Goddamn Failure

by Ira Rat

Goddamn Failure features the early weird fiction writings of Ira Rat, much of which is published here for the first time.

This book is not intended for children or people with good taste.

80 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2025

About the author

Ira Rat works and lives in Ames, IA.

Reviews

[Rebecca]

Here’s what I love about reading Ira Rat’s work: he is a visual artist as well, so his writing naturally mimics a piece of visual art. It doesn’t spoon-feed meaning and it doesn’t apologize, and it breathes, sweats, and oozes both the terrible beauty and beautiful terror of weird, transgressive fiction. As a prize in the cereal, its humor is whip smart.

Personal favorites in this sampling of Rat’s early work include “Frankie,” “Billy,” and “Learn’ed Animals.”

Goddamn Failure is anything but.

[John]

The people in Ira Rat's fiction will never be heroes, even just for one day. They're usually no ones dying for some small reward that ought to be the bare minimum for anyone else. They're loveless losers but somehow they're the only ones who really get the joke. Too bad that's never enough, is it?

[Robbie Slow-Bled-Read]

You like it weird? Yeah? Read this short sharp collection

[Fangtooth]

Always a good time