Under New Management (Patreon)

An alien parasite sets its sights on taking over the world... but first it needs to start with the small town that it has found itself in.  After finding and assimilating its first host it quickly begins to spread to its neighbors in the night of the quiet town.

EDIT:  I really enjoyed this story, so I decided to offer it as a freebie to the general public since we're going be having quite a few more short stories coming down the pipeline.  ^. .^