EDIT: The contest is now closed. Thanks to those that entered.

Last week I finished the initial draft of my upcoming horror short fiction collection. Now I need your help naming it. Think you’re up to the task? If I select your suggested name, I’ll send you a $10 gift card to your choice of stores: Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, or kobobooks.com.

To Enter, follow these steps:

• 1. Post your suggested name on my Facebook fan page in the the contest thread, which is highlighted at the top of the page.
• 2. “Share” the Fan Page thread on Facebook!

The contest will end at 12:30PM EST on 9/19/12.

The collection will contain the following stories:

• “The Encroacher”
• “Consumed”
• “The Eighteenth Floor”
• “Trail Angel”
• “Anypeople”

“The Encroacher” had the honor of being the very last tale on the excellent Variant Frequencies fiction podcast magazine. “The Eighteenth Floor” was published in Something Wicked, Issue # 8, and was an honorable mention for Best Horror of the Year, Volume 1. For the other three tales, this is the very first time they’ll be available, anywhere. All tales have been extensively revised and polished, just for this title.

The ebook will sell for $2.99 and will be available no later than October 15th, 2012 for your Kindle, NOOK, Kobo, or compatible app.

So get to it! I’m looking for a short, dark, sweet, easy-to-remember name, and I’m looking for it within the next 48 hours! And you’re going to want to keep an eye on this blog — I’ll post the winner Thursday, provided someone tickles my cerebellum with their entry.

Stay tuned.