[3] He was included as one of Waterstones' 'Faces of the Future' and the novel, whose film rights where sold,[4] was listed as one of The Observer's Four Debuts of the year.
The Morning Rides Behind Us, his third novel, was released in 2005,[5] and short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Fiction.
[8] The Repeater Book of the Occult, edited by Tariq Goddard and “horror philosopher” Eugene Thacker, was published in 2021.
[10] In 2007 Goddard founded Zer0 Books in collaboration with Mark Fisher with the intention of publishing works that were "intellectual without being academic, and popular without being populist".
"[15] Goddard is also a frequent contributor to The Quietus, writing reviews of artists such as Grinderman and Current 93, editorial tributes to the singers Shane MacGowan and Mark Stewart, and on the importance of music journalism.