and pulled out a portrait of Stephen King that I did a few years back.  Being a huge fan of King’s work, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to draw a portrait of him.  One of these days I’ll get around to doing portraits of Lovecraft and Poe.   The other one was a drawing I did about a month ago.  If you like my artwork, feel free to check out my store over at Zazzle where you can get my art on t-shirts, mousepads, stickers, etc.  Here’s the link:  http://www.zazzle.com/kilmerkid  Thanks for checking out my work and, as always, thanks for your support of Fright-Rags.  – TK

Greetings from your shipping manager.  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  Here are a couple more sketches for your viewing pleasure, one of them a tribute to legendary horror artist Bernie Wrightson.  I recently picked up a collection of his work from his time at Creepy magazine, what an amazing talent.  The intricacy of his linework and shading never ceases to blow me away.   Keep an eye out next week for our Re-Animuppet release as well as some old favorites.   Have a great weekend and, as always, thank you for your support of Fright-Rags.  – TK

DEAD ROCKER

 A doodle of a rotting rocker roaming the boneyards.  I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving and are enjoying this blackest of Fridays.   Don’t forget to check out our own sale on tees, hoodies, posters, and girl shirts.  We’ve even brought back the Tee of Mystery for your shopping pleasure.  Enjoy.   – TK

 It’s similar to my first experience reading Stephen King when I was about ten years old.   Hanging out at a friends house one summer day, I found this beat up copy of Stephen King’s Cujo in his room.  Initially, the two of us had gone through the house looking for his dad’s collection of girlie mags but having failed to turn up anything more provocative than Elle magazine we retreated, forelorn and  frustrated, back to his room. That was when I discovered the King paperback laying on the floor and proceeded to read.   I don’t remember how far I got but I know the impact it had on me.  Later on that evening, laying in bed with the covers pulled up to my eyeballs, my eyes remained locked on the closet door, waiting for the knob to rattle  before slowly turning, revealing the creeping death that crouched inside.  I was certain that something was lurking deep within the shadows of the closet, waiting to pounce on me and unzip my guts, strewing my innards around like so much useless confetti.   Of course, there was nothing in the closet save for grandma’s winter coats and a bunch of wire coat hangers (Insert obligatory Mommy Dearest  NO. . . WIRE. . . HANGERRRRS!!!  joke here).   Anyway, the next day found me back at my friends house picking up right where I left off with Cujo.  And so began a lifelong love affair with the King of horror. 

Alright, enough about me.  What are your experiences with horror, both past and present?  How old were you when the horror bug sunk its tiny little teeth into your veins?  What type of horror (aside from the movies) do you enjoy?  Ben and I both love what we do and I think he will agree when I say that interacting with other horror  fans is the best part of this job.  You guys have made Fright-Rags what it is today and for that we are incredibly grateful.  Well, I’d better end this book,  I’m out of Mountain Dew and withdrawal’s startin’ to kick in.  Until next time.    -Tim

 And, naturally, I’ll break out my favorite movies and music for the month of October.  Yesterday, as I filled orders and folded shirts I put on the Halloween soundtrack followed by the  Halloween 2 soundtrack and, finally, the Halloween 4 soundtrack.   My neighbors in the office space we rent probably hate my guts because of the volume at which I blared the Halloween theme but I don’t care.   At some point this month I’ll sit down and watch Halloween 1 through 5, probably more than once because I’m that much of a geek. 

Presently, I’m reading Bare Bones: Conversations on terror with Stephen King.  It’s a great book, filled with interviews King has done over the years including the ever popular Playboy interview.  If you’re looking for a good read this month you might want to check that one out, King’s viewpoint is definately unique and reading his interviews is just as entertaining as reading his prose.  

Anyway, I’m going to sign off for the night.  Thanks for reading my rants and thank-you for supporting Fright-Rags.  ‘Night, gang.