Not Quite Dead
Not Quite Dead

Not Quite Dead

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.



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Recent Episodes

XLI: Ichor
OCT 30, 2024
XLI: Ichor

Alfie and Neige meet in sanctuary. Tensions are high as they attempt to navigate the new topographies of their relationship and the context they exist in. The Halloween Special


Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-41/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eL1U_sAxj3z10UjYQ_0DS56H7RYXHhj2mYlFNWN0ndY/edit?tab=t.0

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios


Episode Content Warnings

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:

  • References to murder
  • References to severe injury
  • Mentions of blood and blood drinking
  • Discussions of sex
  • Depictions and discussions of grieving a loved one
  • Emotional manipulation
  • Implications of sexual conduct
  • Use of sex and sexual acts as a coercive/argumentative tactic


Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, and this is the end of season three. I couldn’t make this show without the incredible support of my contributors over on Patreon. Without you none of this would have happened, thank you so much for helping make this possible. I make this show for you, the listeners, and it means the world that you tune in to listen to it. Thank you so much for coming with me on this journey. I look forward to bringing you Season 4 in 2025. Until then, live, laugh, bite.



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21 MIN
Based Vampirification: A Not Quite Dead Audio Essay
JUL 3, 2024
Based Vampirification: A Not Quite Dead Audio Essay

Hey folks! Something a bit different this week. Last year, I got quite a lot of interest in the idea of me talking about my relationship with existing vampire media, queer readings of those vampires, and how those things contributed to the creation of Not Quite Dead. Mild Spoiler Warnings for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, Dracula, Interview with the Vampire and Underworld. Based Vampirification is me discussing the various pieces of vampire media that set me down the path which would eventually lead to the conception of Not Quite Dead. It involves tenuous leaps, stretched interpretations and deeply personal readings of the texts in question, all informed by many years of academic literary study and not-so-academic vampire brain rot.


Transcript available here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/based-vampirification/

Or here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZ0aYTVZ9j_FL1OBoNQAlfWUoPsPQxAAKaYqssHe_Ns/edit


If you're intrigued to take a slightly more scholarly jaunt into this subject matter, here are some things which I think make for a great jumping off point. There's a range of things listed here, including a fun video essay, some non-academic articles and an academic paper:



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QnA: Call for Questions!
JUN 11, 2024
QnA: Call for Questions!

Hi everyone! It’s Eira here, creator of the show and voice of both Alfie and Neige! I’m planning a Season 3 Q&A, and I’m really excited about it. I have some questions left over from the last Q&A which I didn’t get chance to answer last time, and I’m actively seeking out more! You can send your questions using the form you can find at https://hangingslothstudios.com/qna, that’s hangingslothstudios.com/ the letters ‘Q', 'N', 'A’.


You don’t have to put your name on the form, you can just put ‘anon’ or a nickname there if you’d prefer. Please note that it may not be possible for me to answer every question I receive, though I’ll do my best to answer as many as possible. If you have multiple questions, feel free to group them together, or send them separately. There is no upper limit on the number of questions you can ask.


And one more time, you can send your questions from hangingslothstudios.com/qna.


There’s a link in the notes for this episode, too, and it’ll be posted across all social media. Looking forward to answering you!

Live, laugh, bite.



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