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Piranha to Scurfy
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AuthorRuth Rendell
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime/Mystery short stories
PublisherHutchinson
Publication date
7 September 2000
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded byHarm Done 
Followed byAdam and Eve and Pinch Me 

Piranha to Scurfy is a short story collection by British writer Ruth Rendell, published in 2000. The collection takes its unusual name from the first story featured, which itself is named after a volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contents

The volume contains 9 short stories and 2 longer novellas:

  1. Piranha to Scurfy (novella)
  2. Computer Seance
  3. Fair Exchange
  4. The Wink
  5. Catamount
  6. Walter's Leg
  7. The Professional
  8. The Beach Butler
  9. The Astronomical Scarf
  10. High Mysterious Union (novella)
  11. Myth (NB: not included in the US edition)