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1. When They Came Running by Daincole

   Fandoms: The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen, F/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Mee-Maw/Papaw
   • Damien Grear & Markus Grear
   • Mee-Maw
   • Damien Grear
   • Markus Grear
   • Ivan Holt
   • Angela Riley
   • Papaw - Character
   • Zombie Apocalypse
   • Tags May Change
   • Solanum virus
   • Pre-Outbreak
   • Slow burn Horror
   • POV Multiple
   • Original Characters - Freeform
   • Established Relationship
   • Old Married Couple
   • Road Trip
   • RV Living
   • Infection
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Tragedy
   • Major character death - Freeform
   • no one is safe
   • canon-typical zombies
   • Colorado
   • Royal gorge bridge
   • Eventual Zombie Apocalypse
   • Wholesome Beginnings
   • It only goes down hill from here
   • 10 years in the making

   Summary

   Damien Grear has spent years studying fictional zombie outbreaks, convinced that if the impossible ever happened, he'd be ready.

   Unfortunately for him, the apocalypse begins with people he'll never meet.

   Set in the literary universe of Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. This story follows the early days of the Solanum outbreak from the perspective of original characters.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,101

   Chapters:

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