You are about to hear the pilot episode of Snow Blood, a Not Quite Dead Story, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. The rest of Snow Blood will be airing in October, if our funding goals on Kickstarter get met. There’s a bunch of rewards from postcards and stickers to a chance to design a vampire who’ll be mentioned in the show. Do check out the campaign at tiny.cc/snow-blood and support vampire rights and wrongs today. As an indie creator, I rely on support from listeners like you to bring th...
Apr 14, 2026•25 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Snow Blood is crowdfunding now! Check out the campaign, here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eira-major/snow-blood-a-not-quite-dead-vampire-story 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...
Apr 07, 2026•3 min
MORE SHOW, MORE VAMPIRES, COMING SOON! Find out more here. UNKNOWN CALLER Mr 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] ALFIE For fuck’s sake. [THUD] [A DOOR OPENS] NEIGE Everything okie? ALFIE Ah, yeah. Just got another one of those weird voicemails. NEIGE That is what you get for giving out your number the way that you do. ALFIE I need peop...
Mar 12, 2026•4 min
Strap in for some of the most long-winded answers to questions I've ever given; multiple times where I just start laughing; and possibly the longest outro segment I've ever done, which happened entirely by accident. Thank you SO much for all of your questions! Help me keeping making shows AND get more vampire stuff on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/hangingslothstudios Ask me your extra Qs over on the show's tumblr: https://notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com/ Get updates over on Bluesky: https://bsk...
Nov 27, 2025•42 min
Check in with Alfie and Neige after the end of the show in this Bonus Minisode, created thanks to the wonderful folks who supported the show on Kickstarter last year. For more bonus content, consider signing up to support me on Patreon, where you'll get access to short-stories set in the NQD universe; creator's notes on episodes; ad-free access to the whole show; and more! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/ambrosia/ Or: https://docs....
Oct 31, 2025•8 min•Season 4Ep. 56
Cyan Goodman did not belong at Twelvelms and everyone knew it. Especially him. Find out more about the show: https://hangingslothstudios.com/twelvelms/ Explore the world: https://twelvelms.wordpress.com/world/ Listen to episodes early and ad free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hangingslothstudios Episode Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/ttc-1-1/ Content Warnings Descriptions of self-inflicted injury, in a ritual setting Implications of arson Discussion of child abuse and neglec...
Sep 23, 2025•33 min
Hi everyone, it’s Eira again, letting you know that the Q&A for Not Quite Dead’s fourth season is officially open! You can submit your questions at hangingslothstudios.com/qna , that’s the letters ‘q’ for queen, ‘n’ for November and ‘a’ for alpha. The QnA inbox will be open for your questions until 3rd September, 2025. I’m so looking forward to hearing what you ask, and answering all the questions that I can. Until then, Live, Laugh, BITE. Not Quite Dead is back , with spin-off series Snow B...
Aug 13, 2025•34 sec
Hey, it’s Eira! Today I’d like to introduce you to a fabulous show, the Holmwood Foundation. It’s a modern sequel to the classic Victorian gothic vampire novel, Dracula. The story follows co-workers Maddie and Jeremy who become possessed by the ghosts of Mina and Jonathan Harker. Beginning at the Holmwood Foundation, an organisation which has been studying Dracula’s remains for the last 130 years, our possessed protagonists end up on a road-trip which they hope will give the ghosts of the Harker...
Aug 06, 2025•44 min
Alfie risks everything to put an end to bonham’s work once and for all . What he finds is more - and less - than he bargained for. Sometimes the greatest horror is not a thing we witness or endure, but something we choose , of our own free will . Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-55 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 jeopardi...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 55
Neige shares some essential skills, and the devastating weight of their consequences. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-54 Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vHDCNEyEAkxOHGfIEjG2gPwOVhLdbzpxfvoR1lkwZ3I/edit?usp=sharing 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 con...
Jul 16, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 54
Alfie muses on a place designed for vampires to live - and die - in, as Neige takes him by the hand and walks him through the past in the hopes it will illuminate their future. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-53 Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zsI9JGFFAgjsmLNslbXnuB1mlEL5lIyZByHNTrHTwQc/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 i...
Jul 09, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 53
Alfie and Neige perform a post-mortem of their recent discoveries. Transcript, with CWs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xBuDT6HWEX1-YOeYlxihmWJK9Fk8W2qfgCj4Agz0j04/edit?usp=sharing Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-52/ 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 con...
Jul 02, 2025•27 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Alfie and Neige creep deeper into the conspiracy which binds together Casper, Henri and Bonham. It leads them to something familiar. Transcript with CWs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ppIk-g6HXSZ1tl8mZqwDUmMDe_-mewDI8APlukgWotM/edit?usp=sharing Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-51/ 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 jeo...
Jun 25, 2025•29 min•Season 4Ep. 51
Nothing lasts forever, not even vampires. But some things do last a very long time. Transcript with content warnings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O5SKWJGNeffqu-o93X5bMS56DDz7Pi5Sjx56ghfzYLE/edit?usp=sharing Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-50/ 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 phys...
Jun 18, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 50
A radical recontextualisation forces Alfie to question what it means to be alive. For Neige, the answer is simple. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-49/ 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 death, grief and loss Mentions of childhood illnes...
Jun 11, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 49
Alfie and Neige keep looking for the goldmine of information which will make everything make sense. But the thing about mineshafts is that they're prone to collapse. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-48/ 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: Emotional dis...
May 28, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 48
As hard as we might try to protect the people we love, some things demand to be spoken about. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-47/ 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: Mentions of psychological distress Description of unconventional medical procedures R...
May 21, 2025•31 min•Season 4Ep. 47
Alfie and Neige explore an old sanatorium, perhaps biting off more than they can chew. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-46/ 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: Mentions of unethical 19th century mental health treatments (incl. heavy restraints and lobo...
May 14, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 46
The terrible consequences of Alfie and Neige's decisions have begun catch up with them. You cannot outrun the past. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-45/ 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 death, grief and loss Mentions of blood Descripti...
May 07, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 45
A different perspective illuminates the events unfolding around Alfie and Neige as they try to find new ways forward following everything they've learned. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-44/ 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 death, gri...
Apr 30, 2025•30 min•Season 4Ep. 44
LISTEN TO XLII: BAGGAGE CLAIM FIRST. Uncovered storage and an old acquaintance bring new considerations for a blood-deprived Alfie. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-43/ 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: Emotional distress Descriptions of extremely ba...
Apr 23, 2025•22 min•Season 4Ep. 43
Alfie struggles to acclimatise to the new situation Neige has forced him into, and uncovers some things which prompt him to reminisce on the past. Episode 43 to follow shortly! Enjoy. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-42/ 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 conta...
Apr 23, 2025•26 min•Season 4Ep. 42
Well. A lot of things have changed since I started making these recordings. I think started out to write my own obituary. To make sure that something of the truth would be left behind when I was gone. It’s been a research diary, a regular diary, a place to hold my thoughts. A place to hide. To bury myself in my own thoughts and feelings instead of facing up to what was lying right in in front of me. A way to hold on to the present. Desperately clinging on to now so that I don’t have to think abo...
Apr 17, 2025•1 min
Hey folks, it's Eira, creator of Not Quite Dead. Something a little bit different today; our friends over at Re: Dracula have been percolating something spectacular in their off-season: a new adaptation of Carmilla. Carmilla is one of those classic vampire stories which made me fall in love with them as creatures. This new adaptation of the classic toxic lesbian vampire romance is being done in the same style as Re: Dracula, and you'll be able to listen to the whole thing in the Re: Dracula feed...
Feb 14, 2025•12 min
'There is no amount you can explain that will make this ordinary.' A brief, bizarre snippet of Neige and Alfie. Full transcript here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/toes/ Not Quite Dead Season Four will be crowdfunding on kickstarter from the 4th of March. Sign up now at tiny.cc/nqd4 for campaign updates. 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 l...
Feb 06, 2025•4 min
The third and final part of the NQD S3 Q&A! I talk about voice acting and performance, sound, and answer some more personal questions about my relationship with the show. Plus, there's an announcement at the end! Sign up to be notified when the Not Quite Dead S4 Kickstarter goes live in March!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eira-major/nqd4 Multitrack still haven't uploaded the recordings of the Masterclasses but when they do you'll be able to access them here: https://www.multitrack.u...
Dec 11, 2024•22 min
Part Two of the Season Three Q&A covers questions about research, writing, inspiration and Alfie! Become a member and get early access, also you can buy music and artwork: https://ko-fi.com/hangingsloths Become a member and get early access: https://www.patreon.com/c/hangingslothstudios Join us on the Camlann fundraiser stream THIS SATURDAY, here: https://www.twitch.tv/tincanaudio Not Quite Dead is back , with spin-off series Snow Blood. Set years after the original story, Snow Blood follows...
Nov 27, 2024•29 min
Part One of the Season Three Q&A covers questions about vampire biology and also about everyone's favourite Not Quite French vampire, Neige! Become a member and get early access, also you can buy music and artwork: https://ko-fi.com/hangingsloths Become a member and get early access: https://www.patreon.com/c/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 ...
Nov 13, 2024•26 min
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 ...
Oct 30, 2024•21 min•Season 4Ep. 41
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 e...
Jul 03, 2024•16 min
