On Seas and Mirrors by Pamelyn Casto
Angler fish are almost all mouth and dangling from their huge orifices are lights that illuminate the dark abyss and lure food to their hungry maws. When young, some angler fish have no gender. But when they attach themselves to a female's head, they become male. They also become parasites—gradually withering to nothing but their male organs. Perseus, angling for a better position, decapitated once- beautiful Medusa. She was not immortal. In his way he became a man, a hero, locked himself to Medusa's threatening head. He refused to look at her enraged face and snaky hair. He shielded himself, would only view her in a mirror.