Not Quite Dead

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/hangingslothstudiosFind us on Twitter @hangingslothsFollow the show on Tumblr: notquitedeadpod.tumblr.comPlease 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello, it’s Eira here, creator of the show, just dropping in very briefly to let you know that I’m currently accruing questions for a Q&A episode! You can ask anything you like about the show, my creative process, or basically anything that pops into your head in relation to the show! I’ve had a bunch of really cool questions already and it’s been so fun to start assembling the responses to them, so thank you so much for all of the questions I’ve had so far! If you’ve got a biting question of your own and you fancy a big juicy answer to it, go to https://hangingslothstudios.com/qna, like literally the letters ‘q’ for ‘queen’, ‘n’ for ‘nobody’ and ‘a’ for ‘android’. I’m so excited to hear what you want to know about the show and I’m honestly really relishing the opportunity to just talk about it incessantly, it’s so much fun. Remember to go to https://hangingslothstudios.com/qna to ask your questions! The inbox will only be open until midnight UK time on the 15th of December, which is the Friday of the week this trailer is going out. Hope to see you in there. Bye! TflnhHHwmYGPp6UIU2BQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join show creator Eira as he answers a selection of questions from you, the weird and wonderful audience of Not Quite Dead! In this first part of the Q&A, Eira will focus on answering questions surrounding the role of vampiric literary traditions in shaping the show, and on the mechanics of the vampires in the world of the show. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waUF4AHNft8LOf0y0n5XeA7Do_J2ZZ7t5p5Winy6910/edit?usp=sharingWant to help make Season Three a reality? Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios 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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/editIf 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:‘The trail of blood : queer history through vampire literature’ https://louis.uah.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&context=uah-theses‘Vampires Are Us’ https://glreview.org/article/vampires-are-us/‘Closet and Coffins: The Queer-Coded History of Vampires and Representation’ https://ohiofusion.com/closet-and-coffins-the-queer-coded-history-of-vampires-and-representation/‘Vampiric Seduction and Vicissitudes of Masculine Identity in Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ https://www.jstor.org/stable/40347238 ‘Twilight’ (a video essay) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/hangingslothsBecome a member and get early access: https://www.patreon.com/c/hangingslothstudios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/hangingslothsBecome a member and get early access: https://www.patreon.com/c/hangingslothstudiosJoin us on the Camlann fundraiser stream THIS SATURDAY, here: https://www.twitch.tv/tincanaudio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/nqd4Multitrack still haven't uploaded the recordings of the Masterclasses but when they do you'll be able to access them here: https://www.multitrack.uk/masterclassesSupport me now through Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hangingslothsBecome a member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios 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/hangingslothsShow 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 bloodWritten, performed and edited by Eira Major. 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/hangingslothsShow 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 settingsThis Episode's Content Warnings- 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 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/hangingslothsShow 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 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/hangingslothsShow 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 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/hangingslothstudiosPlease 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 settingsEpisode Six, Content Warnings- 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- swearingNot 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alfie describes the early days of his time with Casper, the confusion and conflict bound up in it all. They're bound by blood and it goes both ways; Casper cannot leave anymore than Alfie can. So where is Casper now, when Alfie needs him more than ever? Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-to-79596059?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTranscript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/what-are-we/Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1da0Be9ZlGtFuUwsWL0PZlKM9KqGYWueBcJy0UNTgc78/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. 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 bloodEpisode Specific Content Warnings: Descriptions of bloodThreats of death and harmDescriptions of decaying fleshDescriptions of the experience of a panic attack (describing the feelings felt during the panic attack including racing heart, breathlessness, and panic)Mentions of hospitalsAlcohol useDescription of violent assaultScenes of a sexual nature Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alfie and Casper find ways to move forward from their complicated beginnings, but neither of them are exactly happy with the solutions presented. Still, there are benefits for them both as well as drawbacks. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-to-79596059?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTranscript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-8/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. 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 bloodEpisode Specific Content Warnings: – discussion of violent deaths– scenes of a sexual nature– heavy descriptions of blood and blood drinking– Descriptions of decaying flesh– Description of violent assault– threats to kill or harm others– mentions of murderEIRA: Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alfie faces the reality of his current situation, and discusses the other vampires in York. Transcript available here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-9And here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kCEgiJBBS27x1lO6cyQ5VzINVAIHsfthWJ3fNv4gDlY/edit?usp=sharing To support the show and get access to episodes one day early support us on patreon at https://patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosShow-wide Content WarningsThis 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 settingsEpisode Eight, Content Warnings- discussion of violent deaths- scenes of a sexual nature- heavy descriptions of blood and blood drinking- threats of violence- references to murderNot Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alfie reckons with the details of his own demise, and also recounts what happened in the days following Casper's near-deadly mistake.Transcript available here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-10And here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K_FqHTgRRBENyW7hxoIzS6ft6Ah4-I-he_8dDGTs9hw/edit?usp=sharingTo support the show and get access to episodes one day early support us on patreon at https://patreon.com/hangingslothstudiosShow-wide Content WarningsThis 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 settingsEpisode Ten, Content Warnings- discussion of violent deaths- mentions of fever, illness and unconsciousness- references to sex- references of blood and blood drinking- references to murder- non-specific references to historical implied domestic abuseNot Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, with guest voice actor Alex Peilober-Richardson, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alfie reckons with some of the more troubling aspects of what it means to be dating a vampire, if dating is really what you can call what's going on with him and Casper, and in resisting the strange complications of the ways he has changed, is forced into a gruesome situation. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-11Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Om1tiBJ-lAszEHlGG8PCVyoQA93_vLDp9w4vLLt7kM/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-access-to-79596059?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkTranscript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-8/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. 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 bloodEpisode Specific Content Warnings: - discussion of violent deaths- references to sex- depictions and descriptions of violent deaths- heavy descriptions of blood - heavy descriptions of decayNot Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.