Valentine Vampire — Phoebe Matthews

Valentine Vampire takes place in Chicago on the night of the St. Valentine's Day
massacre, mixing history with a vampire romance. The second short story in this book is Retired Vampire, and who knew vampires retire? Originally published in the Steampunk Widow and More anthology. Additional reading: first chapter of Vampire Career, the first book in the Turning Vampire series published by Dark Quest.

The author grew up with the story of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre because her grandparents lived one block away from the fatal garage and her grandmother and all the neighbors heard the shots. No one ran out in the street to see what was happening. Chicago residents were smarter than that.

Phoebe Matthews has been published by Avon, Dark Quest, Dell, Holt, LostLoves, Putnam, Silhouette and others.