Not Quite Dead
Not Quite Dead

Not Quite Dead

Eira Major's Hanging Sloth

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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. Totalling 40 episodes over 3 completed seasons, with S4 on the way in 2025.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.

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Snow Blood: A NQD Story! Crowdfunding 7th April 2026
MAR 12, 2026
Snow Blood: A NQD Story! Crowdfunding 7th April 2026
MORE SHOW, MORE VAMPIRES, COMING SOON! Find out more here.UNKNOWN CALLERMr Dellon, I have information which will be important for you. Please go to address listed in my last email; I cannot give information on phone. I know what you are, Mr Dellon. Please. [PHONE HANGS UP]ALFIEFor fuck’s sake. [THUD][A DOOR OPENS]NEIGEEverything okie? ALFIEAh, yeah. Just got another one of those weird voicemails. NEIGEThat is what you get for giving out your number the way that you do. ALFIEI need people to be able to reach me safely, anonymously if they have to. Everyone’s afraid. I need to make that as small a barrier as I can for people reaching out. NEIGEAh, it is a noble project you are proposing, but the vampires, they will not talk to you yet. It is too soon. They know you have human friends, still living their human lives. ALFIESo I’m supposed to sit and wait patiently until everyone I know is dead?!NEIGENon. But I think it may mean you need to rethink your, ah, approche tactique? It is a big risk for to share our stories, even anonymised. Whether or not you say it aloud, you are asking people to expose themselves to the world, and the world is not fond of us. ALFIEVisibility is vulnerable, yeah. But if we want acceptance, if we want rights, first we need to show people we exist. We’ve always existed, humans just haven’t really noticed. NEIGEAll I am saying is that this process will be slow, mon raleur. You know this. ALFIEI know. Sorry. I’m just. Annoyed. I get excited every time there’s a message on the voicemail thing but it’s always just these bloody—! like for real, I do not actually fully understand what they’re expecting me to do. NEIGEBut he is giving you clear instructions, non? Go to this place for more information. ALFIEI can’t just go to a random internet cafe in Amsterdam because a nameless voice instructs me to. NEIGEAnd yet I get a sense that each time you get these messages you get closer to doing it. ALFIEI’m not going to go. NEIGEPerhaps not. But what if it is the beginning of what you want? What if this voice on the machine is a vampire who is willing to talk about his story with you? Hmm?ALFIEI thought you wanted me to be patient. NEIGEI do, but I am being an, ah. How you say? Advocate for the devil? ALFIEDarling, you’re always advocating for the devil. When was the last time you put on clothes? NEIGENudity is not sinful, I will not allow this nonsense into my home. Anyway, you will do as you like, regardless of what I say or think. You have proven this to me. I am simply attempting to be a good and supportive lover to you. Is there harm in this?ALFIENo. No, there’s not. Snow Blood, a sequel series to Not Quite Dead, will start airing in October 2026. It will be crowdfunding on Kickstarter from the 7th of April. Sign up for updates right now at tiny.cc/snow-blood - to be the first to hear when the campaign launches! The first five people to support at certain tiers will get a ‘first blood’ 10% discount. Go to tiny.cc/snow-blood, live, laugh, bite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Q&A Reminder & Remnants Trailer
OCT 6, 2025
Q&A Reminder & Remnants Trailer
Hey folks! Eira here. This is just a reminder that the Q&A inbox will be closing tomorrow night at midnight BST! Get all your vampire related questions in before then. I'll be looking to answer as many as I can, just go to hangingslothstudios.com/qna and send your questions there. That's hangingslothstudios dot com forward slash Q N A, that's the letters 'q' for quite, 'n' for not and 'a' for... aardvark. Also! Another one of my shows, Remnants, is returning today for its second season. Remnants is a dark fantasy mystery show about a guy trapped in a strange, dreamlike space filled with objects which hold the memories of the dead. He doesn't know why he's there or what the purpose of searching through these objects is, and the only person he has to help is the mysterious and obtuse Sir, who is some kind of... thing. There are already 30 episodes out, plus today's brand new 31st episode. Here's the trailer for Season Two. Don't worry; there are no spoilers for S1 here, just vibes. TRAILER: [WHOOSH][MUSIC BOX STARTS]SIRDoes it worry you that everything is different? APPRENTICEHonestly, I think it would worry me more if it was the same. [WHOOSH][MUSIC BOX STARTS, SLOWER]‘Who are you?’ he asks.‘I don’t know anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.’ [WHOOSH][MUSIC BOX STARTS, EVEN SLOWER]APPRENTICENo it— well it is your fault, frankly, but there’s no point in getting angry with you about it. It’s not like you remember anyway. SIRI remember we were here and there was nothing. I remember you spoke about the Remnants. They tell stories. You said that to me.[WHOOSH][MUSIC BOX CRANKS, BUT DOESN'T START]Remnants returns for its second season on 6th October, 2025.- .... . / --- -. .-.. -.-- / .-- .- -.-- / --- ..- - / .. ... / - .... .-. --- ..- --. .... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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