Author Archives: thetotaldepravity

About thetotaldepravity

I am a journalist and fiction writer and that's all i want to say.

The Negatives

Posted on November 11, 2016 by thetotaldepravity

The Negatives One gram a day, more or less, depending on availability, or how much I sold to people I had once called friends. One gram a day was sufficient. It was enough to get me through the night shifts, … Continue reading →

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Poems

Posted on February 13, 2015 by thetotaldepravity

  1974 (2007) Bleak, standard mills, the grey skies of Yorkshire Thanks for that. A slap on the back And that’s that Welcome to the pecking order Handing over, one to another Father, mother Happy, Not Happy (2011) I wake … Continue reading →

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Distortion

Posted on June 21, 2014 by thetotaldepravity

Because you couldn’t see very well in the dimly lit room it was difficult to make out an object from a distance. At first glance something in the room could take on another form. And then you would focus on … Continue reading →

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The Gibbon Rehabilitation Project

Posted on May 17, 2012 by thetotaldepravity

  “The Gibbon Rehabilitation Project.” “Yeah, I saw that. What you do think they do in there?” “Rehabilitate gibbons.” “What’s wrong with the gibbons?” “Maybe they fell out of a tree.” “Or they have a drug problem.” “I did once … Continue reading →

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An Illustrated Guide to a Possible Future by James Austin Farrell

Posted on January 4, 2012 by thetotaldepravity

If the world doesn’t end December 21st 2012 we will have to get on with our lives. Some interpretations of the Mayan calendar have said ‘the end’ means not destruction in a literal sense, but in a figurative sense, meaning … Continue reading →

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Handsome Men*Invisible Women

Posted on November 2, 2011 by thetotaldepravity

♦ Image If you ever felt a pang of shame at the cinema in Thailand when you heard such words as ‘she’s as loose as a Bangkok whore’, or a similar defamatory witticism in reference to Thailand’s bawdy image, you … Continue reading →

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Robbie Fowler Interview

Posted on October 28, 2011 by thetotaldepravity

                                                                                                                                                               In terms of global recognisability, Robbie Fowler is arguably the most well known expat working in Thailand today. The ex-Liverpool and England football prodigy who, during his days at Anfield was known by … Continue reading →

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Happiness

Posted on July 29, 2011 by thetotaldepravity

                by James Austin Farrell           (i)                   “ Happiness is the meaning of and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Aristotle (ii)                 “An immense … Continue reading →

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The Infestation of Poor Dara

Posted on July 29, 2011 by thetotaldepravity

            By James Austin Farrell  Dara was uncertain as far as the truth was concerned. He held, was obliged to hold, the belief that the truth was very often of a hallucinatory nature; it was … Continue reading →

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The Great Firewalls of Indochina

Posted on May 31, 2011 by thetotaldepravity

James Austin Farrell Journalists in French Indochina (Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia) have since the beginning of investigative – or even controversial – journalism in their countries been constrained by the limitations imposed upon them by dictatorial governments and the threat … Continue reading →

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