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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 Harkers what they want; to get rid of Dracula once and for all.

It’s a really stellar show which explores identity and self-discovery, family loyalty and devotion, and it has some lovely accompanying artwork. There is just one more episode of the show left to come, and it’ll be out on 19th of August, which means you have plenty of time to catch up on the first six episodes, but won’t have to wait long for the story to be completed.

A transcript for the episode you're about to listen to is in the description below. You can find more of the show wherever you listen to podcasts, including where you're listening right now, by searching ‘The Holmwood Foundation’. It’s the show with the sketch of the dismembered head on the cover. That's 'H-O-L-M-W-O-O-D Foundation. The Holmwood Foundation! I hope you enjoy listening to this first episode of the show.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a5fwtRvEdNLC3iHp7ggk2CYQoBDfFOcLGkxWBHRU9RM/edit?tab=t.0

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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 jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

• References to sex
• Manipulation
• Descriptions of corpses
• Mention of people who have taken their own lives
• Mass medical experimentation
• Discussion of gross medical abuse and torture
• Detailed descriptions of bodies and corpses
• Mentions of blood
• Medical sounds
• On-screen death - violent
• Discussions of situations analogous to 'Do Not Resuscitate' orders
• Difficult, complex grieving

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

Music: Debussy's Clair de Lune, performed by Caela Harrison.

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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 contains:

• Vivid descriptions of violence and killing, with details about viscera and gore
• Discussions of unethical medical experimentation, including some detailed discussions of methods
• Mentions of torture
• Mentions of mass killing
• Moments of intense relived suicidal ideation, which is then walked back from

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

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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 in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

• Mentions of death
• Descriptions of scenes of mass killings
• Descriptions of flesh melting from bones
• Descriptions of bones
• Mentions of mass compelled suicide
• Implications of sexual abuse
• Descriptions of extreme violence and torture
• Mentions of blood
• Discussions of dismemberment

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

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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 contains:

• Mentions of blood
• Mentions of corpses, some dismembered
• Discussions of unethical medical experiments
• Mentions of intimate partner violence
• Discussions of scars
• Discussions of memory loss

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

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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 jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

• Mentions of blood
• Mentions of corpses
• Implications of unethical medical experimentation
• Implications of gaslighting
• Depiction of distress (mild)
• Depiction of extreme fear response

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

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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 physical health. This episode contains:

• Mentions of childhood illness, including hospital treatments and seizures
• Mentions of child medical exploitation
• Mentions of unethical medical experimentation, including on children
• Implications of medical gaslighting
• Mentions of blood
• Descriptions of emotional distress
• Discussions of death and grief

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

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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 illness, including hospital treatments and seizures
• Mentions of potential child neglect and endangerment
• Mentions of self-harm (cigarette burns)
• Mentions of blood
• References to suicidal ideation
• Emotional distress
• Mentions of intent to kill
• Scenes with sexual undertones
• Biting (with sounds)

Not Quite Dead is written, created and performed by Eira Major, with guest actor Alex Peilober Richardson, under a creative commons 4.0 attribution license, with Kickstarter Vampire Producers Aster and Ted. Live, laugh, bite.

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Hi! I’m Eira, and I make Not Quite Dead. This week is the midseason break in Season 4, so there’s no new vampires, I’m sorry. But I wanted to introduce you to one of my other shows, Remnants, in the mean time! If you love piecing together a mystery and going mad with red-string conspiracy boards, plus you’re enthusiastic about history, human decency, and the gays, Remnants is probably going to be right up your alley. It’s a dark fantasy thriller. I’m about to show you the first episode so that you can decide if it’s something you like or not, but the whole 30-episode first season of the show is actually already out, with season two on the way in the next few months. I hope you enjoy it!

Transcript for this episode of Remnants, here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/1-1/

If you enjoyed the first episode of Remnants, you can find the rest by searching ‘Remnants: An Audio drama’ wherever you’re listening right now! If you want to support Not Quite Dead and other projects like Remnants, plus get access to loads of bonus content including creators notes on both of these shows, you can sign up to my patron at patreon.com/hangingslothstudios. 

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