XXIII: Contrarian

Alfie ignores Neige's advice and begins to question the mechanics of vampirism. At every turn, he uncovers more he wishes Casper had thought to share with him, and becomes less certain of what any of their time together meant. Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-23/ Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wm2_LYHCGU9ldCWsmLNUxaefgTqjIH6BpTiFbGklcG0/edit#heading=h.7r5hbe3pp44p Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios Show-wide Content Warnings 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 Episode Content Warnings - profanity - threats of violence, including implied threat of violence to a minor - discussion of traumatic injury - references to violent, non-consensual medical procedures and medical abuse, including murder in a medical context, and dismemberment - detailed discussion of medical terminology and procedures Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. 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.