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Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers.

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Jonathan Maberry
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 18
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Science Fiction Writer
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Kensington
Philadelphia
Shane MacDougall
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Generosity
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Zombie

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