Some of the scary tales Anne tells. Goal: chill spines and tickle funny bones!

Anne's Ghoulish Gusto, 2011

SONG by Anne | All Ages

Skeleton Dance

Dance beyond the grave!

Late at night when the coast is clear
those boney terpsichoreans do appear...

Skeleton Dance, Anne Rutherford

 Skeleton Dance
(5.6 MB) 3:05 Recorded live, Artichoke Music 10/30/11

URBAN LEGEND | Grade 5 to adult

Lavendar

Beware of hauntingly lovely hitch-hikers.

SAKI (HH MUNRO) 1911 | Grade 5 to adult

Sredni Vashtar

Boy and ferret vs. odious guardian. Justice triumphs.

 Sredni Vashtar (Adapted by Anne)
(28 MB) 15:19 Recorded live, Artichoke Music 10/30/11

JAPANESE FOLKTALE | Grade 2 to adult

The Boy Who Drew Cats

A boy's true gift saves him from the Goblin Rat.

A.M. BURRAGE 1931 | Grade 3 to adult

SMEE

Someone's playing hide & seek who really shouldn't be.

PERSONAL ANECDOTE by Anne | All Ages

Dark Shadows Made Me Do It

Mausoleum, were-wolves, kids: grim high-jinks ensue.

SCOTTISH FOLKTALE | All Ages

The Strange Visitor

An old lady gets her wish. Unfortunately

And still she sits, and still she reels, and still she wished for company...

NarratorTHE STRANGE VISITOR

James Whitcomb Reilly 1890 | Grade 3 to adult

Little Orphant Annie

The virtuoso of storytellers scares the dickens out of her young charges. (James Whitcomb Reilly, 1890)

Recent performances: Artichoke Music; TIgard Library; NW Folklife Festival; Lebanon Library