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Not Quite Dead

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him… Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

As an A&E nurse, Alfie deals with horror everyday, but almost being killed by a walking corpse and being saved by a vampire takes things a bit far, even for him. The vampire is Casper. He’s hundreds of years old, and hell-bent on finding out what’s causing walking corpses to wander the streets of Alfie’s hometown.

Now they’ve met, Alfie and Casper can’t seem to leave each other alone, despite their best efforts. Alfie learns that the relationship between vampires and humans is more complicated than just predator and prey. Whatever Casper’s misgivings about his own kind, and himself, Alfie is inexorably drawn closer and closer, in a heady, carnal blend of horror, hunger, love and lust.

Not Quite Dead is a (mostly) single narrator gory horror romance audio drama exploring themes of identity, sexuality and death. Complete at 55 episodes.

This show is part of the Rusty Quill Network, and is created independently by Eira Major (AKA Hanging Sloth) who writes, sound designs, and performs as Alfie and Neige.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Copyright: © Hanging Sloth Studios

Latest Episodes:

XXXI: Cold Snap Feb 07, 2024

Show notes

Tensions are mounting between Alfie and Neige as they struggle to resolve their different views of what to do with Casper. It's clear that Neige is holding things back, and though Alfie is pushing for more, Neige always seems to find a way to change the subject...

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-31/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14dFHgxXSPCvmLZdYsZvo_CEs8ax0s70ZvdJfn1Aa-XE/edit?usp=sharing

Please bear in mind that this show is a work of horror fiction and frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

– profanity

– depiction and descriptions of injections – vein access, cannulas, blood draws, infusions

– references to implied sex and sexual acts

– descriptions of violence

– depictions of drinking blood

– mentions of violent medical abuse and torture, including vivisection (of vampires)

– sounds of characters in emotional distress

– implications of past physical abuse and trauma

– mentions of violent murder and killing

– scenes with sexual and violent implications

– sounds of medical equipment

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXX: The Body Jan 24, 2024

Show notes

Alfie is making some questionable decisions as he learns more about the mechanics of vampirism.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-30/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gu1zEWS7gzeI3pH7-fDLN3inQnyM-IdhEn4aJi7in50/

Support us on Patreon to get Early Access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

– profanity

– depiction and descriptions of injections – vein access, cannulas, blood draws, infusions

– descriptions of violence and torture (sounds of hitting, gushing blood, squeals of cries)

– depictions of drinking blood – descriptions of violent medical abuse and torture, including vivisection (of vampires)

– sounds of a character in emotional distress

– descriptions of violent murder and killing

– mentions of sex

– sounds of medical equipment

Metal clanging SFX recorded by Jack Locke.

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite.

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXIX: What a Catch Jan 10, 2024

Show notes

Some time after the incident at the laboratory, Alfie and Neige continue to investigate what happened to Casper. This time their approach is a little more hands-on.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-29/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dF9C3CSC1rwJD1BR4reqmLZnOPWxLV-ClLTTUHasMM8/edit?usp=sharing

Support us on Patreon to get Early Access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

– profanity

– descriptions of injuries (broken cheekbones, medical injuries)

– depictions of violence and torture (sounds of hitting, gushing blood, squeals of cries)

– depictions of drinking blood, with sounds – descriptions of violent medical abuse and torture, including vivisection (of vampires)

– depictions of violence (hitting, slapping, breaking bones)

– hyperventilating

– implied threat to life and references to intent to end life

– sounds of medical equipment

– description of a blood draw/blood donation

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Featuring a guest performance from Will Cummings. Live, laugh, bite.

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not Quite Dead Season Three, Undead Soon Jan 03, 2024

Show notes

Find out more: https://hangingslothstudios.com/not-quite-dead/

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios/

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NQD QnA Part 1 Dec 19, 2023

Show notes

Join show creator Eira as he answers a selection of questions from you, the weird and wonderful audience of Not Quite Dead! In this first part of the Q&A, Eira will focus on answering questions surrounding the role of vampiric literary traditions in shaping the show, and on the mechanics of the vampires in the world of the show.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waUF4AHNft8LOf0y0n5XeA7Do_J2ZZ7t5p5Winy6910/edit?usp=sharing

Want to help make Season Three a reality? Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXVIII: The Kill Jar Dec 04, 2023

Show notes

Neige takes Alfie hunting in York. Things do not go to plan, to a spectacular and devastating degree.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-28/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hhlxo1XGSeVU2O3QhmF0eRpa520aOZ-SFV3_aoz1JZQ/edit?usp=sharing

Support the show and get early episode access: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

– profanity

– references to sex

– depictions of violence (sounds of hitting, gushing blood, squeals of pain)

– depiction drinking blood, with sounds

– depictions of death, including immediate, on screen death

– depiction of a car crash – sounds of tyres squealing, explosions, shattered glass

– yelling, sounds of distress

– hospital/laboratory/medical setting

– sounds of medical equipment

– description of medical intervention

– extremely distressing scenes with descriptions of corpses

– sound of a character in extreme emotional distress

– major character death

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Featuring a guest performance from Aaron Wolfe. Live, laugh, bite. The outro to this episode is Nocturne No.2 Op.62, sourced here, in the public domain: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Frederic_Chopin_-_nocturne_no._2_in_e_flat_major%2C_op._62.ogg

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXVII: Doesn't It Just? Nov 27, 2023

Show notes

Alfie has a chance to collect his evolving thoughts and performs some investigations, some more invasive than others.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-27/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bQ4i4xaQNwkyO2SZHczUjJTVQRF9Bfg8vR8QB8yRNRA/edit?usp=sharing

Support the show and get early episode access: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

- profanity

- references to sex

- descriptions of accidental injuries to hand

- descriptions of blood and drinking blood

- detailed discussion of bodily fluids, mostly focused on blood and spit, but with mentions of ejaculate and one mention urine

- discussion of teeth

- sounds of a character pulling out a tooth without pain relief or proper tools, including expressions of physical pain

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Featuring a guest performance from Aaron Wolfe. Live, laugh, bite.

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXVI: Papillon de Nuit Nov 20, 2023

Show notes

Alfie and Neige discuss their differing priorities and perspectives as they attempt to find a way to move forward from recent revelations.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-26/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10IDRiwwTaQ37WZ_4F77xbRhn1G8loQ17L8Q1BTcaOrY

Support the show and get early episode access: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

- profanity

- references to sex

- sudden noises (door slamming)

- mentions/discussions of serious illness (illness undefined)

- mentions of suicidal ideation

- mentions of blood

- sounds of a character in distress

- discussions of killing

- mentions of loss and descriptions of complex grieving

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Featuring a guest performance from Aaron Wolfe. Live, laugh, bite.

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXV: Mordacious Nov 13, 2023

Show notes

MORDACIOUS | /mɔːˈdeɪʃəs/ | adjective | formal

1. denoting or using biting sarcasm or invective.

2. (of a person or animal) given to biting.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-25/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qqaYYLmj8yKxUoUSiWa0i_C18U6oV8CiAkvvhtY8K9Y/

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

– profanity

– threats of violence

– discussion of traumatic injury, terminal illness (the plague), death

– detailed discussion of medical terminology and procedures, including autopsy and dissection (with consent)

– mentions of blood

– discussion of traumatic injury

– discussions of death, including murder

– detailed discussion of medical terminology and procedures, including autopsy and dissection (with consent)

– mentions of blood, drinking and smelling blood

– sounds of a character in distress

– scenes of a sexual nature with sounds of kissing and biting, drinking and smelling blood (confined to last 2-3 minutes of the episode)

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite.

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

XXIV: The Apostate Nov 06, 2023

Show notes

Neige takes Alfie on a field trip and teaches him some important basics of life as a vampire. Alfie finally learns a little more about the context of Cas and Neige's friendship, and sees a part of Neige he never expected to.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-24/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vNE704Q-3XEYXMTVQfwPUZi9lLZgVjkx1n5ZEBSUvvw/edit

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Show-wide Content Warnings

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

Episode Content Warnings

- profanity

- threats of violence

- sudden noises (bats, breaking glass)

- discussion of traumatic injury

- detailed discussion of medical terminology and procedures, including autopsy and dissection (with consent)

- mentions of blood, drinking and smelling blood

- sounds of a character in distress

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite.

Car breaking sound by jorickhoofd. Wings by Zabuhailo.

Not Quite Dead is back, with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows Alfie and Neige as they attempt to start to build a better life for themselves and vampires everywhere. One problem; none of the other vampires want to help, and there is this guy who keeps calling, over and over, insisting Alfie comes to meet him... Snow Blood is crowdfunding on Kickstarter from 7th April to 8th May, 2026 and will air in October 2026.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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