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I think zombies have always been an easy metaphor for hard times. Because they're this big, faceless, brainless group of evil things that will work tirelessly to destroy you and think of nothing else.

Seth Grahame-Smith

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Seth Grahame-Smith
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: January 4
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