Tim Thomson

Two-part anthology centered around demonic possession and a monster made of lint.

In a near-future Houston, street junkie cybercriminal Dij scrapes together survival by pulling underground hacks with his custom mobile rig - but now, he's gotten a hold of something huge, deadly and valuable - and everyone wants him dead.

A rock like alien lands on Earth looking for sustenance. What does it eat? Intelligence! One touch of the rock and it sucks the smarts, if you have any, right out of you. Dr. Belinda Garland studies the alien rock to harness its power. However the evil Amazing Jacques and his co-hort, The Spiderwoman, plan to use the rock's brain sucking power to rule the world.