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THAT'S LIFE > Is being really nice a super power or a curse.? All depends if you are in love.

All parts played (badly) by the love-lost Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

Horror > Are your friends real or imaginary? Are you sure? Probably best to prove it one way or another before you lose your mind.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

COMEDY CRIME > The name of the most boring man in the world is about to be immortalised. How annoying is that! And you thought hoovering was just a chore!

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

A BEAUTIFUL STORY > To blush or not to blush - that is the question. Maybe the ability to blush on demand could win you the partner of your dreams. On the other hand ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

COMEDY CRIME > A harden criminal gets released from prison and is bored. Very bored. Let the mayhem begin ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

CRIME > Our hero is having a bad day. Unfortunately the hitchhiker he picked up did not realise he was suicidal.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

Ghost story > What would happen if the living could talk to the dead? All it needs is a link on both sides of the great divide ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

CRIME > Piano tuning is a gentle profession suitable for refined professional. They don't do excitement. Unfortunately, their rich clients are a different breed. Best to mind your own business and ignore their indiscretions. But some things you cannot unsee ....

This is Arbuthnot's only three-part monologue - you can contact him on arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

CRIME > Who would believe that in the sedate world of piano tuning, you would discover a world of crime, sex exploitation and drugs! Nothing is as it seems.

This is the 2nd episode in Arbuthnot's only three-part monologue - you can contact him on arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

CRIME > A damsel in distress, a household full of dubious characters and a risk-adverse piano tuner whose life is about to be changed for ever.. Welcome to secrets disclosed from beyond the grave ...

This is the final episode in Arbuthnot's only three-part monologue - you can contact him on arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

SCI-FI HORROR > The cleverest man you know wants to say goodbye. But where is he going and why is he so scared?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

THAT'S LIFE > Get rich quick doing nothing. You don't even have to move, but watch out - who is watching who?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

HORROR > How would you like to dream yourself to perfect happiness? Escape reality into your own perfect fantasy world.

Would you want to come back to reality even if you could?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

ADVENTURE > When you own a cave network, anything can happen. But can you control the unknown?

RETIREMENT > Getting older can be such a trial. Everyone is going loopy - but at least you have retained your sanity ...

All parts of this comedy played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

ROMANCE > A cry from the heart picked up by a stranger. Who knows which heart the arrow of love will pierce ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

FANTASY > Some pets are weird and some are TRULY WEIRD ! But who owns who and maybe it is a case of 'like father - like son'.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

COMEDY > A dubious Chinese chef helps two lovers bind their love for eternity. But who wants eternal love if you can lots of money instead ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

FANTASY > Born blind, what could be more wonderful than having your sight restored? Of course, no experimental surgery can be 100% perfect ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

CRIME > You knocked down an old lady with your car. All she asked in compensation was that you visit her on Monday evenings to read her a story. You are her Mr Monday - but what happened to Mr Tuesday who also knocked her down in his car ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

SCI-FI > Parents can be really weird, especially when their main love in life is doing nothing. Of course - there are also their inventions ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

THAT'S LIFE > An old war hero put out to pasture. 'Surplus to requirement' as far as the world is concerned, but maybe doing nothing is the key to success ...

Starring the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

TEAR JERKER     >     It is the last cricket ball of the day and the school's pride hangs on a winning run. But maybe - just maybe - there is something more important than the honour of the school.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

COMEDY > The best thing about being dead is you can make lots of money. The problems is staying alive long enough to spend it. But maybe Arbuthnot has found a solution to this tricky conundrum ...

(If you succeed using his advice, send him a thank you via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com )

HORROR > After a bike crash, a young boy has been trapped in a coma for three years. It is called 'Locked-In Syndrome'. Only one person has the key to rescue him?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

THAT'S LIFE     >     You cannot open your own front door, no-one claims to know you and your office security pass fails to work. This is becoming the ultimate bad hair day.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

FACT OR FICTION ?     >     Suppose you dream of faces. No-one you know and yet those dreams have an immense impact on their lives. Maybe it is time you found a cure.   Anyone got a mirror?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

HORROR     >     Holiday snaps are wonderful mementos of happy days. Unless, of course, they all contain the same unknown face ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who you can contact via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

SUPERNATURAL     >     Something weird lives under your bed. But you are only a small kid and your parents do not believe you.  You are safe as long as you do not call it a 'monster'.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot, who can be contacted via arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

HORROR     >     A little girl lost in a wood on a beautiful day.  But who is she and where are her parents?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

FICTION     >     Is a shed still empty if if has a hole in the floor? Or is it a hole with a shed? Better find the answer soon as the hole wants feeding ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot who can be contacted on arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

KIDS' ADVENTURE     >     A Professor has discovered a way to save mankind. There is only one small problem ....

For all storytellers this is a great story to act out in front of a young audience. All you need is an empty matchbox and a magnifying glass (plus a good dollop of imagination).

Good luck and let Arbuthnot Jones know how you get on > arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

CRIME FANTASY     >     Future Memories Ltd can take you forward in time, for a price! But this client want to go back in time to correct a problem. It can't be done, but who cares - he is gullible and has plenty of money ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

CRIME     >     Not many people have held both their own death certificate and will. So, if everyone thinks you are dead, now is a good chance to start living. The only problem is how to create a new identity ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

SCI-FI HORROR     >     You have perfect health, so why is your doctor so scared? Maybe, now is the time to run and keep on running ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

PARABLE > Jesus spoke in parables based on life in the Middle East. Our anti-hero Arbuthnot has never been there, but likewise there is no evidence Jesus has been to Utah in the United States, where Arbuthnot spends his holidays. If he had, his parables may have had a different slant ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot Jones ( arbuthnotjones@outlook.com )

SCI-FI HORROR     >     The Cybertron 14X is banned. But you have one hidden in your cellar and it is your pride and joy.  But will it stay there ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

GHOST STORY     >     Your partner has died and you now hear a strange noise in the house. Also, why is the cat constantly staring at something behind you? Time to call in a spiritualist ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

THAT'S LIFE     >     'Only dead fish go with the flow' was my Dad's favourite saying. You would have loved this mischievous old rogue. The only problem he has just died in the most extraordinary way. 

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

A LIFE EXPERIENCE > Many people live with a natural sixth sense – such as hearing colours, feeling sound, tasting shapes or words. These phenomenon are caused by synaptic connections which are wrongly wired. An asset or a curse? For one sufferer it leads to riches, but everything comes at a price ... All parts are played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot 

HORROR > Do you fear heights? If so, you have 'acrophobia' and not - as most people think - 'vertigo' which is an infection of the inner ear. All rather academic if a voice in your head is telling you to jump. Only your sanity and your white knuckles are holding you back from the abyss.

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

ADVENTURE     >     The find of the century which is guaranteed a Nobel Prize and unimaginable wealth!  There is only one problem ....

Comedy     >     Zoos are very expensive to run. Economies need to be made. But maybe this zoo has lost the plot.

If you like zoo stories please listen to 'The Merpeople' - in both yarns all parts are played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot 

DEVON LIFE > In the tiny coastal village of Holcombe a nondescript stone stands sentinel outside St George's Church. It comes from Senegal and a tribal leader wants it back. But maybe not all is as it seems ....

For two more stories based around the mysteries of of this beautiful holiday county in South West England - listen to 'Library with no words' and  

'Young soldiers never die' .  You WILL want to visit Devon!

In all three stories the characters are played by our hero Arbuthnot. arbuthnotjones@outlook.com

DEVON LIFE     >     Imagine a public library filled with books which no-one reads. Just as well really, as the books contain no words.  Impossible? Then maybe it is time you visited a mysterious library in Newton Abbot, Devon ...

For two more stories based around the mysteries of this beautiful holiday county in South West England - listen to 'Young soldiers never die' and 'Guardian of the Flaming Sands'.  You WILL want to visit Devon!

In all three stories the characters are played by our hero Arbuthnot.

DEVON LIFE    >     A closed church and a First World War memorial to 'ensure we never forget'. But we have forgotten - and yet, young soldiers never die. (A story recorded live outside The Little Theatre, Torquay).

For two more stories based around the mysteries of this beautiful holiday county in South West England - listen to 'The Library with no words' and 'Guardian of the Flaming Sands'.  You WILL want to visit Devon !

In all three stories the characters are played by our hero Arbuthnot.

DEVON LIFE     >     Suppose - just suppose - there was a minimum charge to make a wish. Would a £2 coin thrown into a wishing well have greater success than a 2p coin? This Parish Council is about to find out ....

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

FANTASY     >    It's Raining, It's Pouring - but this old man is not snoring. Why should he when he knows there is gold to be found at the end of the rainbow .... 

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

MYSTERY     >     To be invited to join the Lucy Syndicate you have to have a unique skill. A savant. The problem is that most savants have an innate skill which is totally useless. Until now ...

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot

HORROR     >     An old man has been trying to sell his home for six years. No-one wants it as even he agrees it is ridiculously over valued. So why is a stranger now offering to pay the full asking price?

All parts played (badly) by the infamous Arbuthnot