Mary Rosenblum recently sold a three-book mystery series to Ace/Berkley (Berkley Prime Crime). The first, tentatively titled

Devil’s Trumper,

should be out late this year. With her dramatic new tale for Asimov’s—her first about aliens—she proves that “I’m not about to stop writing science fiction! This story is a bit of a departure for me. I guess I’m just expanding my universe.”