Not Quite Dead

In his memories, Alfie returns to work after spending the night with Casper only to find things more difficult than he expects, and in his present, the person at the door is back. 

Transcript with Content Warnings: https://hangingslothstudios.com/a-friend-indeed/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xGjbSyF9KvRyaXNvd5KNsqQHqCpuwjcYOxNmM7mnaQ0/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

- discussion of violent deaths

- references to sex

- heavy descriptions of blood

- descriptions of decaying flesh

- detailed descriptions of needles and cannulas

- mentions of throwing up

- descriptions of death

- non-graphic descriptions of medical procedures

- swearing

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. With guest performance from Alex Peilober-Richardson as Haley. 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 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 can't sleep, and recounts the days following the first time Casper saved his life, including the unfortunate implications of Casper having drunk Alfie's blood.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-5/

Support the Show on Patreon: 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:

– discussion of violent deaths

– heavy descriptions of blood

– biting necks

– descriptions of violent death

– descriptions of the experience of a panic attack (describing the feelings felt during the panic attack including racing heart, breathlessness, and panic)

– descriptions of violent injuries

– descriptions of dead people

– swearing

– threats to kill or harm others

– descriptions of kissing

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's life was moving on quite happily when he had no memory of Casper, but an ordinary night out sets him back on the path to his own not-quite demise...

Here's the transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-4/

Support us on Patreon for early access: https://patreon.com/hangingslothstudios/

Hanging Sloth Studios on twitter: https://twitter.com/hangingsloths

Show tumblr: https://notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com/

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:   

– discussion of violent deaths

– heavy descriptions of blood

– discussion of drinking alcohol/being drunk

– heavy descriptions of decaying flesh

– detailed descriptions of violent death

– descriptions of violent injuries

– descriptions of dead people

– swearing

– a character experiencing dissociation

– a character struggling with memory issues

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 episode three, Alfie sees even more patients with blood loss and torn throats, and Alfie encounters that strange man he saw on the day Linda didn't die, and the vibes are weirder than anything he's ever experienced in his whole life.

Here's the transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-3/

Hanging Sloth Studios on twitter: https://twitter.com/hangingsloths

Show tumblr: https://notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com/

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:    

– mild profanity

– references to sex

– discussion of the process of dying

– medicalised descriptions of death processes and dead people

– death, including violent death

– descriptions of violent injuries, but not the violence that caused them

– hospital settings

– mentions of blood

– a character experiencing dissociation

– a character struggling with memory issues

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 episode two, Alfie's health takes a turn for the worse, and then another turn, this time for the weird.

Here's the transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-2/

Hanging Sloth Studios on twitter: https://twitter.com/hangingsloths

Show tumblr: https://notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com/

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

- discussion of the process of dying

- descriptions of violent injuries

- descriptions of death and dead people

- hospital settings

- mentions of medical procedures

- swearing

- references to sex

- mentions of infidelity

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 not quite dead and has decided to sit down to record the events which led him to be in this state, beginning with the description of a person he calls the girl on the gurney.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-1/

Hanging Sloth Studios on twitter: https://twitter.com/hangingsloths

Show tumblr: https://notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com/

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:

– mild profanity

– references to sex

– discussion of the process of dying

– medicalised descriptions of death processes and dead people

– death, including violent death

– references to medical procedures

– hospital settings

– mentions of blood

– mentions of infidelity

– descriptions of blood

Written, performed and edited 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 is not quite dead, and a lot's been going on.

Read a transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-trailer/

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

Find us on Twitter @hangingsloths

Follow the show on Tumblr: notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com

Please bear in mind that 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

– mentions of blood

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.