Dusssie (Digital Original)

Dusie is having a bad day of mythological proportions

Dusie wakes up one morning to a hissing sound. As she catches her reflection in the mirror, she finds that her hair has turned into snakes. That's right-snakes. But her mom seems totally unfazed. That's because underneath the turban, Dusie's mom has a crown of vipers. She is an immortal gorgon-a kind of goddess-and had hoped Dusie wouldn't inherit the family curse since her father was a mortal, but it looks like Dusie is stuck with it too.

Middle school is tough enough without being cursed, and Dusie-or Dusssie, as the snakes call her-is about to learn that being half gorgon comes with its own set of challenges. She tries to keep her snakes hidden, but when a boy at school nearly blows her cover, Dusie is desperate to figure out a way to control her newfound powers. Growing up, with or without snakes for hair, isn't kid stuff.