Don't let its compact size fool you, this slim little volume packs a punch with its haunting and eerie stories that will have you on the edge of your seat.From the slightly comical to the heart-wrenching, each tale is crafted to send shivers down your spine and leave you breathless. "Not a wasted word." - Danger Slater (author, I Will Rot Without You, and Puppet Skin) "Worshipers of Porcine Gods, sad days spent with agency-assigned strangers, and the healing properties of blood. In Pacifier, Ira Rat proves himself a master of crafting tightly-written, strange stories that are never at odds between beauty and darkness, the grotesque and emotional truth, but instead, seamlessly do all in one fluid motion." - Sam Richard (author, Sabbath of the Fox-Devils, and To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows) "Ira is cynical without lacking sympathy, experimental without lacking direction. A dark, ambitious new voice." - Garret Cook (author, Archelon Ranch and A God of Hungry Walls) "The Stories in Ira Rat's Pacifier take subtle delight in exposing the reader to their twisted imagery and ethos. A treat for those of us with a taste for the darkly askew." - Amy Vaughn (author, Freak Night at the Slee-Z Motel, and Skull Nuggets) "With stories that range from quiet sadness to barking insanity, Pacifier is a book that stays with you long after you've read it." - Jon Steffens (author, The God in the Hills)