Like It Or Not

By James Ninness

Sheriff Louis Gilbert presides over the small town of Julian, high in the mountains and surrounded by apple orchards and forest. When he stumbles onto a murder unlike anything he has seen, Sheriff Gilbert spirals into a strange world that while new to him, has existed since before our the very foundation of America - a world of horrific transformation and ancient demonic power.

Struggling to survive amongst horrendous dreams and odd newcomers to his quiet town, Sheriff Gilbert attempts desperately to slow his descent into madness. Is it possible to fight an enemy you do not know? Will he understand his enemy before it's too late? Once the enemy takes hold, will he want to fight at all?

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Ninness
• Release date: Sep 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301486335

James Ninness

James Ninness is a writer of fiction. Though he primarily writes comic books and short stories, he does dabble in film and television as well. Most recently James released the Macabre Rising series, featuring six horror stories: Cosplay, Know Jack, Like It Or Not, Self Less, Snipe Hunt and Stages. James created and developed six properties through Keyleaf Comics, including MYTHOI, Sim-I, DUST, The Heaven's, Drace Grey and The Undergrounds. James has also written a few short films, including AMIRA which took home the Gold Medal for Musical Excellence in a Short Performance Film from the Park City Film Music Festival in 2011. After getting his degree in English: Creative Writing from Cal State University Long Beach in 2007, James moved to San Diego where he currently resides with his wife, daughters and dogs.

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LIKE IT OR NOT

by

James Ninness

Edited by

Joe Pezzula

Cover Art by

Brett Simmons

Book Design by

Shannon Forrey

Special Thanks to Mat Nastos

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Copyright © 2012 James Ninness

ISBN: 9781301486335

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It was close to three in the morning when Sheriff Louis Gilbert responded to a call from Mr. and Mrs. Losada, an elderly Argentinean couple who lived at an apple orchard on the top of the hill. Mr. Losada had made the call, reporting a vandal of sorts lurking about his garage. When Theresa, the cute night dispatch with the charming voice, had instructed Mr. Losada to remain on the line until Sheriff Gilbert arrived he snickered and replied, I don’t think so. I’m gonna shoot that sunnabitch. Just thought I’d give y’all a heads up that we’s gonna need a body bag up here in a bit. And then he hung up.

The house was quiet when Louis arrived. He stayed in his car at the end of a long driveway flanked by acres of apple trees. It seemed that nobody was awake. The lights were off in the house and there was nobody outside. Louis’s first instinct was to turn the car around and go back to bed – but then he saw the scratches on the garage door.

Louis drove to the house, leaving his headlights splashing against the closed garage door. He stepped out of the car, pulling his coat collar up around his neck in a futile attempt to block the chilling wind. The air was deceptively quiet. A life in the