James L. Cambias is a game designer and science fiction writer. He was raised in New Orleans and educated at the University of Chicago; he now lives in western Massachusetts. He started writing roleplaying games in 1990, but only published his first science fiction in 2000 with a pair of short stories in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. His work has also appeared in Shimmer, The Journal of Pulse-Pounding Narratives, and anthologies such as Odder Jobs (Dark Horse Books, 2004), All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (Wheatland Press, 2004), and Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic (Tor, 2004). Mr. Cambias is the co-creator of the new card game Parasites Unleashed! from Zygote Games.