title: Piranha to Scurfy
text: # Piranha to Scurfy
  
  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 Encyclopædia Britannica.
  
  ## Contents
  
  The volume contains 9 short stories and 2 longer novellas:
  
  * Piranha to Scurfy (novella)
  * Computer Seance
  * Fair Exchange
  * The Wink
  * Catamount
  * Walter's Leg
  * The Professional
  * The Beach Butler
  * The Astronomical Scarf
  * High Mysterious Union (novella)
  * Myth (NB: not included in the US edition)
  