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Drama · Eira Major's Hanging Sloth

Not Quite Dead

by Eira Major's Hanging Sloth

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. As an A&E nurse, Alfie deals with horror everyday, but almost being killed by a walking corpse and being saved by a vampire takes things a bit far, even for him. The vampire is Casper. He’s hundreds of years old, and hell-bent on finding out what's causing walking corpses to wander the streets of Alfie's hometown. Now they've met, Alfie and Casper can't seem to leave each other alone, despite their best efforts. Alfie learns that the relationship between vampires and humans is more complicated than just predator and prey. Whatever Casper's misgivings about his own kind, and himself, Alfie is inexorably drawn closer and closer, in a heady, carnal blend of horror, hunger, love and lust. Not Quite Dead is a (mostly) single narrator gory horror romance audio drama exploring themes of identity, sexuality and death. Complete at 55 episodes. This show is part of the Rusty Quill Network, and is created independently by Eira Major (AKA Hanging Sloth) who writes, sound designs, and performs as Alfie and Neige. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

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Dead Ringer: Snow Blood, Episode One

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

Apr 14
25 min

Snow Blood, Crowdfunding Now!

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

Apr 7
3 min

Snow Blood: A NQD Story! Crowdfunding 7th April 2026

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

Mar 12
3 min

Season Four Q&A

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 ev

Nov 27 2025
41 min

Ambrosia: Bonus Minisode

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

Oct 31 2025
8 min

Introducing my new show: The Twelvelms Conspiracy

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 worl

Sep 23 2025
32 min

NQD's QnA Inbox is now open!

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.co

Aug 13 2025
1 min

Feed Drop: The Holmwood Foundation, a modern sequel to Dracula with ghosts, conspiracies and heartfelt feelings

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.

Aug 6 2025
43 min

LV: Acts of Will & Mercy, or The Wake

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 t

Jul 23 2025
1 h 05 min

LIV: Predators

Neige shares some essential skills, and the devastating weight of their consequences. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-54 Or: https://docs.google.com/doc

Jul 16 2025
32 min

LIII: Contingency

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 f

Jul 9 2025
32 min

LII: Le Bain de Sang

Alfie and Neige perform a post-mortem of their recent discoveries. Transcript, with CWs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xBuDT6HWEX1-YOeYlxihmWJK9Fk8W2qfgCj4Agz0j04/

Jul 2 2025
27 min

LI: What Remains

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.go

Jun 25 2025
28 min

L: Aurora Borealis

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-o

Jun 18 2025
31 min

XLIX: The Executor

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/ P

Jun 11 2025
26 min

XLVIII: Shadows of Eternity

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. Tra

May 28 2025
30 min

XLVII: Bad Call

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.p

May 21 2025
31 min

XLVI: The Empty Page

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.

May 14 2025
26 min

XLV: Deus ex Sanguine

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/

May 7 2025
26 min

XLIV: Gut Feeling

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: ht

Apr 30 2025
30 min

Chart trend

Position in the Drama chart (US), last 90 days.

#17
all-time peak
16
days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Not Quite Dead ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 8, 2026).

#196 ▼ 62 Drama US

What listeners say

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This is a cool and original take on vampires. Lots lf interesting things at play that keep me listening. The supporting characters are fantastic. What holds it back from being a great show is, ironically, the point-of-view character. I wish I were hearing this story from anyone other than Alfie. Even in season 1, he’s whiny, but circumstances are understandable. But as the plot goes on, he doubles down. There’s a lot of juicy, complex angst happening in the story, and Alfie is incapable of processing any of it like an adult. Instead he’s petty, immature, shallow, selfish and inarticulate. He throws tantrums instead of communicating his feelings. He doesn’t seem to understand other characters have their own feelings and baggage. There’s a well of potential, but listeners are stuck with Alfie’s Bad Takes. It really knocks the story down a peg, and it’s very frustrating.

skeletontape · Sep 2024

10/10! Cannot say enough good things about this show. It’s got the horror; it’s got all of the feelings; you’ll fall head over heels for the characters; and it puts some great new twists on the vampire legend that are fresh, intelligent and interesting. The world building makes you feel like you’re there. And the spice level is very nice.

cliodna88 · Aug 2024

I adore this show. Literally the only issue I have is the volume mixing. It’s soooooo quiet! If there’s anything going on around me, like driving or dishes, I have a very hard time hearing it, and sometimes just straight up can’t. This is an issue I’ve run into with other Rusty Quill shows, but never to this degree. But I’m absolutely hooked, and can’t wait for more!

Syri the Beholder · Feb 2024

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