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). .