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 our funding goals on Kickstarter get met. There’s a bunch of rewards from postcards and stickers to a chance to design a vampire who’ll be mentioned in the show. Do check out the campaign at tiny.cc/snow-blood and support vampire rights and wrongs today. As an indie creator, I rely on support from listeners like you to bring these shows to life, and every little piece goes towards making sure I have a place to live and food to eat whilst I’m making them for you. If you can’t support financially, share links to the campaign on social media if you can, and talk about the show. Thank you for being a part of making vampires happen. Live, laugh, bite. 

Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eira-major/snow-blood-a-not-quite-dead-vampire-story

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/1-dead-ringer/

Content Warnings

• Mentions of blood
• Explicit references to sex
• Depiction of a character who is dying of terminal illness, wheezing, struggling to speak
• 'Mercy Killing'
• Discussions of the ethics of mercy killings
• Descriptions of blood
• Biting into flesh, with sound effects.

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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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 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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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 my last email; I cannot give information on phone. I know what you are, Mr Dellon. Please. 

[PHONE HANGS UP]

ALFIE

For fuck’s sake. 

[THUD]

[A DOOR OPENS]

NEIGE

Everything okie? 

ALFIE

Ah, yeah. Just got another one of those weird voicemails. 

NEIGE

That is what you get for giving out your number the way that you do. 

ALFIE

I need people to be able to reach me safely, anonymously if they have to. Everyone’s afraid. I need to make that as small a barrier as I can for people reaching out. 

NEIGE

Ah, it is a noble project you are proposing, but the vampires, they will not talk to you yet. It is too soon. They know you have human friends, still living their human lives. 

ALFIE

So I’m supposed to sit and wait patiently until everyone I know is dead?!

NEIGE

Non. But I think it may mean you need to rethink your, ah, approche tactique? It is a big risk for to share our stories, even anonymised. Whether or not you say it aloud, you are asking people to expose themselves to the world, and the world is not fond of us. 

ALFIE

Visibility is vulnerable, yeah. But if we want acceptance, if we want rights, first we need to show people we exist. We’ve always existed, humans just haven’t really noticed. 

NEIGE

All I am saying is that this process will be slow, mon raleur. You know this. 

ALFIE

I know. Sorry. I’m just. Annoyed. I get excited every time there’s a message on the voicemail thing but it’s always just these bloody—! like for real, I do not actually fully understand what they’re expecting me to do. 

NEIGE

But he is giving you clear instructions, non? Go to this place for more information. 

ALFIE

I can’t just go to a random internet cafe in Amsterdam because a nameless voice instructs me to. 

NEIGE

And yet I get a sense that each time you get these messages you get closer to doing it. 

ALFIE

I’m not going to go. 

NEIGE

Perhaps not. But what if it is the beginning of what you want? What if this voice on the machine is a vampire who is willing to talk about his story with you? Hmm?

ALFIE

I thought you wanted me to be patient. 

NEIGE

I do, but I am being an, ah. How you say? Advocate for the devil? 

ALFIE

Darling, you’re always advocating for the devil. When was the last time you put on clothes? 

NEIGE

Nudity is not sinful, I will not allow this nonsense into my home. Anyway, you will do as you like, regardless of what I say or think. You have proven this to me. I am simply attempting to be a good and supportive lover to you. Is there harm in this?

ALFIE

No. No, there’s not. 

Snow Blood, a sequel series to Not Quite Dead, will start airing in October 2026. It will be crowdfunding on Kickstarter from the 7th of April. Sign up for updates right now at tiny.cc/snow-blood - to be the first to hear when the campaign launches! The first five people to support at certain tiers will get a ‘first blood’ 10% discount. Go to tiny.cc/snow-blood, 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.

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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 ever done, which happened entirely by accident. Thank you SO much for all of your questions!

Help me keeping making shows AND get more vampire stuff on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/hangingslothstudios

Ask me your extra Qs over on the show's tumblr: https://notquitedeadpod.tumblr.com/

Get updates over on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hangingsloth.bsky.social

Info about Not Quite Dead is available here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/not-quite-dead/

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.

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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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 more bonus content, consider signing up to support me on Patreon, where you'll get access to short-stories set in the NQD universe; creator's notes on episodes; ad-free access to the whole show; and more! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/ambrosia/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jGXTJ6PfWnpokH3tt9-eshpL92ADVfhwCcfcWt9bT_Y/edit

Content Warnings:

• Allusions to sex
• Double entendre
• Mentions of deliberate rib-breaking
• Brief description of spelunking

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.

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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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 world: https://twelvelms.wordpress.com/world/

Listen to episodes early and ad free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/hangingslothstudios

Episode Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/ttc-1-1/

Content Warnings

• Descriptions of self-inflicted injury, in a ritual setting
• Implications of arson
• Discussion of child abuse and neglect
• Description of violent murder

The Twelvelms Conspiracy is an audio drama created, written, edited and performed by Eira Major under a Creative Commons 4.0 Noncommercial Attribution License. In network with Rusty Quill.

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.

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.com/qna, that’s the letters ‘q’ for queen, ‘n’ for November and ‘a’ for alpha. The QnA inbox will be open for your questions until 3rd September, 2025. I’m so looking forward to hearing what you ask, and answering all the questions that I can. Until then, 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.

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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

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 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.

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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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.

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 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.

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.