Not Quite Dead

Alfie struggles to make sense of things in light of recent revelations, but before any new status quo can be established, something lurking in the shadows snaps any sense of security that remains.

This episode crunches. Be sure to check the content warnings, which are available below, and at the top of the transcript, which can be found here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-39/

Or alternatively here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEarddVRczqnHARcyJ7uFmKDl-rGIzSeW4xmhRlG83Q/edit?usp=sharing

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

- depiction of a character smoking a cigarette

- discussions of death, grief and loss

- references to sex and blood drinking

- depiction of violent injury, with sound effects

- sounds of a characters in emotional distress 

- depictions of physical distress, including struggling to breathe 

- loud sound effects (cars, sirens, slamming metal)

- discussion of violent abuse and torture

Not Quite Dead is a show about vampires which is written, produced and performed by Eira Major and is part of the Rusty Quill Network.

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.

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Alfie and Neige are at an impasse. To move forward, one of them will have to compromise, and whichever of them it is, the consequences might be enough to change the dynamic between them forever.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-38/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rBgtJ70jk6_GYNljgyTb5ScmSC8VGwa4kafUNjH8JJE/edit?usp=sharing

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

- sounds of a character in distress from the outset

- depictions of complex and potentially unhealthy grieving

- raised voices with high emotionality

- mentions of traumatic bodily injury, up to murder and dismemberment

- mishandling of bodies

- references to sex and sexual encounters

- references to unhealthy and potentially abusive relationships

- brief depiction of intense anxiety

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.

Hello, I’m Eira, creator of Spirit Box Radio, Not Quite Dead and Clockwork Bird. This July I’m releasing a brand new show, Remnants, a gothic fantasy thriller. The show follows the new Apprentice at the First and Last Place as he sorts through objects who hold the remnants of their previous owners within them. His job is to decide which of them is re-shelved, and which is discarded, but he has no criteria to work with and no idea what the consequences of his decisions will be. As the story goes on, the Apprentice begins to wonder why he, of everyone, was chosen for this task, and why his near-omniscient boss, known only as ‘sir’, has chosen now to train an assistant.

Remnants has a new story to muse over every week, and a mystery at its core which will have you pinning red string to cork boards as you try to solve it. Think The Talented Mr Ripley meets The Good Place and The Sandman.

Remnants, an audio drama will start airing wherever you listen to podcasts from 15th July 2024.

Find out more: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants/

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.

In this episode, we see beyond Alfie's immediate plight and examine some older, deeper wounds which somehow still seem not fully healed.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-37/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rBgtJ70jk6_GYNljgyTb5ScmSC8VGwa4kafUNjH8JJE/edit?usp=sharing

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

- sounds of a character in emotional distress, ranging from quiet tearfulness to loud hysteria

- references to medical procedures both consensual and non-consensual

- descriptions of blood drinking

- mentions of traumatic bodily injury

- descriptions of violent death and the process of dying

- descriptions of corpses (one in detail, specific mentions of normal decay. Many with less specifics and references to mutilated body states)

- mentions of frostbite

- references to sex

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.

lfie finally begins to get answers, some to questions he never thought to have asked, and others to those he wished he never had.

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

Transcript here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-36/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13NzJ6uYek-jol4Bi8v7iBTLomK3on7VjI1Ubi2nFnTQ/edit?usp=sharing

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

- sounds of a character in distress

- sexual innuendo and implications of sexual acts 

- discussions of death and grieving, including maladaptive grieving

- discussion and description of violent and unsafe medical injuries

- descriptions of hospital procedures

- medical professionals acting coldly and with poor bedside manner regarding the illness and death of loved ones 

- sounds of extreme emotional distress

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.

In this episode, Alfie explores the context for some of Neige's decisions, his own evolving feelings, and the situation unfolding around them.

Transcript here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-35/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tgNRR5F0nOnd5_yCv0hDbc4f0RCq1hSb0bKCQ0bsPgI/edit?usp=sharing

Support us on Patreon for Early Access and Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

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:

– discussions of patients with mental illnesses and their treatment by others

– mentions of hospitalisation for psychiatric care

– discussions of blood drinking – discussions and brief descriptions of severed fingers and toes

– mention of pulling teeth out without medical protocols in place

– implications of dismembering corpses

– mentions of improper burial

– references to unhealthy relationship dynamics analogous to abusive romantic relationships

– mentions of sex and sexual innuendos

– mentions of violence, torture, and murder

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.

Alfie is waiting. Waiting, and waiting and waiting. The title of this episode is taken from Macbeth. The full quote is:

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-34/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pRNeW2CfVxGXQm0hQ_cijsa7c76ywvEmKagL1hUHZaE/edit?usp=sharing

Created, edited and performed by Eira Major.

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.

Alfie becomes the prodigal friend, and suffers the consequences.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-33/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n2zBBKwiZRk93KuOCOC4k0tjHpuWl2-kFSUY4c_BFrM/

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:

– sudden, loud noises

– profanity

– descriptions of medical injuries

– mishandling bodies of deceased/potentially deceased persons

– descriptions of violence and torture

– descriptions of nonconsensual blood-drinking

– discussion of violent medical abuse and torture, including medical abuse which harmed children

– mentions of IV access points

– mentions of needles/cannula

– audio depiction of a blood draw

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.

Alfie reaches breaking point and has chosen to take drastic action. Before he solidifies his decision, he reflects on the factors pressing him to make it.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-32/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tdm6h4PlDSbwGnD_upSbIpgC4CXz8QD0zKw_E086qtg/

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

– descriptions of medical injuries

– mishandling bodies of deceased/potentially deceased persons

– descriptions of violence and torture

– descriptions of nonconsensual blood-drinking

– discussion of violent medical abuse and torture, including medical abuse which harmed children

– mentions of IV access points

– sounds of a character in emotional distress

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

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.

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.